destitute vs low-paid

destitute

adj
  • lacking money; poor, impoverished 

  • Lacking something; devoid 

verb
  • To impoverish; to strip of wealth, resources, etc. 

low-paid

adj
  • Of a worker: earning poor pay, less than the average wage. 

How often have the words destitute and low-paid occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )