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Originally Posted by gallione11
Wages have definitely not kept up with inflation. I looked at an inflation calculator of when my dad had to "start over" per se after a divorce (1996) and what he was making at the time. I make about twice now what he did at the time, and yet, adjusted for inflation, it's about the same in buying power. That's fairly depressing.
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Before the Covid pandemic my sister was making slightly less money, in nominal 2019 dollars, than my mother was making in 1996,
in 1996 dollars. Not even adjusting for inflation. Adjust for inflation and it was about 35% less.