Minimum Wage Measured In Gold Over The Last 100 Years

Today I'm going to show you exactly how much money you should be making if you were making the federal minimum wage, as an annual salary, working 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year if inflation hadn't eaten away all your purchasing power. I show you what you would make today, if you had the same purchasing power as 2015, 2005, 1995, 1985, 1975, 1965, 1955, 1945, 1935, and finally 100 years ago, in 1925.

Let me know in the comments below which year/decade you think will have the highest purchasing power, in comparison to today's dollar, and which you think will have the lowest?

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Timestamps

00:00 Spoiler
00:18 Intro
02:37 How much was is ounce of gold in today in 2025?
03:15 How much was the minimum wage in 2025?
04:03 How many ounces of gold can minimum wage buy in 2025?
04:28 How much was an ounce of gold in 2015?
04:40 How much was the minimum wage in 2015?
05:05 How much would a minimum wage salary from 2015 be worth today?
05:32 How much was the minimum wage in 2005?
05:47 How much was an ounce of gold in 2005?
06:31 How much would a minimum wage salary from 2005 be worth today?
07:20 How much was the minimum wage in 1995?
07:38 How much was an ounce of gold in 1995?
07:54 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1995 be worth today?
08:31 How much was the minimum wage in 1985?
08:49 How much was an ounce of gold in 1985?
09:13 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1985 be worth today?
09:50 How much was the minimum wage in 1975?
10:09 How much was an ounce of gold in 1975?
11:00 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1975 be worth today?
11:27 How much was the minimum wage in 1965?
11:43 How much was an ounce of gold in 1965?
12:14 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1965 be worth today?
13:04 How much was the minimum wage in 1955?
13:16 How much was an ounce of gold in 1955?
13:27 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1955 be worth today?
13:52 How much was the minimum wage in 1945?
14:13 How much was an ounce of gold in 1945?
14:46 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1945 be worth today?
15:22 How much was an ounce of gold in 1935?
15:51 How much was the minimum wage in 1935?
17:44 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1935 (during the great depression) be worth today?
19:34 How much was an ounce of gold in 1925?
19:48 How much was the minimum wage in 1925?
20:23 How much would a minimum wage salary from 1925 be worth today?
22:55 Final thoughts
25:30 Outro

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