There are many jobs that pay obscenely well that people may not think about or thumb their nose at.
Becoming a car salesman for a good organization and working your way up - can one day easily lead to a $500K-$1 million + salary assuming the current payplans hold.
Some car sales man make $50K - some $300K.
There’s fleet people in the commercial segment - big money, etc.
Retail in grocery store and luxury gas stations.
Lots of Publix millionaires out there.
There are paths - but people need to open their minds.
Just like you showed here - a paramedic making bank - although likely a ton of extra hours.