Source : WordNet®

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}]