I teach in Texas with a BA. Wife and I made the decision to move to Vermont back in 2016 so we could buy a homestead and live a more peaceful quiet life and raise kids. We waited until she got her RN....now I live in the burbs here and made $85K last year. She made $50K. We still want to move to Vt and I'm interviewing but it means I'll earn $30K less a year. Granted, $10K of that is a coaches stipend and $10K is a summer club coaching gig. Even without that I'll make $10K less on my salary.

Engineers down here easily are at $100K/year