lowest-paid
Bottom of scale
Lowest-paid describes workers or positions at the bottom of a wage scale: The lowest-paid employees often work the hardest hours.
The term appears frequently in discussions of economic inequality and minimum wage policy: Healthcare aides remain among the lowest-paid workers in the country.
Supervised workplace learner
- traineeOne being instructed
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- entry-levelRequiring minimal prior experience
- juniorLower in standing
probationary · starter · recruit · inexperienced · unskilled · unqualified · ground-floor
Severe lack of resources
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- hand-to-mouthConsuming resources immediately
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
impoverished · underprivileged · disadvantaged · deprived · necessitous · squeezed
Unfairly utilized for benefit
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- unfairUnjust or partial
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
undercompensated · shortchanged · discriminated · undervalued · two-tiered · systemic · overlooked · devalued
Once each sixty minutes
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- retailSales to end users
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
- janitorialOf maintenance workers
housekeeping · agricultural · warehouse · cashier · waitstaff · barista · dishwasher · meatpacking
Lowest point or underside
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- peonIndentured low-status worker
- gruntLow guttural sound
rank-and-file · menial · frontline · expendable · replaceable · overlooked · invisible · disposable
intern
Supervised workplace learner
- traineeOne being instructed
- apprenticeLearner bound to employer
- entry-levelRequiring minimal prior experience
junior · probationary · starter · recruit · inexperienced · unskilled · unqualified · ground-floor
poverty
Severe lack of resources
- strugglingExperiencing serious difficulty
- hand-to-mouthConsuming resources immediately
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
hardship · impoverished · underprivileged · disadvantaged · deprived · necessitous · squeezed
exploited
Unfairly utilized for benefit
- disparityMeasurable difference between things
- unfairUnjust or partial
- inequityUnfair distribution or treatment
marginalized · undercompensated · shortchanged · discriminated · undervalued · two-tiered · systemic · overlooked · devalued
hourly
Once each sixty minutes
- blue-collarManual labor workforce
- retailSales to end users
- fast-foodRapidly prepared meals
janitorial · housekeeping · agricultural · warehouse · cashier · waitstaff · barista · dishwasher · meatpacking · farmhand
bottom
Lowest point or underside
- underlingPerson of lower rank
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- peonIndentured low-status worker
grunt · rank-and-file · menial · frontline · expendable · replaceable · overlooked · invisible · disposable · powerless