wage-earning
adj 1: working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual)
salaries; "working-class occupations include manual as
well as industrial labor" [syn: {working-class}]
2: of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial
laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"-
G.B.Shaw [syn: {propertyless}, {working-class}, {blue-collar}]