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ELI5: How do people afford to be on a jury for weeks at a time?

Like in high profile cases, how can the jurors afford to be sequestered for more than 2 weeks?

Most jobs don't give jury duty pay, and those that do offer 2 weeks max. Do all of the jurors just happen to be able to take 6 weeks off from work and not receive paychecks?
gpt
I just had to do jury duty that lasted 3 weeks.  Before the trial starts during the selection process the judge will ask if anyone has any hardships that would prevent them from serving the entire trial, and they have a general idea of how long the trial lasts.  So a lot of people said that they couldn't afford to take that much time off of work, they wouldn't be able to pay rent etc. and were excused.  So in the end you wind up with a lot of people who can afford to miss the time because they're married and have dual incomes that can hold them over, housewives or retired people, and people who are on salary and don't need to worry about missing the time.