Median home 1970: $23,000
Median home today: $420,000
1oz gold 1970: $40
1oz gold today: $3410
Big Mac 1970: $0.45
Big Mac today: $6.72
Minimum wage in 1970 was $1.60.
You'd have to make $29.2/h today to match the MINIMUM WAGE of 1970 in home purchasing power.
You'd have to make $136.4/h today to match the MINIMUM WAGE of 1970 in gold purchasing power.
($24/h to match Big Mac purchasing power.)