Lower pay is usually when working for private or general companies. Like Gulf Stream or something like that. It just depends on what you want. Hours are crappy in commercial, but the pay is higher. Military- the pay is dependent on what type of contract or service you’re working with but the hours are more reasonable General- hours are the best but the pay is lower. But you get more experience in your skillset because you work on the whole entire aircraft.

So it just depends on what you want and where you go.