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I was reading an old salvage report from the 80s and the pay rate for a basic diver was way lower than I guessed.
Found it in a stack of papers at the maritime museum in Seattle, and it was only $18 an hour for a deep water job, which seems crazy low even for back then considering the risks.
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ivan7743mo agoMost Upvoted
Read a book that said @jakewhite's number was pretty standard for the time.
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foster.jordan3mo ago
Oh wow, I actually used to think it was way higher.
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logan_mitchell1mo ago
It is wild how our brains just inflate numbers sometimes. My uncle was telling me about his first apartment back in the late 70s. The rent on a two bedroom was like a hundred and fifty bucks a month and he thought that was highway robbery.
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