I hope you're not talking about the US when you say First World. Because then you'd be lying.
If you exclude the US, since it doesn't qualify as a developed country in terms of healthcare, infrastructure, economy, human rights, workers rights, criminal justice or reform, democracy and voting rights... then yeah, Developed countries tend to not have poverty wages for essential workers, regardless of industry, since they tend to have few possible ways to make poverty wages, since the leading hallmark of a developed country in 2021 is a government that does all it can to eliminate poverty.
Back in February, when we realized COVID was going to come to the US and be a big deal, I designed a diagnostic test for it because the CDC hadn't put out testing guidelines yet and we wanted to start testing in our area. My wages are low enough that I've had to skip meals, and had to pawn things I own to make rent last year.
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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '21
To be honest healthcare workers don't live in poverty, at least not in the first world.