Intercounty Minimum Wage Duchy >> Work >> Work for the IMW (This is in the upper-right of the same screen as the Mine.) Every town has a dumb job that will pay you just enough to survive if you can't find other work. You do not even get that little bit all at once. This job is only worth taking if food for the day costs less than 8 pounds (which it should). If it costs more than that, go on Retreat.