Actually a lot of them probably work for the government. The rule of thumb on government jobs is they pay less than the private sector version but it takes an Act of God (tm) to fire you, and you get to retire in your 40s. That’s the trade off.
Dude, you’re about 20-30 years behind the times in the “trade off” - you would have been right at times, but not not not not right at all now.
What kind of government job pays less than $30K a year?