For those on 6 (or almost 6 ) figure salaries - how old are you, what do you do, and how did you get into it?

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Just the above. Curiosity is all!

Absolutely. Not being married also.

My career seem to change once I got married - at least the way the people at work treated me.

Well I don’t actually EARN 6 figures but I do get it as a salary.

It’s because I’m a share holder and it’s a dividend payment.

I'm actually a SAHM

I’d love to read a thread about this.

I work in quite a different role now as I wanted a seachange. Semi retired, working for fun.

Mid 40s.

Previous role was around the £90k mark (not in UK).

Broadly, it was management consulting but with specialist knowledge in economic regulation.

I followed a fairly traditional path: good marks at school (dux), a LLB/Bcom and entry into a "Big 4" as a graduate.

The main thing that helped my career after graduation was insisting on nanny childcare when the kids were young, insisting on a four day week so I was able to maintain work/life balance, prioritising professional networking over things like the PTA and developing specialist, difficult-to-replicate knowledge 'close to the money'. That is, my skillset helps firms save money and make money. So they are happy to pay well for me to advise them.

I also have a dh who is very hands on with the kids so I never need to feel guilty about them - they're very well looked after.

I'm late 50s on a salary just below £200k mark. Masters degree and then worked my way up in charity and public sector in Strategy and CEO roles. Salary been up over £100k for 15 years but this one is higher as I work for a commercial sector organisation. I'm now CEO of an industry body which manages over £2b in contracts and leads government relationships. I work very hard. This is probably my last job.

I'm glad to be out of it all now though. I don't want to work much anymore.

Dh’s Salary touches six figures once you include bonuses etc-
he is mid 40s. He joined a major IT company as a graduate trainee after Cambridge uni. Stayed there for 20 years, got made redundant but last year got a better paid job, again In IT though on the commercial not technical side. His actual job title doesn’t sound senior at all; he’s
basically a spreadsheet nerd, but has to present complicated financial info to the most senior execs in the company and is very good at his job.

my motivation to progress my career died when I had the kids…

My husband earned £500k. Managing partner in large law firm (20 years to get to that position, other lawyers who just practiced and didn't manage earned more).
My father probably earned that. Doctor who set up his own mri diagnostic clinic (again 25 years in).
Don't some city finance people earn six figures plus almost right off the bat?

@Getoffmyshoes

Wow. I thought the idea of the post was to find out which careers earn that kind of money. I wasn't boasting about his salary.
I was just commenting that it was more luck than anything else.

In terms of my achievements, well I decided to be a SAHM as my job was international as was his and we decided that we wanted someone to stay at home. Our decision, and suits us. Absolutely not for everyone, I agree.
I may not earn any money myself but I do run a food bank which is increasingly in demand unfortunately and I look after my poorly mum, so although I don't contribute financially to our family, I do contribute in other ways.

First class BSc in STEM followed by work and a part time MSc to specialise then MBA. IT Consultant so constantly keep up with latest tech skills and love my job.

Why are you assuming that the women talking about their DH’s salaries are SAHMs?

Why would it only be SAHDs posting in your hypothetical scenario?

My DH earns six figures but I earn okay myself! I’ll never earn as much as him though.

Where did I say I thought everyone posting on behalf of their DH is a SAHM?

i just do not believe for a moment that there are loads of men on here with very high earning wives who are going to come on and talk about what they earn.

These threads never go well.......

I used to until retirement late 50s. Science graduate, many years in commercial pharma then made a switch to medcomms agency side. Single parent in my 40s, whilst head of a group for a plc. Really hard going, but DC now both graduates so I am enjoying retirement.

Threads like these always attract women telling us what their partners earn. It's not really in the spirit of the thread is it? We care about women making it to 6 figures, because it is harder for us to get there. Men don't have to put up with as much shite to get to higher salaries.

Nothing in the OP indicates that it was about women.

Yep. Scattering of bullshitters and then the "my dh earns a million"
Most posts can be helpful though.

You said you look forward to the influx of SAHDs boasting about their wives’ salaries. The implied equivalent being that SAHMs are doing that on this thread.

If what you really meant is: ‘why aren’t any men talking about their wives on this thread?’ The answer is probably because this is Mumsnet where majority of posters are women.

If you’re genuinely curious about whether men would talk about their partners’ six figure salaries on the internet, maybe go and ask this same question on a male-dominated chat forum and see what the response is?

My DH is very proud of what I do and often talks about my achievements. Even though I earn half what he does.

It was implied. OP says "you", and this is a site for women.

@Xenia My DD wants to be a lawyer but couldn’t get onto a Law course, A-levels fiasco in 2020.

Would you mind if I ask for any advice you could give for her please? You can pm me if that would be better.

TIA

I’m not remotely interested in hearing from men on their views of what their wives earn, nor hearing about men’s salaries either. I am interested in hearing from other women on their high salaries which is what this thread is about.

It doesn’t go well because there is always a smattering of people looking for reasons that the people making money were privileged to get there and not like them in some way. Or outright saying that people must be lying because no way so many could make this much.

Therefore, we get, the type of posters who try to control what others post.

Many women who earn like this did so by following advice of people who went before them. Sometimes those people were men. You definitely don’t get there by pretending all men that are successful had it easy or have no advice to share. Or that trailblazing careers, like cyber security, aren’t worthy of discussion because the person in the example doesn’t look exactly like you.

You also don’t get anywhere by downgrading women who chose other life paths.

90k base, not including commission which is 10% of anything I sell on top. I'm 47 and have been earning around this level for about 15 years.

Software sales. I don't work very hard. I fell into it through pure luck, and being in the right place at the right time. I'm also very good at it, but lots of people could do my job.

Was 42 when I cracked it but previously underpaid. No degree, cost engineer/controller/analyst whatever you want to call it with major engineering firms. I’m competent but not stellar, not so hot on analysis, but get shit done when no one else could be bothered or put it in the too hard basket.

you can do it with any degree but currently where I am they’re asking for engineering, construction management or business management. I’m currently finishing a business degree as I’ve had a hard time getting work in the last 7yrs where I live due to lack of one. Seems to slowly be coming together again and even that time out of work still in 6 figures on rehiring.

@ShirleyPhallus hearing from women only on the topic is as simple as starting your own thread specifically asking women these questions about their careers.