Christopher, Skills, skills, & more high demand skills is whats going to help you get to those better paying jobs. Security jobs have a wage cap that's just a little over minimum wage so you really cannot expect to get paid more than that unless you land a security contract overseas or a become a body guard for some celebrity or diplomate and you know how many of those job opportunities are out there. get yourself technical experience coding, big data management, or some other high tech career. Survive on whatever job you can today but focus on a higher pay potential tomorrow.