I strongly suggest reading Adam Smith on wages.<p>First:  <i>all</i> work must support raising a family.<p>Second:  he enumerates a set of five factors, remarkably enduring, which should account further for wages paid various sorts of work, based on the pleasurability, training, regularity, risk, and trust required.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikisource.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Wealth_of_Nations&#x2F;Book_I&#x2F;Chapter_8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikisource.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Wealth_of_Nations&#x2F;Book_...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikisource.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Wealth_of_Nations&#x2F;Book_I&#x2F;Chapter_10" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikisource.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;The_Wealth_of_Nations&#x2F;Book_...</a>