Very true. Most of the guys that worked for me pulled in a pretty good salary but most were less than 100k. But the specialized consultant I used cost 200/hr plus expenses for months on end.

She had a skill that's hard to find in the market. (I need to leave her specialty out of this.) So she made over 100K in 3 months vs. the less specialized guys who took regular jobs with us. She also has customers all over the world, so she gets paid trips to Europe and makes about 400k on her personal consulting alone. She also has some other people that do this for her as well. All from a specialty.