Save money by getting a local job (9)
I believe the answer is:
bartender
'job' is the definition.
(I know that bartender is a profession)
'save money by' is the wordplay.
'save' becomes 'bar' (both can mean 'except').
'money' becomes 'tender' (I've seen this before).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'bar'+'tender'='BARTENDER'
'getting a local' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bartender that I've seen before include "local employee" , "American serving drinks" , "source of 9 [ROUND] ?" , "Landlord perhaps" , "He serves" .)