“I stay in a job I hate for the money”

What could be going on

Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation: Fits if pay is the only thing keeping you there and the work itself gives nothing back.

Loss aversion: Could be that losing the salary looms larger than what you'd gain. Check how you weigh the two.

Financial strain: Check whether debts and dependants mean you can't leave yet. That may be a fact, not a belief.

Money status: Fits if the salary props up a life or an image you'd be ashamed to let go of.

Learned helplessness: Could be that past attempts to change went nowhere. Check whether you've stopped looking at all.

Burnout: Fits if you're exhausted, cynical and getting less done, and the hate grew over time.

Also said as

• golden handcuffs
• hate my job but the salary is too good
• can't leave because of the money
• stuck in a well-paid job
• trapped by my mortgage in a job i hate
• my husband hates his job but won't quit