> The $180K is the max I could get in my industry How do you know that for a fact? I think you hint at this a bit in your previous comments, but if your city /

> The $180K is the max I could get in my industry How do you know that for a fact? I think you hint at this a bit in your previous comments, but if your city / field are small to the point that every employer is like any other and that there's no variance in compensation, you're SOL. One way to solve this is remote work, if applicable to your field.