gainfully employed

idiom

: provided with a job that pays wages or salary

She hasn't been gainfully employed for a few years.

Examples of gainfully employed in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The fact that people remained gainfully employed and not on unemployment kept the economy afloat at what was otherwise a very precarious time. —Paolo Confino, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2024

There have been hundreds of thousands of cross-industry layoffs, hiring freezes, and those lucky enough to remain gainfully employed shouldn’t expect a pay bump that will keep pace with inflation. —Jane Thier, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2023

Unlike most of the club, its founder and president, Johnny (a stellar Hardy), is gainfully employed, a truck driver with a wife and kids. —Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019

This begs the question, if gainfully employed people (and that, too, in the financial industry) recall experiencing this, what about people in other industries? —Dilip Rao, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023

The judge noted that Stager had no criminal history as an adult and he had been gainfully employed most of his adult life. —Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2023

Or where a housing crisis forces even gainfully employed professionals onto the streets. —John Anderson, WSJ, 30 May 2023

Or where a housing crisis forces even gainfully employed professionals onto the streets. —John Anderson, WSJ, 30 May 2023

Now married to her longtime crush, Pollux — the same tribal officer who arrested her — and gainfully employed, Tookie cannot believe her luck. —Jennifer Wilson, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2021