Sentence examples for low-paying occupations from inspiring English sources

Homeowners, for instance, often pay less than people who do not own their homes, while people in low-paying occupations who have less education pay more.

Since 2000, the economists showed, the demand for highly educated workers declined, while job growth in low-paying occupations increased strongly.

Figure 1 Cumulative yearly employment growth of high- and low-paying occupations relative to middling occupations.

This finding suggests that some immigrants with superior Spanish language skills end up in low-paying occupations.

Changes within sectors expanded the employment share of low-paying occupations and high-paying occupations relative to average-paying occupations.

By broader occupational groups, those changes across sectors during the expansionary period expanded the employment share of low-paying occupations and high-paying occupations relative to average-paying occupations.

My mother had a low-paying job in a bakery.

Orli had a low-paying job assisting a wealthy socialite, and I had a low-paying job writing copy for an advertising agency.

"I had a low-paying job, and I was looking for work," said Ms. Kandinsky, now 74.

Graduate school is a low-paying job with minimal benefits.

The decline in middle-skill jobs has been detrimental to the earnings and labor force participation rates of workers without a four-year college education, and differentially so for males, who are increasingly concentrated in low-paying service occupations.