<p>I'd like to hear your explanations.</p>
<p>As for myself, well, I didn't land my first money-earning job until after I graduated high school, so I was happy to simply be employed at $7/hr, at least, until I got fired on the second day. XD</p>
<p>(Regardless of minimum wage cutoffs, I could honestly go for as low as $5/hr.)</p>
<p>considering i sold my soul and my mind (the latter literally--my head was throbbing from a headache everytime i went because i corrected 1000s of papers for students) for $6/hour.....$6/hour.</p>
<p>i'm glad now i have the opportunity to work in a semi-skilled job that ranges widely between 7.50 to 20/hour, depending on how fast i get the job done.</p>
<p>The lowest I'd work for, as a college junior is $20/hr.</p>
<p>(My webdesign/graphic design/database services range from $40/hr to $90/hr for ad design).</p>
<p>College students in paid finance internships: </p>
<p>Freshman: $12/hr (State Street Bank)
Sophomore: $15/hr (Fidelity/BlackRock/Legg Mason)
Junior: $20/hr
Senior: $25/hr (special groups)</p>
<p>Honestly, if you are working for $7/8/9 an hour, it's hard to get by and pay rent, if you are renting (post college)</p>
<p>It's an admirable working class wage, and if you can get by it, then that's fine. But in the future you have to worry about insurance costs, car, medical expenses, kids, etc.</p>
<p>My first job was $7.50, freshman year. Now I make $12.50, sophomore, but I'm quitting soon. But right now I'm just working for experience/resume and also "spending money" (no rent or tuition), so I would probably work for $10, but no less. If it was post college though, I don't know how much it would work out to hourly, but I would want to make at least $40,000/yr.</p>
<p>$5.15 when I started my college p.t. job. It was my first job, and I got to do homework half the time there...no complaints. I've gotten a raise almost every semester since, and expecting another one since a proposition passed in my state this elestion.</p>
<p>If I was doing actual work and had skills (don't really right now) I would want enough to live off of and save a little for the area I lived in. Even if I worked 40 hours a week at my current salary I couldn't really scrape by a living...would have to live with lots of roommates and not have a car, etc.</p>
<p>6.50- library worker. I didn't sit at the desk, btw.</p>
<p>10/hr- lab assistant. More relaxed than library but can't get hw done.</p>
<p>I started out working for $6.75, CA minimum wage. I've gotten a raise since then. I'd honestly work for less if it was something I'm passionate about, but to do mindless work I wouldn't take less than $6.75.</p>
<p>At this point, with my education, nothing short of $25/hr.</p>