What will be the highest paying careers of the future? My dcs want to earn 100k plus😁

[Snowqueen22]

Chatting to the dcs last night about careers... One is very creative, one loves stem & maths, the youngest excels at humanities. They all said money is the most important thing initially. So based on this what are & will be the highest paying careers of the future? 100k plus

Thirty years ago you could earn an average wage and support a family, now we have people earning average wages using food banks. You don’t get an award for suffering you know? It’s called being sensible. I wish I’d of had their attitude when I was younger to be honest, money worries are not fun.

OP are either good at IT? So many jobs in IT and really good pay.

I don't know why so many people are being dismissive of law. I love it. Easiest job I've ever had. I'm on 100k but it could easily be far more if I could be arsed to put the effort in. Work 9:30-5:30 at most. Just suggest in-house roles rather than the big city law firms if they want to have a life. If it's more about the money then city law firms are the way to go. Plenty of my training contract intake are now on well over double what I am, by the age of 35-ish.

They tend to filter on A level grades as well as degree results/projected degree results for the training contract applications, so they'd need to be good. Apply for work experience schemes (there are loads).

It's not the best paying of some of the jobs mentioned here but it's pretty good and the work sounds like it would maybe suit your youngest - it's basically fiddling around with words and reading up on case law.

Money can't buy happiness but lack of it can certainly make you extremely miserable. Money gives you the freedom to do what you would like to.
My dc know they have to earn it themselves. Simple as.

I know 😩 poor critters!

The "very creative" & "excels at humanities" kids are going to be in for a shock.

The top ten highest lifetime returns on a degree are 50/50 STEM and Social science/humanities.

The bottom ten are 40/60.

STEM is not the 'winner' despite the media rhetoric that humanities are somehow useless.

IT/Consultancy level.

My DH is a lead Consultant for a digital platform, he earns high end six figures and so many perks! He works really hard but my god does it blow my mind the amount he gets paid for doing the role he does. By comparison I practice Law, fascinating and rewarding but nowhere NEAR what he earns and most definitely longer hours and more stress.

He has a brand new Tesla arriving next month.

Free top end gym memberships for me and our DC's (those eligible by age).

Free private health insurance for all of us.

Free vouchers for money off (John Lewis etc).

Free access to therapy/psychiatry for he and I.

Free dental private dental care for all of us.

All of the above was built into his package when he started this role. I negotiated the deal. And while yes, there is some salary sacrifice (a tiny fraction!) what he still earns with all of the above thrown in is phenomenonal.

He will progress very fast. Promotion coming up and then he'll unskill and be headhunted by another company who will pay stupid amounts. This has happened 3 times in the last 4 and a bit years.

On the upside he is a lovely, kind, warm and emotionally intelligent human and I think that's part of what works for him. He can connect with people and quickly build relationships.

He will upskill not unskill.

@Snowqueen22

you seem to have a chip on your shoulder re: kids needing to earn money all by themselves. Hate to break it to you but there’s a lot of kids being handed jobs to them on a plate, and high paying ones at that. Social inequality for you I guess.

Just sayin’ …. Hard work isn’t always enough if you haven’t got the contacts in place.

None of this advice means much unless your kids actually very intelligent and can do a hard subject at a very good university.

Money is absolutely that, choices and resources. It doesn't bring you happiness but it most definitely makes the miserable times in life less stressful.

Ambition is almost a dirty word because then you're raising entitled brats right. Wrong! Adulthood is coming to most of our children and money definitely makes it a more enjoyable journey. Keep encouraging your DC's to aim high. Wanting to be rich doesn't mean that aren't and won't continue to be good people.

Town planning, building surveying, qs / cost management all unlikely to be replaced by AI. Anything in ESG.

Disagree. There are apprentice routes into a lot of construction professional services.

Tech jobs in VR and AR

Oh I know this all too well unfortunately...

Tech, if they have the inclination and brain for it. DH earns that and would say himself he has a great work life balance.... but he enjoys it and is good at what he does.

I loved humanities at school and uni and could get there working in HR but would mean moving from the public sector into bigger corporates. Possible but not as easy as DH has it where they're crying out for specialists in certain areas of IT.

If DDs even show a vague interest in an IT career I'll certainly be encouraging them into it.

They need to enjoy what they do and not just aim for the big bucks, although they'll likely learn this at some point. Success in life doesn't come about from a big salary. One of my children is saying similar, wanting the highest paying job possible. I keep trying to explain that earning lots of money won't make him happier. He just needs to earn enough money and enjoy life.

I don’t think the average construction worker is earning £100k…

in my experience: to earn a high salary in that range you likely need to:

be prepared to start small. Few walk straight out of uni into 100k jobs. Most that end up on 100k walked straight into unpaid or low paid internships first.

be in the right place at the right time. That means you move where the money is. You may need to switch employer/location frequently, although the latter is changing due to remote working. Be ready to up and leave quickly to catch the opportunity while it’s there.

be patient. It could take 10-15 years to get there, so you just need to make sure your salary is moving in the upward direction in incremental steps. If it stagnates, you need to change something

controversial but: no kids in those 15 years, or a partner who is the “main” parent. Or very helpful relatives.

all that plus a career that actually has the potential to earn money. E.g if you want to be a dog walker on 100k you’re probably going to be disappointed no matter how hard you work

"Construction professional services" =/= "average construction worker"

That poster wasn't talking about brickies.

My niece graduated from uni this year with computer science and has a £50k job at 21.

Tech has some crazy salaries - stuff like consulting or analytics.

There doesn’t have to be a trade-off between money or happiness - I know high earners who really enjoy their jobs because they’ve got to a stage where they get to travel, take on interesting projects and manage teams of people all round the world. In this economy it’s also good to have specialist skills which make you sought after. As long as you have good interpersonal skills to manage money well and stay grounded and be a good manager.

I had very vague notions about wanting to help people and not doing things for the money when I grew up. I enjoy my ‘worthy’ job but it can feel like a slog putting in all that time and effort and still earning a mediocre wage. Kids today are going into a much harder world than we had so it probably makes sense to be pragmatic and give yourself options

@Snowqueen22 same here sadly.

Actuary. Especially contracting.

I second this having done this myself, though converting it not to £££ but to professional success in a fun but low paying sector. Would like to add though: do the visible hard work, not the invisible routine toil.