There are only a certain amount of jobs made with a budget that will pay this each year and there are many more people who need work than how many those can hire.

$1500-$2000 day rate is a normal rate for an industry professional who is booked for months but there are probably dozens or hundreds of people for every role in every city who are not getting those rates which is why you are booked out for months. Those roles are going to you but the dozens of other people who need work are forced to accept less or else they won't be hired over the dozens of others who will accept it.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 5 points 5 days ago

Those roles are going to you but the dozens of other people who need work are forced to accept less or else they won't be hired over the dozens of others who will accept it.

And sometimes are forced to find work outside of their skillset and specialty just to survive, further hindering their ability to leverage professional skills for a professional income as employers wonder why a skilled [whatever] worked at Amazon for however many months or years instead of practicing [skill]