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'''Employment''' is the process of being employed in a [[profession]], and making money for the practice of one's [[trade]]. The economic well-being of a nation-state is often measured by its employment rate. Debates about employment in the [[United States]] effected the outcome of the 2008 [[President|presidential]] [[election]].
'''Employment''' is the process of being in a [[profession]], whereby an [[employee]] makes [[money]] in the practice of one's trade under the direct or indirect supervision of an [[employer]]. The economic well-being of a nation-state is often measured by its employment rate.
[[category:Economics]]
It is possible that modern employment may have originated from the Christian reforms of the unethical practice of debt servitude known colloquially as [[slavery]]. ''See [[Slavery#Decline of slavery under Christianity|Decline of slavery under Christianity]] as well as [[Slavery in the Bible#New Testament|Slavery in the New Testament]]''.
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== Various vocations and income/wealth ==
''See also:'' [[Vocation]]
The Cambridge Dictionary defines [[vocation]] as "a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling that a type of work suits you...".<ref>[https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/vocation Vocation]</ref>
=== Highest paying vocations/occupations ===
*[https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-occupation-produces-lot-millionaires-mukesh-kumar What occupation produces a lot of millionaires?]
*[https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/finding-a-job/top-100-highest-paying-jobs 100 High-Paying Careers To Consider (With Average Salaries) ], Indeed, 2023
*[https://www.creditkarma.com/income/i/highest-paying-trade-jobs 24 of the highest-paying trade jobs in 2023], Credit Karma, 2023
== See also ==
*[[Job creators]]
*[[Unemployed]]
*[[Underemployment]]
== References ==
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