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It means it's time to learn photoshop or https://paint.net/ or something, and edit the numbers on your three most recent pay stubs to give yourself an imaginary 30% raise, then submit those to the company considering hiring you and ask for a match. Then work there long enough to get three real paystubs at that amount to submit to another company that won't ever consider auditing the pay stubs given to your previous employer.

...probably don't do this if your job requires a specialty license that you could lose; or if you work for the govt or something that you'd be risking jail time for. Or if your field is in some niche specialty where word will quickly spread to the remaining very small pool of potential employers. But if the only potential consequence is a rejection, fuck it. Even if you get a rejection where you're just another replaceable drone in their eyes anyway, just keep trying until one bites.