Accountant's salary 30 years ago???

<p>For my First Year Seminar class in college we have to write some ******** paper that talks about how much someone who graduated from college in the US 30 years ago would have made in his/her first year on a job compared to what that person would make today.</p>

<p>So what did an accountant in the US make 30 years ago?</p>

<p>Also, he wants us to answer the same 2 questions (salary now vs salary 30 years ago) for someone from Indonesia. I cannot find absolutely anything on this, so if you have any idea or guess, feel free to throw it out there…</p>

<p>I can tell you what I started at 27 years ago - is that close enough? :slight_smile: I worked for a Big 8 firm in AL and made $17,500. Sounds like slave labor today! :)</p>