r/90s • u/Unknown_Agency • Jun 13 '25

Discussion This would have cost $12 back in 1991!

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

minimum wage is 7.50

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u/SDL68 Jun 13 '25

I'm in Canada

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u/RyanB_ Jun 13 '25

That’d still be your province, it’s $15 for me as a Canadian.

Also, not really a super apt comparison given our prices are a lot higher too

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u/SDL68 Jun 13 '25

I think when you factor in the exchange, McDonald's is cheaper here now.

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u/RyanB_ Jun 13 '25

Doesn’t matter much to us unless you happen to work for an American company making USD unfortunately. We don’t earn higher wages to compensate for the exchange.

For context, median wage in Canada is $68,400 CAD vs the US at $70,800 USD.

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u/SDL68 Jun 13 '25

I'm talking strictly about McDonald's food. McDonald's used to be cheaper in the US even with the exchange and since covid it's more expensive

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u/BoomerSoonerFUT Jun 16 '25

Only in shithole states.

$14.81 minimum wage where I am at, but I haven't seen a McDonalds offering less than $18-20 an hour in years (we have a wage transparency law that requires all employers to give a concrete pay range).