High Earners on MN?

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How? The actual leader of my county council doesn't earn more than £100K- where and what are all these super-maxed out occupations? I genuinely don't understand how mumsnetters (often relatively young) access these magic jobs I've never heard of.

YABU- they are there for the taking, you just made poor choices

YANBU- people here are very creative and there's an outside chance they may be lying exaggerating.

I'm definitely motivated by money but honestly the one thing that has motivated me (apart from being from a poor background) is always having men above me earning way more than me. It always bothered me. Also my dh always earning a lot more than me. I always told him I'd out earn him one day, which made no sense if you look at our roles and his background (relatively privileged), but i was convinced of it and now i do. My dsis and i are similar. Always within reaching distance of each other, one year she's ahead the next year me. We're always coaching each other in prep for our appraisals. My last big increase was purely down to a sisterly pep talk, i wrote down what she said and repeated it word for word. She will go on to overtake me and the cycle continues until one of us admits defeat

Nothing wrong with being motivated by money in my opinion. I'm a decent boss, care genuinely for my team, am very vocal at work about well being and also changes that must be made to improve the opportunities of disadvantaged young adults getting into my sector / area of work. I mentor. As always though, could do more.

[quote Respectabitch]@CarolineBingley is it wrong to really enjoy a poster with your name posting about being "motivated by money" in your career?

Ten thousand a year at least, you know![/quote]
@Respectabitch oh that made me laugh! Made me realise I am going to miss this name when I retire it.

@Respectabitch oh that made me laugh! grin Made me realise I am going to miss this name when I retire it.

@carolinebingley Did you ever actually meet anyone who caused you to retire the name of Bingley, tho?

I am also motivated by money to a point. I am not from a wealthy background and saw my father get made redundant and us struggle for a while and lots of stress for my parents. Financial security has been a significant driver for me. I have also always looked up to and aspired to a lifestyle I didn’t have, now I do and it’s earned and I don’t see anything wrong with that. I had no careers advice and we weren’t supported or coached at all on career choices at my run of the mill state school. Lots of my success has been a happy accident and luck, of course with lots of hard work and some kind of sense for the right moves at the right time. Fully support more talk like this for young girls and breaking the silence around salaries!

The pursuit of money in itself isn’t important to me, financial security is
I grew up in a council estate ,we were skint like everyone else and with money worries
I did want to be solvent and in a steady secure job,which I think originated in working class upbringing

To this date I have no debt (other than mortgage) and no credit card
Separate account from DP, my money is mine all. There’s no we, just me when it comes to Money

What an interesting thread.

Yes, I'm sure there are some posters who exaggerate as to their income levels. However, the detail in most posts, rings true, as it suggests that the poster comes from a place of pride in having overcome educational, social or other disadvantage.

As someone who is building their own business, I find this inspiring rather than envy-inducing.
Brava, ladies.

I am motivated by financial security and also by a desire to see my contribution fairly recognised. I am good at what I do and so I deserve to be paid the same as any bloke doing the same thing.

I am not unusual in my social circle because many of the people I know work in the City or have DC in the same private school as mine. However, DH is an immigrant from North Africa and so all of us have a very clear understanding that we are sitting in a privileged bubble. DH’s friends who drive for Uber as struggling a lot due to COVID.

I believe really strongly that financially successful women should post so women can realise that they can be the high earning partner! I really hope that women who assume that we are all fantasists go away from this thread and think about the messages they have internalised. Why is it believable when a woman posts about her high earning DH but not when the woman posts about her own high earnings.

I've never been a high earner..tops was £30k a year. partner earnt about £14k. But we saved, my parents early deaths...I was 17 and 24 when they went...meant we cleared the mortgage. I'm now 52 and will retire this year with about £1million in savings, pensions of about £900k and a house at £350k.
If you are prudent and seek good advice it's not difficult to be comfortable

@Userg1234

I've never been a high earner..tops was £30k a year. partner earnt about £14k. But we saved, my parents early deaths...I was 17 and 24 when they went...meant we cleared the mortgage. I'm now 52 and will retire this year with about £1million in savings, pensions of about £900k and a house at £350k. If you are prudent and seek good advice it's not difficult to be comfortable

I don't understand how you saved a million quid on thirty grand? Or is that inherited wealth?

@jinkjinkjink

Lawyer here, recently got to just over £100k in my late 40s. Had an unrelated artsy first degree then changed career in my mid 20s after realising that my earning potential would always be capped. Actually never thought I would earn this much.

I hope you don't me asking, I'm just being curious now! What sort of lawyer are you and are you associated with a specific company/business?