The simple rule of thumb is if any "aire gaire" can do your job then your salary is low and if your job requires expertise then you get paid higher. That is true any profession. Even in BA or QA there are different career paths like Automated QA, manual Tester etc. If your job can be done by a normal house wife then do you really to expect to get 100K per year? Absolutely not. I would suggest if you love programming and want to make money then go for something which requires programming(dev or test or anything).
Also Mismas,
You don't have to do presentation in front of mass in the beginning of your career but you have to speak up in the regular daily meeting.