> And yet, it seems fire fighters don't actually earn much money at all.
> (Considering that their job is vitally important, ludicrously dangerous, 
> highly skilled and directly relevant to human life.)

I guess they only pay what they need to, in order to have enough fire 
fighters.  Also firefighters are paid from tax money so they have to justify 
the salaries, AIUI in the US doctors are not paid with tax money.  If you 
look at doctor's salaries in the UK (which are paid from tax money), a 
junior doctor earns about 30k GBP and a GP about 50-80k, which is not so 
different from Engineers, Programmers and other skilled jobs.

Also don't forget that everyone you've mentioned so far is earning 
above-average wages, it's not *that* bad!

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