Today, the majority of the refugees are wage laborers, local civil servants or street vendors.

They normally do no gardening, farming, or work for others as tenants or wage laborers.

Many Haris have moved on as artisans and wage laborers.

A new class of wage laborers sprung up where none had existed before.

In Jingde alone, it was reported that there were no less than 300 pottery factories, all operated by wage laborers.

Men started working with the new businesses and industries, while women were not able to work as wage laborers.

Women play significant roles in the economic life of the society as they work as agriculturists and agricultural wage laborers.

Other agricultural cultivators were of a lower status, such as tenants, wage laborers, and in rare cases slaves.

Large landowners gained a supply of temporary wage laborers with limited political ability to make demands beyond a single season's work.

Some work intermittently as wage laborers, mostly on plantations.