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Definitions

wage earner

NOUN
person earning income
Synonyms
STRONGEST
blue collar blue-collar worker breadwinner
WEAK
employee income producer jobholder one who brings home the bacon salaried worker staff member staffer wage slave wageworker

Example Sentences

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“The lower-end wage earner has definitely been struggling for a while,” Wells Fargo finance chief Michael Santomassimo said last week.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

This is true for both spousal benefits when the higher wage earner is alive and for survivor benefits.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2025

"It's tough to lift the heavy materials, especially when there's pollution as I cough a lot when smoke gets in my lungs and my eyes burn," said the sole wage earner in his family.

From Reuters • Nov. 13, 2023

The median price of a Maui home is $1.2 million, putting a single-family home out of reach for the typical wage earner.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2023

Many of them get by by teaming up with another wage earner, a spouse or grown child.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich