<prompt> Human: Im kind of stuck and I dont know what to do.I have been in my current industry for almost 10 years and Im pretty close to being topped out on what I can earn. Im union, so wages are set in stone I get paid significantly more than non-union people in my industry. This year will be the first I barely break 100k. Any promotions are going to result in fairly insignificant 5-ish pay raises and if I go balls to the wall, the most Im going to ever earn is about 10 higher than where Im at. My immediate boss is working an extra 20-30 hours a week over me and hes making another 10k plus paid time off. Not worth it, imo. Not at all.I earn far more than non-union people in my same position.I apologize if it sounds selfish, but Id like to be earning about double what I am now so 200k-ish. Im very good at my job, and if I put in half the effort and was half as good I would be making the same thanks to the union. I have constant job offers but they are sideways promotions and never worth the move. Average year I make about 80k but weve had a fair amount of overtime this year.What in the heck can I do? I feel like its too late to learn a skill thats going to double my paycheck.To me, the main option is to start my own business and remain a small business. I prefer working for someone though and dont like the idea of being the big boss. I dont want to have to seek out jobs and I dont want to be the one responsibile foMy other option is going back to school or learning something else and switching to another field completely. But I dont know any fields that have an entry at 80-100k who can grow to 200k, and Im definitely not a salesperson so that kind of stuff is out of the question.Not sure if anyone here has any input or advice or thoughts.. but I feel kind of lost and dont know what other subreddit to post this to. Any input would be greatly appreciated.Again, I apologize if I sounded entitled or anything, not being happy with what Im making, but I see other people of lesser ability working with me and getting paid the same, and I know I could be doing more and better for myself. I just dont know what I should be focusing on. I dont want to be a slave to my job and work 80 hours a week. I want to excel and do good and get paid what Im worth, doing whatever it is that I end up doing. Its draining every ounce of my life thinking that I have another 20ish years until retirement, and Im going to continue earning what I earn right now we generally get pay increases every few years, but theyre across the board and not performance based, so everyone gets them.  <response>: Wow dude.I made about 100k in a blue-collar job... even though thats fucking incredible money... I wanna make more. But I dont want to start my own business, do anything hard or take risks. How do I double my income?No offense dude... but you signed up for the Union... and this is the life you signed up for. Dunno what else to tell you. Suck it up I guess. 