Was Your First Job at Minimum Wage?

Dad owned a restaurant when I was a kid. In 1968 at 12 years old I was a dishwasher. Well, half a dishwasher. I was too small to keep up by myself so my brother (10 at the time) and I worked the job together, also splitting the pay of $1.25 an hour. So no, not minimum wage at my share of 62-1/2 cents. At 14 I was the cook and continued that as my job in various positions until I got out of college.

First job not working the restaurant was a dollar an hour cleaning the shop for my buddy's dad who had an excavation business. The pay sucked, but said buddy had a younger sister that was fun to be around.