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 am on 100k plus bonus as a Head of Dept at a FTSE 100 Retailer
Partner is on roughly the same as a short haul Pilot (FO), should increase a lot when he is Captain.

We are both 31, no kids

Does make you laugh when you see the disparity doesn’t it? I think that’s why I’m a bit envious after all the studying and CPD but I also think it’s good that hard work counts as well.

Construction commercial manager. 6 figures

Sales manager. Around £75k. DP is in one of the emergency services on just over £50k.

We're both consultants in IT, both earning 6 figures. Both graduates and specialists in our fields.

Me(34) c suite fintech £225k + bonus
OH(38) in house lawyer £180k + bonus

In London.

I'd love to show my non academically oriented son. Would you mind expanding on your DH's career? What did he do after GCSEs?

London black cab driver, around £100k

Excuse my ignorance, but what is comms? Communication?

what does this actually mean? Telephone companies?

I’m a G6 civil servant on 80k and H is fire safety and building control for a private company and earns around the same.

Dh, production manager ina large factory. Around 65k.

Eta: also didn't go to uni, just worked up from manual roles to team leader, manager, shift manager etc.

DH - Sales manager, environmental (water), just shy of six figures though more with bonuses factored in.

I’m a SAHM.

I'm also in comms and on a measly 35k - 100k feels like fantasy land! It means communications for an organisation - really broad range of roles, could be internal comms or external comms - which could involve press/media relations, social media, branding, email newsletters, blogs, videos, bit of design work,.ghostwriting speeches or articles for the CEO, events - all sorts!

@TheyWentToSeaInASieve I would say landed on his feet is probably the best way to describe it! He pre-dates GCSEs when not everyone was expected to progress into further education so did practical work for a few years before getting into sales & marketing departments in some big companies that enabled him to get moving up the ladder. I suspect it would be a lot harder to get those roles now though without a degree, unless you could get on some sort of apprenticeship scheme.
For someone who's not academically these days (and I don't mean not clever, some folk just aren't into studying), I'd heavily encourage them to get a trade.

IT manager and Associate Construction Professional.

I work a 9- 5.30 no overtime job in finance/asset management. I know I am very lucky to have finally found a job in this industry with no expectation over free overtime.

DH has his own business in the construction industry. He supplies and fits items that the business makes.

I’m 6 figures (low) and in finance. Quite senior.

Law, 300-400k, in London

I’m at UK firm and if I went to a US firm (still based in London), I’d be on up to double that

If I was in the Middle East I’d be earning close to that tax-free

To address some PP comments:

: you don’t need an undergrad law degree to be a lawyer. My advice to youngsters is to do something interesting and add a 1 year postgrad degree on top (preferably funded by the law firm you will train with)

: it absolutely is possible to work 20 hour days in law. 24 hour days are possible too. Been there, done that

Financial services and law.

Oh and route- degree, grad scheme and then worked up.

DH Had his own company and is mid six figures
I’m a teacher and I earn enough to pay for a room in the house my DH can afford for us.
He sees me as an equal so let’s me use the whole house.

I’m a mid-high-level Civil Servant (not SCS) so not on much more than I’d like but I have interesting work streams with amazing access. OH works in the City and earns stupid money. Even by our standards, the money is a lot more than we expected. I could be a SAHD if I wanted to be but I’m very much following my passion in Whitehall policy 😂

My OH contracts on £950 a day working in IT for one of the big banks (trading).

I earn £26k working for a charity 😂

Product owner for an IT solution. Make about 67k before tax, so not a super high earner. Have done tech related consulting work before as well. My job now is pretty easy and chill for the money. My study background is in business.

I’m a civil servant (Grade 7) with a salary of £72k.