The honest truth is that it's too hard to tell. Right now the entire pilot market is crazy, no airlines hiring or even training replacement pilots, cargo opperators have been moving a lot of personel from active routes to standby positions, and those that have a good job are unwilling to leave because there is nowhere to go. I have personally watched entire crews for a cargo carrier that just went out of business get stranded in Europe and have to find their own way home. There have been several jets from American Eagle and ExpressJet flown here to Kingman airport and parked on the ramp for storage. That all means bad business for us flight schools because when the market opens again, the entry level jobs will become flooded with pilot applicants, so the company hiring will raise the minimum qualifications considerably to narrow down the pool. This will leave a lot of pilots without work. This will also increase the demand for jobs, and when there are more pilots than jobs the pay will be cut, as we've seen time and time again. Instead of making $30,000 per year at a regional, you may make $20,000 with more qualifications.
If you ask me all of us have just three options:
1. Be glad you have a job. Something that pays the bills, if not so reliably all the time with fluctuations in training. Be overjoyed that you are not a 'out-of-work' pilot. Be content to stay where you are for longer than you planned and make some guarenteed money.
2. Find a corporate gig. Start networking as a second job and find some rich guy who needs to be flown around. Work is going to be very tight, very demanding, and very inconsistant, but there is money to be made.
3. Apply for food stamps, file for unemployment, and start looking for a new career. Times are almost always tough for pilots and it isn't going to change for the better anytime soon. I just see it getting worse.