Got out of USMC 1951( $80.00 per month), drew unemployment $26.00 per week, got apprentice pipefitter job $1.36 per hour. Got married 1953, $1.63 per hour, got journey-man license 1955 $2.50 per hour, bought nice 15 year old home in 1956 $14.500, $80.00 a month including insurance& taxes...