If you earn over £60k, what do you do?

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I’m a midwife and truly fed up. It’s my passion, but too much stress for nowhere near enough pay.

I would like to significantly increase my earning potential. I wouldn’t mind retraining, or doing something somewhat related.

It needs to be something I can do part time (e.g. 4 days a week or similar) as I’m a single parent.

I wouldn’t even mind being self employed.

Please help!

Came on to say band 8 scale will get you this. I am midwife and on this. Full time and more responsibility though…not as much unsocial hours. Flexi and some work from home. But…I have been in ‘the trade’ for 20+ years. Could you top up with (dare I’d say it) agency?

I'm in big tech.
I make a good / great wage but part time does NOT exist. Of the very few women on 4 days, even fewer actually get to take the full day off as standard in fact I dont know anyone.

They want their pound of flesh and you are always one bad performance cycle away from being canned. 5 yrars ago id hwve recommended it but now I'm not so sure i would.

My friends husband is a construction foreman, he work very regular hours and makes 120k!

I earn around 200k but was only on about 65k when I joined my current employer about 10 years ago.

I work in a legal role in a highly regulated industry where experience is significantly rewarded.

I work fewer hours now than at any point during my entire career. Almost entirely WFH and no evenings or weekends.

The only advice I can give is find a career that has longevity and significant barriers to entry. If you don’t you are at the mercy of market changes and/or being significantly undercut.

£75k, flexible hours, hydrid working but when it is busy I stay until the work is done. I am a regulatory policy specialist in essential infrastructure. I have a degree and a post grad diploma in economics and 15 years experience working in policy.

I'm an IT Consultant (self employed contractor and I usually work for very large fintechs), 25 years experience, proven track records, a BSc Hons, an MSc and an MBA. It's a tough gig, but it pays well.

The CEO of our local nhs trust is a midwife. She will be on about £150k+.

Civil service and I make that now but it took me the best part of 10 years to get here. I started on about 20K in 2014

Accountancy and tax have great earnings potential, and apprenticeships are usually fairly easy to come by depending on your area.

PR/Marketing/Comms. I work full time and have almost 15 years’ experience.

You would earn over 60k as a band 8, so could focus on gaining experience and progression as a midwife. Alternatively, none medical prescribing and botox course/ filler etc. People make a lot of money doing that.

Well, I don't pay bleedin' tax for starters.

And a lot of 'my work' is cash in hand (or jewellery), so to speak.

Mind you, you has to bung the rozzers a few quid now and again, so that reduces the income on the balance sheet!

Mid level manager in local gov (managing small team) in London. Lots of people compress hours and part time would probably ok if you’re doing something like 0.8 fte. I have a specialist skill but others at my level of different teams don’t necessarily, you’d need experience though.

Senior Lecturer -Nursing. Would you be wanting to earn over £60k part time though because that’s more challenging!

Depending on your qualifications and willingness to retrain at university you could look into Dental Hygienist/Therapist training? Barriers would be whether you have a local dental school and if you could commit to the training which is usually full time. (It’s classed as full time anyway even though you’re not normally actually in 5 days a week every week). They are also looking at bringing in a type of apprenticeship/on the job training. It’s not available yet though. But might be worth keeping an eye on it in the future.

Like any job there are pros and cons. Once qualified you can choose whether to avoid working crappy hours or weekends. I work 9-5 Monday to Thursday. I like the fact I can leave the job at work once I go home. There’s plenty of options for part time work. It can take a while to find the right hours to suit you but it can be done. Pay can be high (70k+) depending on location of practice and pay negotiated. However most of the time you are self employed so no sick or holiday pay. Being self employed also means you don’t have employment rights. And you need to save for your pension yourself. You can get lucky though and find an employed position. It’s not impossible.
However it also depends why you want to leave midwifery. Dentistry is also stressful because you’re dealing with the public and there’s always the risk of complaints etc. However if you find the right practice who are supportive and you make sure you treat people right and take care of your patients it does limit the risk.

Anyway this career certainly isn’t for everyone. But I thought I’d throw it out there!

You are being totally unrealistic at 25 - why not work your way up - get much more experience and look at lecturing

You can only have been qualified for three to four years. That’s so sad and a waste of your training and the money it cost you. Is there anything related you can move to which would improve things? Medical school certainly won’t improve your finances or work/life balance!

I earn over 60k as a B6 midwife and not full time ( but with London weighting) I only work unsocial hours which does increase pay a lot.

Underpaid Shift work in the understaffed NHS. I can see getting fed up really quickly.

Take stock. Everybody gets fed up at work at different stages in their lives. You are only 25, maybe change hospitals? A new team and management could make a difference.

I’m an actuary on £62k for 3 days a week, but it did take me 6 years to pass all the exams. And I’ve 10 years work experience.

I agree with others that it’ll be hard to just go straight in at £60k you need to get qualification and experience etc.

FMCG, you'd need a different degree and plenty of experience though.
DH is in pharmaceuticals, they're always interested in people with clinical backgrounds

Data protection - 80k - 6 years experience.

However I am utterly absorbed by my subject so the amount of time I’ve spent invested in it is probably the equivalent of a 12 year career.

I’m currently earning 50k as a teacher but my next step up the ladder will be 55k and the one after that circa 60k as a deputy head. If I go for a headship eventually I’ll be looking at anything between 65 and 80k. I returned full time fairly recently as there’s no progression for part time staff and I was getting increasingly frustrated.

What do you do?