My first regular paying job I sold the Grit newspaper and made five cents a paper was not old enough to get a regular paper route. in the winter I shoveled snow and the summer mowed laws, what I was paid back then I wouldn't get out of the chair for today. First real job was at a gas station pumping gas, cleaning windshields, checking oil and air in the tires. all for .75 an hour. No cars, sweeping the floors, taking out the garbage stocking shelves and I was loving it and had some money in my pocket. Would splurge once a day and spend a dime for a coke and a nickel for a candy bar. living the life of riley. lol