oicur12 is a good fella.
He may be on the other side of the world but has always shown a healthy interest in Aviation in this country. oicur12 has shed a bit of light on what is going on in his part of the world which may be a good thing for some Aussie drivers, don't dish it as I am sure he has better things to do with his time than type here.
I must admit, I don't have it handy what the average Salary for Regional Capt/FO is but I am pretty confident that the only way you will earn 30K a year is if you are an FO on a 1900 and have 300hrs/30hrs multi Command when you turn up - still slightly better after inflation than the "terms and conditions" I worked for in my first job.
Happy to be proven wrong but I bet the salaries are a lot better for people with experience.
I bet as a FO u don't have a Salary/House Price Ratio like Sydney these days, that is, make 80K/yr as a Regional FO but average house price is $1,000,000, average 2 bedroom unit 600,000.
Maybe the U.S. Regional Salaries are not so bad after all?