Tell me, without the engineers can you fly? Without the cabin crew can you fly? Without the ground-staff can you fly? Lastly and most importantly, without pax or freight, can you fly?
Get a grasp on reality. Yes air transport has become vital to the world, but pilots are no more the be-all and end-all of it than doctors are of medicine.
Lastly, maybe you would like to check the mean and mode of pay wherever you live. I doubt very much that pilot's pay falls below the mean, let alone below the mode.
(if you don't know what the mean and the mode are, Google is your best friend)