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’m a teacher with leadership responsibilities and earn in the £60ks.
DH is a medic and earns in the £80ks.
We both work very long hours. I went PT for 8 years when DCs were younger, which has set me back a bit in terms of salary. DH could choose to take a better paid role but we are not prepared to move and he loves the clinical side of his work more than management.

My teen DS is interested in law as a career. Are those of you on 6 figures are based in city law firms or is it possible to earn that much anywhere in the UK?

6 figures, internal strategy team at a management consultancy. Previously, I spent over a decade in a client facing consulting role but got burnt out from the stress, ridiculously long hours and travel.

Hospital consultant in Ireland, basic pay is €270k. With additional work and allowances I usually make €350k annually.

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Me - 6 figures, financial services. I put in a lot of hours in my early to late 20s (a lot of 70 hour weeks for a few years) and have worked smarter (and still work hard) ever since. I now do a nice 35-40 hour week most of the time but expect this to fluctuate in the future. I climbed the ladder from near the bottom, moved firm, worked as an independent contractor for years while taking on larger roles then took a perm role and have moved internally since. I do want to keep climbing further so studying and expanding my skills. The plan is to stay in FS or maybe eventually move into Consultancy.

DH - earns less but still reasonably high salary in Engineering. He could go further if he wants to in the future.

Me: Director of Operations in one of the big 4

DH: ERP Director in a pharmaceutical company

Comfortably into the 6 figure salary range.

Retired saturation diver
could be anything from £60,000 to £400,000+ pa for max 6 months work depending on contracts and type of work etc

Chief Strategy officer at an advertising agency (£160k) and marketing communications Director for a big UK brand (£110K). 10-20% bonuses.

The verticals are important - healthcare and technology - and it’s London. DH did a healthcare-adjacent degree, mine was completely unrelated to what I do now. We both started on our respective agency and client sides as an account executive and marketing exec and worked our way up. We’ve jumped roles a few times and negotiated promotions and higher salaries each time

Canteens!? Horse Guards!?

We definitely have very views on what counts as 'Amazing Access.' 😃

I spent about 90% of my time when I'm in London going between departments and I definitely would not consider the 'Canteens' a highlight - a lowlight, to be avoided at all costs unless your partial to a bit of food poisoning.

Ditto to Horse guards (tourists) and St James Park (rats). I had to stop meeting people in St. James Park as we kept seeing rats in the cafe there!

Software engineer. Retrained on maternity leave 5 years ago. Started and ran own business in hospitality before and convinced employers I had industry and people knowledge that was desirable despite not yet having the technical chops as a junior engineer. Went from earning £20k to £65k now.

Consulting actuaries.

Dh is the big earner he works in the music industry and travels all over the world
I work part time in a Doctors surgery

DH - Engineering £150k including bonus
Me - Senior HR manager £90k soon to rise to £95k,

Audit / Advisory or Tax?

£165 before tax. Engineer.

DP - Product Designer, just over 200k
Me - also a designer, 70k

Both mid 30s

Lawyer - dh. Leasing company.

sadly I am not a high earner (but I do love what I do and do it well).

Me - im a Lawyer - commercial law and IP law. Work in house for a big global tech company. 6 figures plus stock options worth around 30% more.

My route is quite straightforward - I did a law degree, then LPC then went to paralegal roles and eventually qualified as a solicitor. I’ve always worked in-house.

Dh, microchip designer approx 700k
Me, part time gardener, last year 11k!

CIO
Commercial finance/management accounts
Both early 40s, midlands based so slightly cheaper to live than trying to do the London thing.
One significant (and expensive) commute, 3 days per week

Lawyer for me
DH works in data migration

6 figures, management consultant in banking.

Are you in academia or industry?

Me: high-level official in international civil service, 260k plus lots of other very benefits, including school and university fees and generous pension. Difficult to enter, very rewarding but also frustrating at times, especially now.
DH: university professor, 75k.

I'm in industry, husband was academia but they started a spin-off biotech company to take the treatment into clinical trial.