Avram, I do have a lot of respect for people earning honest wages (in addition to what GAW pointed out). That being said, if you are going to live a certain lifestyle, you need to fund it.
So, if you are going to live in Iowa and have two kids who both go to public school, live in a tiny house and drive an old beat up truck, chances are you can live nicely on a Janitor’s salary.
If you are going to live in BP, have 9 kids, send them all to private school and marry them off in big fancy weddings, you need to figure out how to support that lifestyle.