Orrrrrr we could make it so people can earn a decent living regardless of their career path, and then we would have a more healthy culture surrounding work and career education.
You can't have both of these things: if you tie earning to career path, you are stuck with the reality that there are careers that aren't in demand so are low earning. If you want "decent living" for everyone, it cannot be based on career-based (well, more precisely, individual) earning.
This is of course the dilemma of US politics: our culture is steeped in individualism which is at odds with this type of idea. The growing movement to do things more community focused, instead of helping those ingrained with the old individualistic culture the new movement, just says "get over it" and espouses division.
"Decent living" can have a lot of different meanings. But I've heard arguments for people that certain jobs (and the prime example more than once was fast food burger flipping) are simply not meant to support a person. That those sorts of jobs should be left to kids, or other people who just need some extra money, not necessarily for someone to live off of. That's an actual argument I hear from people, more than once.
Now, I'm not sure where the cutoff is, and I do think some amount of wage inequality is inevitable, and possibly even encouraged to push people toward more necessary jobs. But I am of the opinion that no matter what your job, if you're working 40 hours a week, a job should support you to some minimum level, no matter what job that is.
Personally, I'd rather that minimum level be an amount that lets people still, with careful budgeting, build up a savings buffer and be able to handle unexpected circumstances, rather than just be a week to week subsistence thing. But even just a week to week subsistence would be a step up for some areas. I live in one of the lowest cost of living areas of my state and minimum wage still only barely covers food, shelter and transportation costs. I have no clue how anyone lives places where rent is higher and food costs more on the same wage. I expect it's often impossible without depending on others.