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

It’s the salary for a newly qualified magic circle lawyer. Agree it’s a huge amount for a 25 /26 year old but that’s the reality

How do you get into MC ... Oxbridge ??

You can earn £200k+ in local government at executive level. Department leads are often on £100k+. Most that I know do a period in local government and then side step into the private sector.

i Remember as a young woman I thought £100k was a lot. Reality is if you live in London it really doesn’t stretch that far especially if you have kids. That said high flying of be is £300k plus a year.

Tax takes half of that money right off the top for those imagining you’d be living like Bon Jovi or something

I’d be ok if we earnt £100k between us!
I’m not greedy id just like to have a bit more disposable income for treats and extras.

Some of these figures are insane -
We clearly don’t move in these sorts of circles!

I also didn’t believe it at first (healthcare worker - I knew no different!) but for a select few of the top law firms this is the norm. Great money but the hours are insanity and it’s definitely not an easy job.

I think part of the problem is salary v all in package. Where I work now high flying women would earn £250k+ but the bonus/share options could easily double that to £500k. Previous employer salaries would be £350k+ but with bonuses up to £100k.

Both are huge but headline makes the first one look lower.

I personally think all in £300k+ in London/south east or £170k+ elsewhere.

In my field the salary probably peaks at £200k but you can earn double that on the side

300k+ discretionary bonus id say. But 100k plus in London in my industry is fairly standard for mid-career folk.

Youre correct! We have a small two bed bungalow no kids no cars no holidays. It doesn't go far at all. Double would be nice but at nearly 60 I think this is peak. Annual bonus is nice tho

It depends on so many factors. Lots of posters are saying £300k+ but the prime minister doesn’t earn that. Is that not ‘high flying’? If you’re only focussing on remuneration someone working in IT in a niche company will probably out earn many CEOs.

I knew someone in a similar position who was earning that. She did jack it all in after a few years of no sleep and a painkiller addiction though.

The “high flying” woman I work with (well, work under) is almost certainly on more than a £1m.
But equally, my friend became a headteacher at a relatively young age - could reasonably be described as “high flying” in her career, but on considerably less money!

Of course you do.

I'm in accounting and think around £1m is high flying based on what I see in the large companies I work with and based on what our most senior partners earn.

My friends recently graduated son , 23, is an actuary in the City, started on £110,000

Because it's patently obvious that you could be a high flying civil servant on £150,000 at Director General level and be highly respected at the very top of your career...

...but that money would be what a junior (newly qualified) earner would get at a law firm, which is hardly "high flying" in their career when you consider they have just started

Do you see what I mean, @Itsmetheflamingo ...?

High flying to me, means what you start to earn when you reach the top of your career whatever it is you do.

You seem to have stated it as "name a job role which earns over £100k and is therefore 'high flying' to anyone else who earns £26k"

Both perspectives are valid , maybe the OP just wanted your kind of viewpoint which is fair enough.

Name changed.
I'm mid-40s, country finance lead for a global company and earn £500k.
I was bright at school and got into Oxbridge then found a career in a niche sector I was passionate about and worked hard to build my reputation and take opportunities to progress as they came up.
I feel very lucky considering I grew up working class in the north and went to a state school. I try and lead my team with empathy and give back by supporting initiatives to open doors to others without the connections inherent privilege provides.

Anything over 100k I think is pretty high-flying … for women or men.

You struggle on nearly £200k?!

Do you use gold leaf instead of loo roll?

And people wonder why no one sane wants to be an MP!! we need to go for Singapore and pay them £1 million a year so we get the best of the best

A high flying salary is what pilots get. And maybr astronauts.
HTH

Cabin crew?

I would agree with over 300k.

I work in the city and low 6 figures is quite common at senior workforce/middle management level, "high flying" has to be a few rungs above this

Haha only on mumsnet

But your dc won’t been in nursery forever - it feels like it (I remember it well) but most people aren’t that rich during the young years. I say that as a mum of 3 including twins. With dd1 about to go to uni, we expect a few more years like the nursery years. Children are expensive 🤷🏻‍♀️ (oh and we didn’t get 30 hours free childcare at age 3 like you will)