earning potential
- salaryFixed periodic employment payment
- incomeRegular monetary receipts
- wagesPayment for work
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- advancementForward movement or promotion
promotion · growth · ceiling · opportunity · hustle · ambition · degree · skills · investment · trajectory · upward · mobility · wealth · prospects · leverage · negotiate · bonus · commission
- School Outcomesgraduation, diploma, degree, dropout, failing grade
financial capacity
earning potentialpoverty trap
Economic cycle reinforcing indigence
unemployability · dead-end job · wage stagnation · financial constraints · minimum wage
economic trajectory
earning potentialdownward mobility
Drop in socioeconomic status
economic decline · diminishing returns · career plateau · financial ruin · job insecurity
income source type
earning potentialwelfare dependency
Sustained need for public aid
government assistance · fixed income · subsistence living · disability benefits · unemployment benefits