Got bridesmaid dresses for my girls 40 % off ! <| sep |> No you ' re ignoring supplydemand . It ' s not just based on value created . A lot of things factor into the market honing in on a price of some type of labor . Some of those things are value created , difficulty , danger , supply of people capablewilling to do the job . So you can have the most valuable job in the world , it doesn ' t matter if EVERYBODY on the planet can do it . Furthermore , what you ' re ignoring about risk is not that risk makes a job more valuable , but risk reduces the supply of that kind of labor , which drives up prices . If nobody wants to do a job , the employer needs to offer a higher price to attract potential employees . It ' s the same concept for ownership . We need people to provide venture capital , or to invest their own money into their own business . There is risk inherent in that . How do you get people to invest which is risky if you ' re not willing to compensate for that investment ? Nobody would do it , and for good reason . The laborer gives up a portion of the product of his labor in exchange for not risking his own capital to start a business , not going through the effort of thinking up a good idea , not going through the effort of actually setting the business up . All the laborer has to do is show up and do what they ' re told . That has value to a lot of people .