To ask what your job is if you earn £50k plus

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Just that really!

I'm in a job that I fell into many years ago. Its OK but I'm bored. It's a professional job that many people would think earns about twice what it does. I'm on approx 30k (people are always shocked to learn this) and will be forever in this job (no real promotion open to me). Its a sector a LOT of people want to work in and in which some people will work for free. The result is we are actually paid very little - and people outside the sector are always shocked by this.

I'm considering a career change, but have no ideas what to. So if you're earning 50k plus sell me hour career. I have a degree, an MA and I'm sure lots of transferable skills.

Pharmaceutical companies have many roles over 50k, from sales to marketing to medical affairs. You often need a science degree, though PhD, masters, medical degrees help you earn more.

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I work in HE in social sciences... I earn c75k and that is very much average for mid-career level in my department. My DH is at the same institution and earns significantly more but with added responsibilities.
If you enjoy your job I would look first at what you can do to progress within the sector e.g. moving institutions, gaining additional qualifications, moving into administration etc.

I earn more than that, quite a bit more in the voluntary sector. It's pretty well paid if you're quite experienced and senior and look carefully. I've worked my way up and I know my area inside out and people will pay for my experience,

Masseuse and musician.

(There are doctors on MN but they are probably busy seeing patients so not posting today. Also it depends if you work part time and do not own a GHP practice or if you are a leading NHS surgeon working full time hours plus over time and a private practice as to who well paid medicine can be but agian like law (my post above) involves a lot of years of training before you are qualified even more at times than the 6 or 7 years before a solicitor is qualified. My doctor father was doing exams to age 30 and my parents put off babies until about 8 years of marriage as they needed two full time professional salaries for years before they could afford to have a house and then have us.

S a lot of the high salaries on here are people who took 6 - 8 years to qualify into something where most people cannot pass the exams or do the skills. it is that shortage in a sense of skill or being the only expert in the UK in something or doing something no one much wants to do that tends to lead to higher pay. My son earns about £22k as a food van driver and the same for the 3 years he was a postman as just about anyone who can drive can do those jobs so the pay reflects it.

Senior Recruiter for a global tech business.
£70k base & shares currently worth around £90k, average yearly earnings are usually around £100k.

Pre COVID I was home based 2 days and London 3 days, now I’ll be home 4 days and London 1 day.

@TakeMeToKernow I have moved jobs in the last year, but I've been on ~£60K for the last ten years, all in Data Science type roles. I would be on substantially more by now if I hadn't had two children and moved location and had an accompanying industry change twice, each where I had to take a step down the ladder before getting promoted back to my previous level. Twice!

The first part of my Data Science career I was a Civil Servant and my experience is you yet paid well up to the grade I was (grade 7, specialist allowances and London weighting took me up to £60K) but after that the extra responsibility and expected workload really isn't worth it for the additional salary.

I'm hoping to get up to £70K in the next couple of years, beyond that I think I'd need to move into more of a cut throat company or move out of the data science specialism and into more of a director type role to get more money, but I'm perfectly happy with £70k being my ceiling tbh.

I love my job and it feels like much of my work is playing at interesting numerical games, like a multi dimensional game of tetris almost. It really suits me, and the end products I make are helpful to my colleagues so everyone thanks me. Its a good balance.

When DC are older I might want to stretch myself and try something new, or I might keep pootling away at what I do and divert my energy and creativity into something outside of work.

DH is self employed, he has a trade and has always worked in the building industry - he earns approx £75k per year.

£70k ($130K AUD) - senior product manager in Melbourne. Fell into product management and I love it. I look after the P&L and strategy of a suite of products and my DRs who execute and manage the products.

Next career step should take me to £90k (director managing team of senior product managers) then to reach £100k + would be Head of Department.

My industry tends to pay on the lower end of the scale, but we receive incredible travel perks.

I'm a G6 civil servant but people in my Department earn £50k from G7 (the grade below).

It's a great job, good flexibility and interesting roles and having a degree or a MA is fine. I'm policy so you need to be pragmatic with a can do attitude and look for innovate ways to deliver what Ministers want with often no money and little time!

nurse, mental health mainly working from home at £32 /hr. Long contract via agency 9-5. Mon-Fri. I have been working for the trust for 4yrs now. Difficulties in recruiting and also people do not stay long

Comms planner in a marketing team

Someone mentioned pharma - agree that you need to find the right vertical. Pharma and medical devices, insurance, gas and energy, finance - they'll all pay much better for head office roles than, say, beauty or groceries

Climate change risk and other social/ governance issue related policy analyst, advising financial services companies how to keep up with regulatory requirements.

Another corporate lawyer here, big London firm so great pay (but very long hours and quite stressful). As people have said, salaries in law vary hugely depending on what type and where in the country you are.

I’m blown away tbh with these salaries.I started work on 3.00 an hour.

Don’t begrudge you. I expect you’ve earned it.

I earn six figures in top management (originally qualified as a Chartered Accountant but moved on). I believe you can earn a high salary in almost any field providing you make it to the top. Not everyone in my field earns the really high amounts, but those with determination and good skills do. My advice is don't switch careers but find ways to use your current skills to earn more. A career coach can help you with this.

@ReginaaPhalange

50K+ is not high, in any career, if you invest a few years working hard. The top rung in most professions would be paid much more than that.

(I’m only a trainee doctor, about 5 years away from being Consultant, and I earn just over 50K)

NC for this. Senior medical consultant, NHS plus private practice. £250k to £300k. Medicine can very good to you but is often extremely hard work.

As a trainee doctor, to be on 50k you have to be doing unsociable hours/weekends.
For the amount of training, university cost it should be better paid than it is. They would maybe then attract more new people wanting to go into it.

Not me but DH is on £85K. Governance for a large org. I’m on £36k SMT voluntary sector. Doesn’t go far in the Home Counties.

125K - software developing IT consultant, home based, but could be sent to work anywhere around the country (before current situation obvs). 25 yrs experience, 10 with current company.

I'm slightly fortunate as I span that rare gap of software developers who can actually talk to real people as well - I'd struggle to make as much if I was a just a head-down programmer.

Business development and commercial manager

Sales and commercial is well paid

EA in finance for me. I live in London so it doesn't go as far as you'd think..