As I said elsewhere:
I've said all through my flying career, the best paid jobs tend to be dangerous, boring, or insecure! One way or another there are usually very good reasons why employers need to pay big money!
I guess I should have added: Jobs with absolutely nothing else whatsoever to offer, also have to pay big money, to attract/keep anyone.
But in many of those cases, it can get to the stage where it's just not enough. You only live once, and there are no pockets in shrouds!
In this business Nirvana is probably to be found flying a floatplane round the Indian Ocean for beer money.
What a mess.