1) Bringing home 2) Bringing home the bacon 3) Bringing in 4) Deserving of 5) Gainfully employed 6) In gainful employment 7) Making 8) Making a living 9) On the payroll 10) Producing income 11) Raking in 1) Making 
• (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Earn • (n.) That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural.
Earn'ing noun ; plural Earnings That which is earned; wages gained by work or services; money earned; -- used commonly in the plural. « As to the common people, their stock is in their persons and in their earnings .» Burke.