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I think we would all like to work in a field that is gratifying, it is however a market driven work place - it comes down to if you want to be in charge of your life work hard and be the only one who knows how to set the mouse trap, or where the bones are buried etc etc. otherwise the pay probably will always be on the short end of things.

My wife loves to work with special needs kids - she is very bright (3.98 through college that kind of bright) but her heart is for these kids, especially the little ones - so it is not always about money, nor can we expect a business to pay more than the market demands - if that were the case we would have a pity market for example a freeze in Florida yet a bumper crop in California - pay more for Florida citrus because they need it - it does not work that way.

The truth of the matter is most can improve their lot in life by working at it - Your wife and my wife well it is part of the price they pay to do the work they feel called to do - it is that simple.

Sure I understand work gratification but when 80% of the economy is serviced based how does one consider service jobs unskilled in order to keep the wages low. That in effect would put 80% of the workforce into poverty and is hardly a recipe for success.

Im not saying all wages should be high, I would offer that would lead to the same problem (unbalance that leads to lack of stability leading to crash). If all service jobs remain classified as entry level /transition/ unskilled we are headed for trouble.