propertyless vs wage-earning

propertyless and wage-earning both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
propertyless	No	Yes	No	No
wage-earning	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, propertyless and wage-earning are synonyms defined as:

propertyless and wage-earning: of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers

Other synonyms of propertyless include blue-collar, working-class.

propertyless (adjective)	wage-earning (adjective)
of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers	working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries
	of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers