Years ago, a SF-340 FO with NW Airlink told a reporter with the Memphis "Commercial Appeal" newspaper that he qualified for government food stamps.
His company told him that next time he made such a statement to the press, he would be fired
. This was printed somewhere else in an article.
On the other hand, an FO there who is from England told me that because of the very high British taxes and cost of living, the FO pay with a US regional (in a lower cost region) might leave you better off than in England, despite the better pay "over there." That comment surprised me. He told me that he had worked either for the Army N.G. or the Army Reserve before he became a pilot.