Any fields where you can still work your way up to over 30k/year without taking a couple years out for school? Bonus if driving not required to start

Most jobs should let you hit that within a couple of years, tbh. Plenty won't in reality, of course...but you shouldn't be treating them as anything more than a wage - definitely not something you'd throw all your effort into. Technology jobs tend to have great careers paths, though it can be hard to get in and the few couple of years can be murder. If you're digitally minded (like, websites and whatnot) and well organised, then do some online courses around project management, then start touting yourself around for junior project manager roles. A lot of places will snap you up if they can see you have the underlying knowledge, because they'll be able to work you very hard for the money and tbh a good project manager emerges very early in their career so is very cost effective for an employer. The good thing about digital PM is, there's endless scope to progress. Even if you just stick at PMing (and assuming you're good at it), you'll be able to rise up to 40-50k in a few years, and once you have experience you'll be able to easily move companies for new challenges and usually more money. But there's also plenty of scope to move roles entirely - you'll naturally be exposed to all of the main roles involved in delivering digital projects, so you'll get a. good idea for any that really appeal to you, and you can start building up demonstrable experience in it whilst you're still PM'ing...and many companies will give you the freedom to dabble and even move around to get more experience, too. Note: mid-sized agencies are best for this kind of movement. I would say even if you start on minimum wage, you'll be above 30k within 12 months and 35-40k before the 3 year mark. Do note however that a lot of agencies can be pretty tight when it comes to offering more money, so you do need to be motivated enough to ask for it, and justify it. If you're asking how where you can work that will GIVE you more money over time without you asking for it, that's a VERY different question :)