Storekeepers, dockworkers and warehouse loaders, etc. usually get paid at the end of every day. Household servants (maids, doorjacks) typically get paid once/tenday whether they get room and board or not..but if they work in a noble household, it varies by noble.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2021
Thank you! And are they charged rent for their servants quarters? I would assume, yes. Again, it varies with the employer. It's unheard-of for a Waterdhavian noble to charge rent to household staff, because it signals to other nobles that the rent-charging noble must be skint.#Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2021
I find it phenomenal they get a wage. You would expect they belong to the household they serve and get remuneration in room, board, and rare gifts. I mean soldiers get salary as a recognition of the danger of their work, maids and servants aren’t even tradespeople. Unpaid people can't afford to buy anything. Waterdeep's prosperity depends on folk buying things. Most (noble or not) citizens who can afford servants derive income, directly or indirectly, from lots of folk buying things..and for centuries all have realized this. #Realmslore
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) December 3, 2021