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!

It's true that the OP asked "which jobs pay well?" and didn't specify whether what sex you are matters.

It does matter though, we know it does. Because women do still earn a lot less than men. Even for doing the same jobs. Sex discrimination is alive and kicking.

This is a long thread. Will read it all later as I suspect it might have moved on a little from where it was.

But I suspect that as an accountant had I stayed full time after DS was born and then not left practice entirely a few years ago, I would be earning quite a bit by now. Bit galling really - definitely made some not good decisions economically.

oh, an I am not insecure, thanks very much.

:o

That did make me laugh.

Do you think that women who are SAHMs are insecure wafflers who defer to their DHs all the time?

I will have you know that without me, my DH would not be able to do the job he does. I am more than chef and bottle washer. We talk about his job, strategize, work out ways for him to deal with issues... I deal with all the household issues, yes but that is only one small part of the support that he gets from me.

That sounds a bit Lady MacBeth, but it is true.

Thanks all. I wish I'd done something that translated better into being part time/consultant/self employed!

Xenia is right that Teenage girls need to be informed about the careers with the big bucks so they can make informed choices.

I had no idea. I messed about with stupid jobs in my 20s convinving myself that those who were career minded and going after lucrative careers were shallow. When in actual fact it was an excuse for my lack of direction and ignorance. I hated living in a shared house in my early 30s with no firm financial future so I pulled my socks up and changed direction and after a long slog of putting the hours in and being focussed, I hit £100k at 40.

I am now working part-time - so earn the pro rata equivalent of £100k. I established myself and my reputation so I am given some slack and can be home to take kids to and from school and earn well in between 9am and 3pm.

Oh and the disparity is even worse after having children.

Even in the most apparently equal of relationships cracks can appear as some men suddenly start expecting women to do the majority of the childcare, housecare, and boring stuff that goes with the arrival of kids.

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Dh is a partner at a Management Consultantly firm - what do they do? Almost anything they are asked to and if they are v good, lots of stuff they aren't asked to, so they become rather more valuable and trickier to let go of.

He works long hours, doesn't see much of the dcs or me during the week. He enjoys the challenge, craves it in fact but has a very high tolerence for boredom - he sees that as a huge strength. Finds aspects of his job frustrating but expects that every job has its low points. Enjoys playing clever office politics - manipulating a situation without pissing people off - his clients like that about him too.

We have a huge mortgage so still have to manage our finances carefully, we have a good life but I often feel the money he earns is truly ridiculous. We live in a very wealthy area in London and I think earning less than £100k around here would be unusual.

I don't have girls. But this thread (and all the other stuff that we will pick up on the way) is useful for helping guide my children.

Although who knows how much will change.

I don't agree with the insecure waffling sahm stuff. People were just responding to the op, which jobs pay a lot?

Angel - I did laugh at your post

I am not insecure, I know my worth and my value to my family.

The OP wanted to know what jobs pay over £100k, and I was able to answer her.

MmeLindor I didn't say you were insecure.....are you?

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

Sorry ladies, but that is the direct quote from the OP.

Your husbands are NOT on here. You personally are NOT members of the 100k club.

It has ZERO to do with men or women and what jobs they do - I am saying, once again, I would like to hear from women or anyone WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE 100K CLUB. If any of your husbands wish to come on here and advise I would welcome them! Their input would be really interesting.

I am not saying that SAHM are waffling idiots. I am saying that they have no input on this thread. It's just a fact. That's life!

My Mum was a SAHM who used to be a nurse in the 70's - and although she is very smart, she wouldn't come on here blithering on about what my Dad earns for heaven's sake or how he did it! She doesn't know because she DIDN'T DO IT. Have some pride....

My sister is a SAHM to a 6 and 2.5 yr old. She also runs a successful advertising agency FROM HOME. Don't give me the 'I'm so busy putting the washing on....' That is tripe.

'Why does it make a difference if I am talking about my job or my DH's, or my friend's job?' Because it isn't yours and you are just clogging up this thread, for me anyway.

I am not reading this to boast about my husband's pay packet, I am on here genuinely to find out how people got to where they are!!!!!! Aaaaaaahhhhhh!

God women annoy me sometimes! If any man read this they would kill themselves laughing - you sound like a bunch of hens with your feathers in a twist!

Angel
Gosh, you are rude.

The OP said she is curious to know what jobs pay "mega bucks".

She also asked "members of the 100k club" to spill the beans.

We have seen a variety of people post about their own, and their relatives and friends' experiences, and it developed into an interesting thread.

You may only want to hear first hand experiences, but perhaps someone reading this thread will get some ideas of jobs that they have not thought of.

Sadly, I would imagine that a thread where ONLY women earning over £100k were allowed to post would be a great deal shorter than this one.

Which would be of less help to the OP.

the OP asks what jobs pay mega bucks.

Way down the thread I talked about me, not my H. the truth of the matter is that many women are like me, and they are the ones that give up their careers or take more flexible/less well-paid roles when they have children. I don't think that is sad, I felt that I was very lucky to be the one to do that and my H had to continue working full time.

in any case now I'm a single parent I may have to think about going back to private practice and trying to earn a bit more money, but not sure whether I've got the drive to do it now and also not sure whether the impact on my children is worth it.

Alibabaandthe40nappies

She asked to hear from the people IN the 100K club as he or she put it, not their other halves.

The fact people are not understanding my point says a lot about why the other halves are earning the cash tbh.

SAHM are worth their weight in GOLD. I have always thought that due to my incredible Mum. Any man who has a GOOD one, is very lucky and yes, 100%, they add incredible value to their husband's career and therefore to BOTH of their lives and the lives of any children they have, by taking care of his life outside of the office etc. I would never dispute that. I would LOVE to be a SAHM!!!!! BUT, I have to work. I think you're doing a fine job.

Women are the ones that make themselves feel inadequate if they are a SAHM.

The fact that some of you immediately jumped on the 'blithering' as somehow being construed as me insinuating that you were insecure speaks VOLUMES.

That's your own deal to sort out.

You jumped in that hole yourselves ladies without any assistance from me.

And yes, I also have a degree in psychology. That helps when I am on here.

Angel the only person getting aerated is you.

If you want to start a thread and stipulate that ONLY females post who earn over £100k knock your socks off. There is nothing stopping you.

People responded because in the top line the op asked which jobs earn mega bucks. People have responded.

I, and others, have found it useful.

Blimey angel... who made you boss of this thread? Start your own if you want a specific question answered!
Back to the thread... I am surprised at the lack of arty types on here. I wonder if it is because our high earning potential has quite a short lifespan. Anything fashion based, can give you a quick rise to the earning stratosphere, but just as quick a fall.

Marsha is right, the only person with their knickers in a twist is you :)

Ingles I think that mn is under represented by creative types in general.

I have a friend in fashion who owns her own very successful business. A good turnover and profit etc.

One thing I like about fashion is that good labels are just as likely to be owned and run by women.

Insecure waffling SAHM? I took my full year of mat leave to the day, and found being at home deeply enjoyable and fulfilling. But I also plan for the future, and in our hh, me being a Wohm gets us to the dream faster.

Yy to better careers advice for girls. Our careers advisor, at a school Xenia is familiar with based on past threads, was shit hot. Made a world of difference.

Angel, I think the divorce courts have established that if a man is earning over £100k and a woman is staying at home to raise his children (or vice versa) then they are both members of the '100k club'. The court would order a settlement that reflects the work that the stay-at-home partner had put in to enable that earning.

Angel
Degree in psychology, you say? Now I know why you are looking at alternative careers. I cannot imagine there is much work for someone as abrasive and rude as you in your chosen field.

I understood your objection, but do not agree with it it.

And, deary me. I think you called me thick.

But never mind me, I am just a blathering insecure SAHM.

(just in case you missed my meaning)

TheBoss - better careers advice is definitely needed. I gave no thought to earning power at all until I was looking for a job prior to graduating, and neither did my friends - it just wasn't something we discussed or thought about.

Looking back I have no idea why.

I don't have a daughter, but if I did then I would be encouraging her to make a career plan that involved getting as senior as possible in her twenties if she wanted to combine a career and a family.

Yes, agree that career advice is shit (or was at my school).

I was advised to drop languages cause it clashed with secretarial studies.

Doh.

MmeLindor You honestly think I am rude? I am a strong, successful female who speaks her mind. You clearly still don't understand what I am getting at.

"You may only want to hear first hand experiences, but perhaps someone reading this thread will get some ideas of jobs that they have not thought of."

Well then they should go somewhere else - perhaps such as Google? Different topic altogether. That would be named 'What does your husband/friend/pet dog do and earn for a living'. This is asking the very people who earn the money to explain how they did it. Read that back to yourself, slowwwwwly.

The females on here talking about the husbands are doing it purely to boast. Pure and simple. Please do not tell me, like I am some moron, that today's human females are not THE most competitive beings on the planet. And with each other too - the shame!

ANY topic on here with regards to money receives HUGE traffic. 'How much did you spend at Christmas?' which I took part in was massive. Because people could tell their peers openly how much they had spent which is basically telling people your worth. Some woman on here have been positively DYING to be asked how much they earn and guess what - someone asked it! What joy for them! And those who earn nothing, but do a valuable job as a SAHM, can't keep up so resort to using their husband's worth instead as they cannot compete.

Why does it have to be a competition with women? A male thread such as this would be full of the men who made the money and the others who didn't earn that amount of money or were SAHDs would just leave it to them and go off and fix something or leave a wet towel on the bed. They wouldn't clog the whole thing up with 'My wife is a consultant psychologist and earns blah blah...' They wouldn't waste their time and they truly do not care what anyone thinks of them.

Really, REALLY simple psychology.

Now if you really want rudeness from me I would ask if the Lindor in your name was a reflection of what you sat and ate all day. Now THAT would be rude. Bring on the stones......

Lougle - good point. The money DH earns is mine as much as his, and he would be the first to acknowledge that he couldn't be a father and have the career he does without my support.

angel people can post what they want, where they want.

Who do you think you are telling women where they can and can't post. I don't earn 100k, my dp doesn't earn 100k, I'll post where I like thank you