Sometimes you may not see the value in your degree directly. But any degree can be used to land yourself a job with decent pay to get you some form of experience that employers love to see.

I couldn't agree more. From retail to my current office job my MA has always been an asset and something that put me on the map. In retail, I was hired at the lowest pay grade, made full time within a matter of weeks (people can literally work for years and remain classified part-time), was promoted into the highest hourly paygrade within 3-4 months and later on it was crucial in speeding up my promotion to a salaried position. In my current job it basically clinched me the job and got me a decent bump in starting pay. In neither case did it really matter what my MA was actually in (and in neither case was it directly related to the job).