lozzin:about how much an hour does a divemaster or a similar position make?
Depends on where you are and who you work for.
For example, if you work on a posh resort or liveaboard - you can make reasonable tips.
But there are those places where dive pros are dime a dozen and DMs will find it difficult to find even menial work. I noticed this in Northern Australia where instructors clean toilets and scrub floors. DMs work for the privilege of free dives - yep, a bad deal but there's enough takers to keep the industry going.
My last place of work (Thailand), the going rate for DMs were about $15.00 Cdn per day.
Don't ring up your local dive shop and ask them: they'll just try to sell you the IDC.