My sister would say that her pay is OK, the issue is the ammount of money that she's had to invest in order to get her current salary. On top of a bach degree, she has a Masters, cost around 13,000, plus she's taken another 48 credit hours at about 120$ per credit (on the cheap side) to keep getting salary raises. Schools don't reimburse or subsidize that. To get to the highest point on the salary schedule you've got to get to 60 hours total.
This day and age and witht he skyrocketing cost of school, I see why kids don't want to do that.