Differences in Time: Marriage, Salary and Dollar Value

Here is a chart with some of the differences between living in 1940-2010; differences in age of marriage, cost of cars, average wage and the inflation of the dollar. I got most of the information from , but also from the U.S. Census Bureau. Let it be noted that while some things may be an equivalent cost in today's money, even though the wages were lower in earlier time periods, people tended not buy as much stuff as we do now in general, and smaller items, such as milk and gas, were more inexpensive even with inflation costs accounted for.