As a good designer, I hope so. I usually feel a good designer is worth way more than that.

Maybe I should try getting into that, it seems kinda soul deadening but it would be nice to make six figures off of my Illustrator skills for once. Where would I go to find people who want to pay me that kind of money?

Just build something of a portfolio and start applying to junior UX roles. It will take a few years of experience, but senior creative directors can easily out-earn engineering directors.

Well the transition would be into UX design.