If we raise the level of education for all citizens, does it become necessary to pay better wages for all jobs?

Asked by JLeslie (65420) October 14th, 2015 from iPhone

Someone has to sweep the floors, fry the French fries, and harvest the crops. If you educate the population very well, are there fewer people willing to do these jobs when they can make much more money doing something else? What do you do? Bring in unskilled labor from other countries? Or, flatten wages and salaries so doing those jobs is financially more attractive, and change the culture so the jobs are more respected?

I’m not really talking about minimum wages here, I’m asking from a much bigger picture perspective. Would people get to do the job they love, and not have to suffer so terribly financially.

All jobs are important, and I would never say everyone should make the exact same income, I don’t think that works, but we need a certain amount of workers at every level, from unskilled labor (I HATE that term) to c-level positions.

If we keep raising the skill level and knowledge base in a country, who does the lower level jobs, and do we have enough people to do those jobs?