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An '''entry-level job''' is the lowest rung on the ladder of economic success. In the corporate world, it's referred to as working your way up from the [[mail room]]. Employees in a particular industry generally follow an career path of [[upward mobility]], starting out with easy low-paying jobs and gradually increasing their income as their skills become increasingly valuable to employers.

In some industries, [[union contract]]s mandate a graduated series of wage increases, with new employees starting at the lowest level. Teachers in big cities often start at $24,000 a year, which is increased in stages to $96,000 a year after 25 or 30 years. 

==Political views==

Liberals prefer not to present entry-level jobs as the first rung on the ladder but as permanent positions. On this basis, they advocate government intervention to force employers to pay inflated wages for these jobs; see [[living wage]].

Conservatives dismiss the liberal view as sheer nonsense, because the overwhelming majority of the workforce get better and better jobs as their level of skill and experience go up.

[[Category:Employment]]