I took a $19,000 pay cut with this job, from $74,000 to $55,000. And this was the best job I could FIND. Most were $30,000 to $40,000. Now granted, if I had a Bachelors degree or higher, I may have been able to qualify for a better job. But I don’t. And since this job just *barely* pays my bills, I can’t afford go back to school right now. But it *is* a job, and I can keep my house(for now). So, I’ll keep stumbling along…