High Earners you or partner, what job do you/they do?!

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On the back of the high income thread please share….. what jobs do you all do for high incomes eg….. one salary over 60k yearly?

nb. We are middle income bracket, both working plus two kids

I work in comms, around 100k, DH works in IT, earns around the same amount. We both have degrees loosely related to our careers, then just worked our way up from our 20s (in London), hard graft met with a bit of natural talent and belief in ourselves. From a woman’s perspective, earning a similar amount to DH has made things simpler - less power struggles, especially after having two kids. Slowing down a bit now career-wise due to a desire to spend more time with family and also we will attract higher tax rates if we progress.

Both of us are in law. Not top corporate/US money, but one City commercial and the other senior in house at very large org, enough to still take up long hours/holidays etc.

I’m only on £50k. DH earns over £200k in a senior role in finance. He works insane hours and is under constant stress.

Me - business development in a professional services firm. DH - supply chain for a global construction company. Both just over 100k.

Jeez, also in comms on a mere 35k. I live in hope 😭

Information Security, Governance, Risk & Compliance - Leadership role.

Path:

• call centre doing telemarketing and customer service
• Team supervisor
• Team manager
• specialist team manager
• call centre manager
• IT service desk manager
• Information security, GRC manager

Then just kept moving up in structure to Executive role.

No university degree but I have a few professional qualifications I’ve picked up along the way, mainly self taught.

My DH is on just over £80k at the moment, he’s in compliance for a global IT company, title is Director but it’s a big company so he’s still a few rungs from the top. He’s only mid-30s so a lot of potential to climb higher. He left school at 16 and highest qualifications are GCSEs, just worked his way up and learned on the job. He rarely works more than a 9-5, mostly from home, and is able to flex to do pick ups/drop offs and takes DS to a club. We’re really lucky.

Him- equity partner in a city law firm. Makes about £1.2m gross a year (profit share so this varies).
Me- lawyer in the civil service, £85k.

Head of change in IT. A levels but no degree if that helps add colour.

Me - Law.
DP - a trade

Software architect
data scientist.

me, 170K in marketing. DH on £160K in management consultancy plus bonus

Edited to add ex DH:

Me: Chartered Account and Chartered Tax Adviser - work in insurance with some mixed tax work.

Side hussle of doing friends and family tax returns.

Now Ex DH, Tax Lawyer, also CTA qualifies. He works inhouse so also gets a bonus annually. I don’t.

I have a degree in what was my favourite subject at school, chosen without any particular career path in mind, a masters in a more focussed aspect of that, got a graduate position in a large international company where i've moved around different departments and offices, and have a professional chartership.

t'other half meanwhile has bugger all school qualifications, didn't go to uni and earns nearly 3 times what I do.....

My husband and I are both scientists on 6 figures. Highly rewarding and feel like we're making a real difference (I work in Alzheimer's, husband works in cancer research). We feel very fortunate, followed our passion/favourite subjects through school/uni, and put in a lot of hard work to get where we are. We didn't set out to earn big, it's a bonus of doing something we love.

Husband 180 + bonus, fintech

Lawyer
Data scientist

Both in our mid 40s. Combined income about £180k gross.

HR Director.

Data scientist and Enterprise Architect

Both lawyers

Just because others with kids don’t work like dogs as you put it, and do 20 hour days ? Which is impossible. Doesn’t make them any less of a person.

We are both high earners, OH is a software engineer, I am in fintech working as a consultant.

Both back office in investment banking- 1 x Project Manager, 1 x Operations Manager, taking home just under £200k between us

Both Directors in logistics companies (different companies) one low 6 figures and one mid six figures.

DH - from A Levels to oil tankers, then to oil cargo inspection, on to oil refining and then production. Senior leadership team earning close to seven figures (mid six when converted to £).

Me - oil industry then retrained to law. Worked for 10 years. Now effectively a SAHM but work intermittently at a high level on Elections. I average about £40K, higher in election years.