If you earn 100k plus, what is your occupation?

[CJ2010]

I've posted this here as it is a bit U, but i am curious to know what jobs pay mega bucks.

I've just been looking on a jobs website at admin jobs, most are paying on average 20-25k (in London). With the cost of living as it it, that sort of money will not go far at all.

I've been a SAHM for a while now and have begun looking for work. I'm considering retraining, but only in something that pays well!

So members of the 100k club please spill the beans and let me know your secrets!

All jobs can be grindingly dull, I'd rather be paid well and be bored though.

Well, I don't earn 100k so there's no point mentioning my earnings on this thread (nil as a SAHM). In DH's geeky office the other engineers are 99% male. There are female staff in the company, who work mainly in sales who may well be on £100k. But it's quite a young workforce (mostly under 35s from the work functions I've attended) so they wouldn't be on MN, none of them have children at that age as they tend to put it off until they are older.

The trouble with nearly all of these £100,000+ jobs is that they sound so grindingly dull.

High paying jobs typically either require a high level of skill, of personal sacrifice (or both) or are "professional" (aka restricted entry) and maintain artificial high wages.

Anything that is fun and not tooo difficult to do is on average very low paid as people flock into it, and only a very small number do very well .

I am SE I work 55hrs a week plus do 4hrs (on average maybe more) per wk training and paperwork and i earn 6k a yr but love my job so much

I know plenty of people (not just in Switzerland) on that kind of money, back in DH's homeland, Germany.

Engineers, salesmen, brewmasters/engineer, consultant. It is not unusual, particularly if you are willing to move around a bit or do project work abroad.

It is one of the reasons that we won't move to UK, cause pay is comparatively lower there.

I think that you need to find something that interests you and see if you can find work in that field, which will make you happier than pots of money.

Posie
I know a few folk earning £300k and much more and they are not morally reprehensible.

I am morally reprehensible for a lot less than 100k

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"I know a few folk earning £300k and much more and they are not morally reprehensible."

Indeed, MmeLindor. Being responsible for the livelihoods of many hundreds of employees is pretty good stuff, IMVHO.

Around 80% of my job is far from dull. It's very exciting creating a range of products and watching them sell.

I still get a kick when I see people wearing things that we brought about, and successfully manage the risk on those things that don't. I also enjoy sculpting a team with the skills to make a successful business, I love assisting people in their development and helping them to become successful.

I have a fantastic role model - director and working mum, as I have had in the past. Infact the top 4 bods in my company are all working mums. They set a good example by allowing flexibility. Even my peer who is male with 3 young kids works from home from time to time to help his SAHM partner.

I enjoyed it when I started on 11k, and although some companies have had strange politics on the whole I've been enriched by every experience.

The 20% that is dull is travel, admin, expense form completion, and warehouse meetings..

I don't think it's vulgar, op asked a genuine question, and got some genuine answers. A lot of people are curious about earning potential of different careers.

I used to (walked away a few years ago to become a SAHM). My job was neither morally bankrupt nor grindingly dull. It was, however, utterly exhausting and all-consuming.

Incredibly long hours, high stress, and a LOT of hard work is the only way I know to get there.

the messages in this thread are facinating:

1. they are morally bad jobs
2. you should consider yourselves lucky
3. they are boring
4. i am so pround of my DH
5. you are vulgar

Tax lawyer. It seems to involve working over 50 hours a week, every week for years though. Perfectly routine to earn £100k+ 10+ years PQE. I'm not an equity partner. They can earn in seven figures nowadays ...

I don't think this thread is vulgar, it is really interesting.

Am intrigued now by Maggot's company.

That is one thing that DH likes, btw - that he sees a product at the end of the day that he contributed towards. Funny how often you spot your own product, once you are aware of the brand.

I think that a job that offers an end result, is often more satisfying than a consultant job where there is no tangible product.

I used to work in sales, and loved it when my customers would come back and tell me about the items they had bought and how much they enjoyed using them.

therealtillyminto don't forget to add:

• We have the right to tell you what to spend said earnings on.

TheRealTillyMinto - only from those with chips on their shoulders

It's interesting, if others don't find it interesting it was a bit stu

I mentioned it, Baubley because my husband's occupation fits into that category (consulting engineer) and I thought OP might be interested in that information. He went to school for many years and has worked his way up so it may not be that feasible for her.

I love hearing about the women who have islands and are entrepreneurs and professionals; I think that's fab! We're lucky enough to live in a neighbourhood where women do all sorts of things for their families. Some stay at home with their children, some have husbands who do that, some are part of dual-income families. I love staying at home with my children, personally. It's what I always wanted to do and I think that DH and I have a symbiotic relationship in that his job allows me to do what I want to do and I allow him to do what he wants to do. No shame

Gahhhhhh

It's interesting, if others don't find the topid interesting they were a bit stupid to click on the thread as the title was pretty clear! Either that or they just feel the need to tell the rest of us how vulgar we are

it's interesting thread,yes the range of jobs
sahm recipient of someone else money,interesting?not at all.that's all him,not you

"Being responsible for the livelihoods of many hundreds of employees is pretty good stuff, IMVHO."

Agreed, unless you work in the charity sector, according to supurbophobe. And as in some of the big charities you would be responsible for hundreds, maybe thousands of employees, managing their safety in dangerous situations internationally, AND potentially the lives and livelihoods of hundreds and thousands of the charity's beneficiaries, we hope this job is done by highly skilled experienced people. Otherwise Superbophobes regular £20 could be wasted. So perhaps some of you high earners on this thread would like to give up your jobs and do it for free, or for £25k, say? Any takers?

Quattrocento - one of my best friends is married to an international tax lawyer (coming up for 30 years PQE) and he earns squillions, judging from their lifestyle. But God does he work all the hours in the day and night and then some...

BTW it is relatively well-known what Xenia does on MN. The reason she isn't saying on this thread (I guess) is because she's been outed by name at least once on MN, and I'm sure she would prefer to remain anonymous.

yes Bin and yes Chipping

very sadly, i dont think men would have given the same reactions. hopefully it wont be like this in the future!

...& how i believe we change this, is by more high earning women.

Hello Bonsoir! He'd be an equity partner then (grinds teeth).

The range of jobs is interesting; I'm learning a lot. ScottishMummy what do you do?

I'd love to earn loads of money but (1) I wouldn't then be able to do all the other things I do every day and both I and others would notice and complain (2) the taxman is very greedy towards second earners, making it all a bit pointless.

Which are, in my now very considered opinion, the main two reasons why there are not as many high-earning women out there as some people think there should be!