I have friends who are making a pile of money as welders. They run their own shop, have tons of orders. They work 7 days a week, and sometimes nights.
NYPD has a starting salary of 46K out of the academy, 90K after 5 years. With overtime, 100K sounds extremely likely. (I just had to look this up for an argument yesterday) Yes, the cost of living is nuts, so it's not as much as it sounds.