Bananas that cost of living in the area is so high that 100k can still leave you cutting it close. Although of course it's actually only like 65k after taxes, and there's zero hope of a unicorn payday. Accepting that you will absolutely, certainly never be financially independent ain't for everyone, especially in one of the few fields where you can reasonably feel that you don't have to accept that

Still, the pay is better than I thought and MUCH better than most adjunct situations. Even with all the caveats, I would 100% take this over an industry job that paid 2-3x. Sounds really fulfilling and fun as fuck