WOW! Yes, that's right. To maintain the standard when you do a job is expensive. Sometimes you don't have any choice. You have to spend any way. And there's nothing much you can do.

Now you can calculate another thing.
How much do you earn doing that job? Do you get paid the level you're supposed to get? Can you use your full skills doing that job?

Then you subtract your expenses from your earnings. You will get the real picture.