Worse than that is the mention of Housekeeping/Janitorial which in high demand areas pays around $40/hour and might even fill a schedule. At these typical rate

Worse than that is the mention of Housekeeping/Janitorial which in high demand areas pays around $40/hour and might even fill a schedule. At these typical rates that means something like $30k-$50k/year which is not enough to live well in areas with demand for these services and is also around that level where taxes begin to sharply increase and take a large part of any extra that is earned. So why aren't people choosing to be badly compensated for demeaning low status work? It is a bizarre mystery to be sure.