What's a high flying salary ?

[Noangelbuthavingfun]

For women... not men. Aibu to ask? I know it's a bit how long is a piece of string but just interested... my friends and I had wildly different views! Thanks for sharing and why if you can

I don’t think 100k salary would afford you to have a nice house, private school for a couple of kids and money left for holidays and I would expect a high flying salary to be able to cover that

I don't think i agree with deciding on what's a high salary along the gender lines.I think depending on what the individual does that is what should be the determining factor, so the question should be, 'what constitutes a high flying salary?' period.

It’s crazy!! A NQ lawyer friend of DD’s is on £180k at 25. Mad amount of money

Oh 100%, the problem is losing so much in a divorce and having a large mortgage alone 😁

however, I know my finances and I know an extra £60k would help so wind your neck in

Twenty gajillion pounds making fish lips out of macramé.

Probably mad hours too.

I earn 32k
I'm on the highest salary for my level of work. The person above me earns about 45k.
Position above hers is about 53k so its really not much at all.
Some of these numbers are crazy, I'd feel like I won the lottery with that type of money 😂

I earn nearly that much but do feel like I struggle. However I think an extra £60k would provide a good amount more per month to relax

Wouldnt you lose a lot of that extra 60k in tax though?

I do think what you earn & if you struggle or not on a higher salary can depend a lot on what age you got on the ladder and how much family help you had. Lots of high earners have a lot of family help which makes a big difference.

I wouldn’t think anyone in the public sector unless in government, would be on huge salaries. They are all publicly available to view.

£500k+ e.g. C-Suite, equity partner, top performing trader or banker. High flying in public sector would be less, maybe £200k+?

Well I pay 30k a year on nursery fees and need to earn 60k pretty much after tax, ni, student loan, pension to be able to cover that so a salary of a little over 100k doesn’t particularly leave me in a state of luxury

They will have to work really hard for that money. DH works for a MC law firm and it can be pretty brutal.

Yes but I know how much extra I’d take home and that would make a difference on a monthly basis

I could always do with more money!

Yabu to differentiate men and women

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Peak in my career would be 350k plus profit share and bonuses

I was giving a banding and indicator, not passing judgement @Itsmetheflamingo

Clearly all the salaries I mentioned were high flying. 🙄

Yep. Poor girl gets so little sleep or time off I am amazed that she hasn’t burnt out yet - the pressure is immense. It’s a huge salary but she definitely earns it.

So why the concern with knowing WHAT CAREER op is talking about?

Oh no, I totally agree! She’s an absolute star and works her arse off, for want of a politer term. It’s just such an astronomical figure for someone so young/newly qualified.

Surely not.. I'm not sure I believe that!!

I don't think of the term high flying in terms of salary but more in terms of potential to achieve big things eg 'she's a high flier' to indicate that she was ambitious.

Not really . The point is men have always earned more than women and the gender pay gap is very real although that's now slowly closing. Traditionally only very few women earn these sorts of salaries so I'm interested in what women earn

The measure of high flying is not different.