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

Me- chief of staff type role £100k
DH- actuary (a v senior one) £210k

Bonuses excluded.

Many public sector salaries are published. For example NHS consultants, police chief inspectors, and judges would all earn over £70k.
The website rollonfriday lists average salaries at different levels of solicitor seniority and all major law firms.

What is interesting is how much experience in the job is needed to earn a particular salary. Eg - partner in a law firm. They can earn millions, but it would generally be after c12 years on the job, and lots don’t make it.

DH is an operations manager for a property developer (£90k, London). Started as an intern on £16k and has worked his way up over twelve years. Lots of 60 hour weeks and every day in the office even when WFH was introduced.

Over 100 in a niche area of consultancy in STEM. I needed a degree and MSc but many have PhDs. I have been in various STEM jobs 20 years. Our new grads are paid 50k ish.

If you want an inspiring story, i had a colleague same level as me few years ago (same trajectory) who was working in ASDA a few years prior. He was a dad and had been working for an average salary but he knew he was "smart". He took up a masters in his spare time and then applied for middle management jobs in this industry and was excellent at his job and progressed quickly because he was smart, motivated and had lots of work experience being a good colleague/ professional.

It's certainly possible if you have a technical kind of brain.

Dh, designs electrical systems for nuclear power stations.

I just had to google what a saturation diver was - wow, I would fine that absolutely terrifying!

You might not believe this but - librarian. Senior management in London (extra weighting but I commute in so goes further).

Undergrad, postgrad qualification in librarianship (yes, that’s a thing), professionally chartered. I’ve worked in some prominent institutions and have put in a lot of graft over the years going above and beyond, both of which have helped me climb the ladder. As high up as I want to be and finally comfortable financially but it’s possible to go further.

Tax… but now I’m off to name change in case I’ve said anything too outing 😂

Gosh, interesting. May I ask what hours you work to earn that? Mostly at nights abd babk holidays etc?

Marketing Director, early 6 figures. Worked my way up, starting in junior roles.
DH is a chief operating officer, worked through various project management and programme management roles and stints in consultancy (which he hated but were big salary boosts!)

Me - lawyer, 100k FTE
DH - director of an IT business 150k, but he set up the company and sold his shares and the proceeds from the sale are invested and bringing in about 500k a year returns (without depleting the investment) so the income from our salaries seems a bit academic now.

Generally around 40/45 hours a week, it’s a great job though, as a self employed person with unlimited 24/7 overtime if you want it, completely flexibly.

Certain times of the year will work beyond 6pm on a Tuesday and Thursday evening, not usually later than 10/11pm on those nights though.

mostly do weekday early mornings.

solicitor, £90k pro rata

I’m an accountant - I started off doing a science degree & masters but decided I didn’t want to follow a career path in academia so looked at the other options which were basically law or accountancy. Started at a large consultancy then switched to an in house role in financial services. Been there for over a decade, working my way up.

Me Teacher £70K
Husband school SLT £100K
This is take home after tax
Accommodation, flights, medical provided

Needless to say, we’re not in UK, in Asia

6 figures, risk management at an investment bank

I was joking. I thought it is obvious what I had meant but maybe it wasn’t? I don’t want to dox myself but the area I work in does present itself with a lot of opportunities to meet some ‘interesting’ characters (not including the useless SpAds).

Me: Trouble shooter, law/compliance, board level role

Me - £70k as a senior academic at a university with leadership responsibilities.
DH- £95k as a director at a different university.

Cyber security sales - circa £180k

I'm an Accountant in Finance at a FTSE 100 company.

Me- private healthcare Exec- £160k

i work in automotive as EA to the VP. I earn £60k, my boss is on over £ 200k + shares pa. Hubby now retired was an accountant and was in £100k.

I’m an academic so I don’t make that much. 😂 But Dh does. He is self-employed in a trade, think metal fabrication, though more high end specialist than that. He is a company director with 3-5 employees, though he does still do the actual hard graft himself too. I couldn’t guess at what he actually makes as it varies and is in dividends, but certainly over £60k and collectively we’re over £100k. It’s sad he makes more than me with my three degrees. 🤣

Lawyer and investment banker here and this is very familiar.
Add two non sleeping children into the mix and it gets even more fun.
I’m now a SAHM, more through burnout than choice.

Before anyone starts, I recognise some people work horrific hours on low pay too.