40K a year is a decent starting salary. More than you'll make as a first officer your first year. But still you run the risk of getting comfortable. Nobody wants to leave a decent job and good friends for something that is uncertain. It's only for you to decide, my friend.

This COULD be one of those life changing decisions, so take your time deciding. If it had been me, and was offered a job at 40k/yr, or, continue my flight training, make pennies as a flight instructor, then make pennies as a regional FO, with the hope of making 60k+ after an upgrade....well, I would have stuck it out, got my ratings, and followed my dream. Luckily for me, i didn't get an opportunity like that, so i continued my training anyway.

After getting in though, doing some time, i got out, and found a normal job, decent salary, good bennies, and hung the hat up, might get back in eventually, but A LOT will have to change before i do, best of luck w/ ur choice.

Ich bien ein Deutche/Amerikaner. My advise to you would be that the job back in Germany would be a distraction. You need to finish your college diploma first and foremost. Taking a comfortable job like this one, at your age, will only move you farther away from your dream. In my honest and respectful opinion, if you are considering taking a job that will move you farther away from becomeing a professional pilot, then maybe you aren't as passionate about being a professional pilot as you think you are. I was offered a great job by a friend of mine where I would have made $100,000+ a year. I told him respectfully no. Why? Because I knew it would have meant the end of my dream. Aint no WAY I would have wanted to demote myself down to $22,000 my first year as a professional pilot.

Success can frequently be a greater enemy than failure.