yeshivishHak:
Have you done the math? Taking into account multi-child tuition breaks, klei kodesh breaks, MOFES, EIC, parsonage?
Someone who is working with only a high school education and most non-managerial college (BA) jobs are making a lot less than the professional kollel bochur. And no institution expects anything from you, as you are in Klei Kodesh and “poor”.