To ask if you earn £50K+ what do you do?

[Poppi89]

I have seen a lot of posts on here where people say how much they earn and I am shocked how many people earn over £50K, so I was just wondering what it is that you do?

Also, do you think it is more important to have a high income or a job that you enjoy?

@Mumofapuppa is that full time?! Must be lots of regional differences- when I left early years 5 years ago our room leaders were getting £25k I believe it's more like £28-9k now. Are you sure you're getting paid what you should?

No idea why people pop up and tell us what they’re husband earns.

@AngelicaKauffman Just to be clear I earn considerably less than £50K less than half that actually and everyone I know earns considerably less too. So I asked the question because I keep seeing posts on people earning over this amount and wondered what jobs they could be doing to earn that amount. It's not an argument on whether it is a high salary or not.

NHS manager with a clincal professional qualification

I earned 50K in finance. The salary was due to annual increments and being there a long time. If I was to go into the same job today, I'd be lucky to get 25K. I didn't like the job, it was very stressful and I left to be a SAHP so no the salary wasn't my main motivation.

I'm a primary school headteacher earn about 60k.

Statistical programmer

Absolutely love my job and have good work family balance.

Civil servant. I was better paid in the private sector but the pension made my total package bigger when I moved across and I enjoy making a difference. It’s usually pretty flexible but it’s not at the moment. I’ve worked 15 days in a row now without a day off.

I earn quite a bit more than that in Fundraising. Love, love, love what I do. Work in Major Donor fundraising so tends to be very well paid if you're very good at it. A lot more jobs than people with experience.

Work in R&D in pharmaceutical company. I don’t enjoy it; wish I did.

Senior adviser ( Education) with a local authority - ex headteacher. I earn £53,000.

I'm an account manager for a gas and electric company. I've done it ten years plus. I'm out about one day a week. Three max.

I can’t be specific as it is remarkably niche in the U.K. I am a General Manager and love it. Great environment, great team & generally very enjoyable. Added benefit of being a 10 minute drive from home... maybe a 40 minute walk... so no commute.

Plus I get a car and a bonus though no bonus this year obv.

I earn £52k as an nhs manger. I love my job, I do so many different types of think and I hope I make a difference for the patients. And especially now as I am able to help with Covid-19

I used to earn this much 15 years ago for a private company and could of stayed there but took a pay cut if 15k to join the nhs again and I'm glad I did

Just over 50k, I’m a doctor. It’s taken 3 degrees and 7 years experience to break 50k though. I usually love it. Not so much at the moment.

Head of resourcing for warehousing and logistics across European operations. Long hours, hard work, often Incredibly stressful, however it is NEVER boring and I’m proud of what my team and I achieve, especially in the current climate.

DH is a banker. He actually enjoys his job!

I used to be a Nanny - when I worked abroad I was on between £80-£120k per year - plus living expenses.

Not sure if I'd recommend it or not - money's good... but its damn hard work.

software - earn 50-100k, dream of opening an Pizzeria.

I'm in Software Technical Sales at a senior level. I earn in excess of £150k plus bonuses and shares makes extra £50k and up high above that in ££££ depending stock market valuationon top and sales commission multipliers. I don't really enjoy what I do. I work 15 hour days including stress of home educating my kids. It's incredibly stressful and high performing as well as a very knowledge rich area so I'm constantly having to keep on top of game. Sometimes I wonder if it's worth it. Working the hours I do. But then many many jobs at lower paid scale have similar challenges so I'd rather stay where I am.

I earn a low 6 figure income per year. Once I pay the mortgage, the isa, the school fees, the bills, groceries and the “holiday fund”, I’m probably left with around £1,500 per month.
It’s all relative and I know it’s a great salary and I dare not complain on AIBU for fear of getting absolutely slaughtered, however I took a fairly hefty pay cut after going back to work after taking some time out after having DC (changed into a different albeit related industry) so I’m left with far less disposable income than I used to have. I used to think nothing about dropping £250 on a haircut and spending £100s on clothes whereas now I watch what I spend a lot more. But again, it’s all relative, most people would think I am hugely well off whereas I’m probably the least well off in terms of disposable income of the people I socialise with or the other school parents. Definitely first world problems.

Head of Nursing for a busy ED and acute medical division. Challenging and currently quite stressful! My salary looks good on paper but I actually routinely work approx >60 hrs a week.

I love it, always something new and different to do but it has also consumed me.

Also what drives the high pay; niche area in big data analytics, few people have tech and customer savviness and high customer sales deals in the $millions. Whole company strategy banked on what we deliver.

I was wondering if higher paid jobs are more stressful so is it worth it but as PPs have pointed out so are some lower-paid jobs but it's better to be earning more for the same amount of stress.