16k/year as a budtender. Plus tips which is like $10-15 per shift. I literally look at my phone most of the day and tell people what different kinds of weed smoke like the rest of the time.

I used to make 40k managing the packing crew of a wholesale bakery. I was working 50-60 hours a week, maintaining shipping, quality control, customer relations, constantly firing people for insane crap that kids and druggies do, being unable to hire anyone else because the owner offered minimum wage for the position... I didn't even get benefits.

I prefer this. Even though I never have any money, never buy new things, dread the day I have to go to a doctor, and basically stopped going out or eating out at all. At least I have time to spend with my dog and I'm not riddled with anxiety.