wage-earning vs propertyless

wage-earning and propertyless both are adjectives.

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

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

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

Other synonyms of wage-earning include blue-collar, working-class.

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