difficult states

hello all,

I am not sure if it's me or if it's the state that I want to travel to that is the problem,

is Massachusetts that difficult to get a contract in, and it seems that the highest hourly taxable paid to go there is between $22-26 an hour. since I'm new maybe I'm getting the low end of the game.

Can someone share some light on this for me?

is it lack thereof when it comes to jobs or is it because it's so expensive to live up there, since the pay just horrible for most of the travel offers I have thus far

can anyone tell me the most take home pay that a traveler should accept. because I have no idea the norm for starters, just an opinion would be greatly appreciated.