I could also be that a few of the middlemen are starting to dip way to deep into the pot.
A certain agency(s) (with a head employee from the sub-continent) was taking HALF of what the real salary was. When I was told the pay of a certain position of was stunned, then I laughed at him as I hung up the phone.
Sad part is, there are certain groups of pilots from the islands of the Pac Rim that would jump at that pay.