I waited a while before throwing out my usual lines on this common topic.
If you're an instructor willing to work for lousy, possibly less than minimum wage, it's your own fault.
If you're a DM working for zip, perks or tips only, you are degrading the term "dive pro".
I got $300 CAD for 2 weekend type OW courses during my 4 years as a DM assisting, which came to about minimum wage.
Considering that the DM course itself is a fair bit more training that learning to flip burgers, I almost felt guilty about getting minimum wage. And people say even getting that pay was a rarity.
I got maybe $20 an hour as a Band teacher (of course that's a Univ. degree) and enjoyed that too, but would never have done that for perks.
Get a day job and just dive. Don't keep the cycle of low instructor pay going on & on. Mentor someone on the side if you want to teach. Or, all of you get together and unionize or just quit.