dual income
Both partners earning
Dual income describes a household where two people—typically a married or cohabiting couple—both earn money from employment: dual income, no kids.
The term appears in discussions of household finances, tax policy, and economic demographics.
A dual-income household generally has more financial flexibility than one relying on a single earner.
- DINKEarner pair, childless
- breadwinnersPrimary household income providers
- power coupleInfluential romantic duo
- paychecksCompensation documents from employers
- mortgageSecured home loan
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- working parentsworking mom, working moms, working dad, work-life balance, childcare
- social mobilitysocial mobility, class mobility, upward mobility, downward mobility, economic ladder
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- workforceworkers, employee, employees, labor force, employer
- familiesnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, single-parent family
- family structuresnuclear family, extended family, blended family, stepfamily, single parent