What type of education/training/skills do you have? Would you consider becoming a PSW? Do you have the means to do an upgrading course if necessary? I have no idea what pay-scales are like in the US, I'm not even sure you live in the US, but I know most jobs in Ontario that pay 20$ require a diploma of some sort. Although there are some factory/manufacturing jobs that pay quite well. They tend to be very monotonous though.