I would like to see mission payouts increased, because there actually are people who try to make an income through missions, like myself.
I find it rather annoying that traders make so much more money than people who risk their lives destroying their enemies, when it should be that the trader makes less money while being more safe than the others (save for those crazy pirates).
It is every now and again you do find up to $750,000 missions, but most of the time those involve capitals in which you'd need an army and a half to take down. Though sometimes I have found them to be wings of Level 19 NPC VHF's, most of the time they involve 6-7 capitals which of course makes me have to bring my cruiser.
In essence I do believe mission payouts need to be raised yet again, perhaps the most difficult of missions paying $1,250,000 involving NPC capitals and most Level 16-19 NPC fighters paying anywhere from $350,000 to $800,000.