Way too broad a question. Ask me five years ago at a regional, I had 11 days off a month, commuted, and made 35 dollars an hour. Ask now, and I am home in my bed 20 days a month, get picked up from the company and make six figures with no taxes my first year. If you talk to a UPS, SWA, or United pilot you will get a different response than a Mesa or Republic pilot. If you are starting out in the States at a regional airline, just getting started, it is a tough road ahead. But you have to put the time in. Build the logbook up and good luck.