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Originally Posted by Huggles
Today a heavy equipment operator / class 1 with air brakes driver job pays like $22-$26 an hour in Canada, at least in the Okanagan where I am... that is like $1500 every 2 weeks...
BUT
A meager 1-bedroom apartment is $1500 a month... utilities, food, car insurance, gas... probably add another $800 a month... so you're basically looking at $600 a month left over for investing, fun, etc etc...  |
1/4 monthly pay for rent is what I also considered standard, nothing new there.
When I got out of the Navy in 1982, in the midst of the Reagan recession, I was making $2.75/hr (minimum wage) as a computer operator. So, I was making $440/month before taxes and my rent for a ghetto type apartment was $100/month.