Someone who works 3 jobs for a pittance, while raising a family, is IMHO giving a lot more than they take, but will not accumulate wealth. Conversely you can become fabulously rich running a private equity company, while definitely taking more than you give.
Is someone digging trenches from dusk to dawn giving a lot to the society even if nobody asked for that and pays nothing for it? From the perspective of "hard work is always great" she or he does, from the perspective "the market determines what labor is worth to the society" - no, there is no benefit from that work even though the person gets tired much more than, say, somebody who writes code for a lot of money.
Ok, so a private equity fund manager can easily make 100x what a nurse makes. Are you saying that this is because the fund manager contributes much more to society?
I believe you are now trying word games, with going from value to some undefined quantities. Evidently the society values the fund manager's contribution more than a nurse's. If it's "more" or "less" depends on whatever measure you are now thinking about outside the market value.
