Ya people don’t realize wages back then. I looked it up a while ago and top journeyman pay in the trades was like $6 an hour!!
I recall minimum wage was $1 an hour, maybe a $1.25. Inflation was starting to take off after 1964...
MY first full time job was considered a very good one.
Worked in the offices of Kroger Division in Madison, Wis.
Got a Gross check of $ 52.00 for 40 hours===$1.30 an hour.