dual earners
Both partners work
Dual earners refers to a household where both adult partners work for income, as opposed to a single-earner arrangement where one partner stays home.
The term appears in discussions of family economics, tax policy, and work-life balance: Dual earners face unique challenges with childcare.
Also called dual-income or two-income households.
- breadwinnersPrimary household income providers
- spousesMarried partners
- partnersJoint venture participants
- power coupleInfluential romantic duo
- jobsPositions of employment
two incomes · marriages · households · DINK · working parents · husband · work-life balance · second shift · couple · employments · gender roles · domestic labor · wife · cohabitations · shared responsibility · job market · household budget · childcare