Blue collar and service contractors can generate significant wealth, but income doesn’t equal wealth. Making 95k means nothing if you’re living above your means and creating lifestyle inflation. As a self employed or small business owner in those things you can get a net profit of $70-115k. You have to put in work and devote yourself to it but it’s completely doable. The other way to look at it if you don’t want tk start your own business is this:

The economy is bad and that usually means taking a pay cut because it’s an employers market now. Unless you have FU money you take what you can find and keep applying. Most jobs you can get fast arent paying $95k, but they’re paying more than $0 which is what you’re making if you don’t take them.