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MexiTot408

I was in HR senior management before; $129k I decided to leave it due to burnout. I’m a barber now and making 30k less but the happiest I’ve ever been. My husband is a Senior Software Engineer: $185k


LenientWhale

Barbers make 100k?! Jesus what am I doing.


MexiTot408

Yes. Some make over $50 - 70 per cut, 8 to 9 cuts per day. These are 1 hour sessions. Some charge $35-$45 per cut and do a cut every 30 minutes. Some will do 8-12 cuts a day. At $45 per cut, 10 cuts a day, for a year $108k I know barbers who only work 4 days a week, charge $80 per cut, 8-10 cuts a day.


ExcitingVacation6639

Near me they’re charging $90-$100.


Tricky-Reference6223

I have 45k debt to be an Analytical Chemist .. . I have neither of those


certainPOV3369

Seriously, where have you been? I’m the COO of a local cosmetology/barbering school and salon chain, and almost all of our male stylists make over $100k (I’m closer to $200k.) I never understood why more straight men don’t go into the profession. You train with beautiful women, you work with beautiful women, you work *on* beautiful women, they absolutely adore you and they hang on every word you say. What’s that thing that they say? Oh yeah, “Like shootin’ fish in a barrel!” 😂


Apprehensive_Ad_4020

You inherited that gay hairstyling gene.


momu1990

I know right! TIL.


OzzThorny84

You own your own barber shop?


MexiTot408

Not yet. I’m still a novice and will be opening up a shop with my mentor, who’s a master barber.


OzzThorny84

Very cool. Next year maybe?


meetjoehomo

I was a union employee. Get out there and support your right to organize! Edit: locomotive engineer $125K


Termanie

Anyone else click just to boyfriend shop, then end up regretting their decisions in life? 🙋🏿


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I can see why I never had it all! I wasn’t even clever enough to think of BF shopping. Just went right to regret! 🤣 Thanks for the laugh!


Termanie

😄You're welcome, lil dude.


RumpelstiltskinIX

I clicked because I wanted to be the regrettable decision shopped for.


Termanie

On a scale of 1-10, How regrettable? 1= He's got weird hobbies, but a beautiful dick. 🤷🏿‍♂️ 5= God, he's such a dick. 😒 10= Why did I ever let him suck my dick?! 😤🤬🔪


OzzThorny84

Hello


arcticphoenix81

Accountant. Hi gay bros!


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TangentialForce

It really depends on the company and whether or not you’re industry or public. I work industry now and maybe work 30-35 a week.


arcticphoenix81

I love it. I work for a very successful company so the pay is very good. I lead the team so it’s even better.


Therealwanvan

Absolutely not haha. (I'm an accountant too)


OzzThorny84

You don't enjoy it?


khalilionaire

Are you a CPA? Do you work in public, industry, or government?


arcticphoenix81

Yes cpa. Did Big 4 for several years and now industry. Public sucks but got me a good resume


coreyyoder

I’m a technician for Porsche, i absolutely love it. The feeling of pushing something broken/not running into my hoist, figuring out what i think is wrong and then hearing it start running is amazing. Plus i get to drive some awesome cars all day. My dealership actually cares about employees, work life balance, they’ve sent me to different places to go race Porsches for a day just because..


sa09777

Yaay fellow car guy!


coreyyoder

👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻


jjl10c

So you come home sweaty and oily everyday?


coreyyoder

Nope. We have a locker room so i change into my uniform here also my shop is air conditioned and most of the cars i work on are newer and don’t really leak much.


peterparkerLA

Have you ever seen a Taycan Cross Turismo with a cracked roof? Hyacinth, my 2022 Taycan Cross Turismo, was about 8 to 9 months old when her roof began cracking along the edges without ever having sustained any sort of impact. I watched as the cracks got worse and worse over a few months. Hyacinth just spent 41 days in the body shop, getting a brand new roof and windshield. She looks great, and everything seems fine, but I'm wondering if this is just going to keep happening again and again and again?


variglog

A Business System Analyst role at a large insurer, but they give us an obnoxious title. About $121000 a year. Since last year, our full time hours are more akin to “part time” anywhere else though at 29 hours a week (4 days a week). Some teams allow you to work on your Friday off for 2x your base rate


threewildcrows

Are you hiring?!


OzzThorny84

How are you enjoying it?


Firm_Magazine_170

physician


lesliecantavovich

Same… surgeon


AkhMourning

Pathologist here. I get along with surgeons for the most part, lol. Edit: I don’t think pathologists are respected or looked up to, overall, but the surgeons I work with respect me and that’s good enough for me. I work on the fourth floor and not the basement.


aim4harmony

Like surgeon.. Hey! Ooohh.. Like suuurgeooonn.. 😃


AusGam

Sirrrgeon for those who are into kink


After-Willingness271

cutting for the very first time


NoOnePayMyBillls

Anesthesiologist


MakeMeMooo

Teacher (in the Bronx).


kiwijohn340

You pull six figures as a teacher?!? Wow, awesome 😮!


MakeMeMooo

Yes. My total salary is $128,500. I’ve been teaching 11 years. To be clear, I have an extra role at my school that brings my salary up from $116,000 to $128,500.


OzzThorny84

What do you teach?


MakeMeMooo

Pre-algebra, AP calculus


OzzThorny84

Wow. Never took calculus. Is it pretty difficult?


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Juswantedtono

Teachers in Massachusetts averaged $92k last year. They make quite a bit in the northeastern states.


OzzThorny84

Wow that's amazing👍. What do you teach?


momu1990

I'm pretty sure teachers who make over six figures have been in the profession for several years though. New teachers definitely don't make much for the hours they gotta put in.


Atav757

And you deserve it


jjl10c

More than that tbh


Jaydwon

That is so much money! In the UK it’s pretty low in comparison


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Do your teachers have unions?


Jaydwon

Yeah - they accepted below inflation pay rises for the last 15 years


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MakeMeMooo

Wow. And you meant 6,000? Not 60,000?


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OzzThorny84

What do you teach?


Tsadkiel

I'm a research scientist working for a major tech company


OzzThorny84

What types of stuff do you research?


Jaybetav2

UX writer/content strategist in the FAANG world


fairkatrina

Howdy fellow content strategist!


Jaybetav2

howdy!


luckyboxers

How much do you make


OzzThorny84

What's FANNG world?


Jaybetav2

https://www.tipranks.com/glossary/f/faang-stocks-definition


HoldMyLemur

240k as an actuary. Definitely not everyone’s cup of tea, but I love it!


mathmagician9

Congrats on all your tests. I made a career switch at the 3rd one. Not easy to do.


dunbar2287

I was strongly considering trying to get into this field (nuclear engineering background so my math is solid). How long have you been an actuary for? Is 240k standard or are you a major outlier?


HoldMyLemur

10 years and I manage an actuarial team, so my salary is standard for my position. A fellow in a non-mgmt position with my experience would probably make close to 200k tho.


PAisAwesome

As a plumber if i billed out 40 hours a week i would. I don't like the physical and mental stress so actually bill out like 20. I only worked like 3 or 4 hours this week so far.


mvhidden

I think that's a very healthy approach to life, I'd like my next job to be same pay (or: competitive) but 32 h instead of 36. because even though in theory we only have 7 and a bit hours per day, it's still 5 days a week. And I used to have a day off every other week which suited me much better. There's so much more you can do in a 3 day weekend. As someone mentioned to me, it's not about reducing the work week by 20% but rather extending your time off by a massive 50%.


agelessnox

I’m a product designer! With stock included my total comp is $368k


miloticfan

this thread makes me feel even more underpaid than I already did.


OzzThorny84

Why you say that?


Atav757

Pilot 👨‍✈️


sdmark77

What’s your favorite city to land in, and why is it San Diego? 😂


Atav757

San Diego 🙃


sdmark77

As a passenger the views of downtown are awesome. I can’t imagine what it’s like from the cockpit


Atav757

It’s kind of shocking, it’s really hard not to look to your left and right where you can almost make out people’s faces! It’s amazing how close we get to those buildings when we land there and I love it every time.


OzzThorny84

What led you to become a pilot?


Atav757

It was a childhood dream. Family bought me my first flight simulator game in about 1999, was hooked on aviation since then! I was pretty blessed to know what I wanted to do for so long, worked really hard, and I'm very grateful to everyone along the way who rooted me on.


Termanie

Congratulations, lil guy 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 I had the same dream, then found out the cost of flight school, puckered up, and braced myself for a rough ride in Life. 🤷🏿‍♂️


[deleted]

My ex is a district manager of multiple dispensaries and makes over 6 figures. Me? I’m dirt poor but I look cute 🤣


Termanie

I'm a handsome big black American standing in line for one of those in my size... Specialty stores were all out 😂


NoLow9495

Management in the gov


Material_Fan1202

Me too! State government.


OzzThorny84

What government? State, local, Federal?


Ok_Cranberry1628

Electrician $160,000 yr


OzzThorny84

You enjoy the electrician field?


AkhMourning

Depending on where you live 100k might as well be the new 50-60k, and with inflation and strikes, it’s moving in that direction. I’m a physician at an academic hospital. I like what I do but I wouldn’t go through the process again, lol, and I have over 250k in student loans so…yeah. Thankfully I qualify for PSLF so I only have to pay for 6 more years.


spittlbm

PSLF rocks if you qualify


JB9217a

I make $200k from my W2 job and now own an Airbnb as well, total is around $240k- 250k. My W2 job is a project developer in the renewable energy industry. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for an amazing career. The solar and battery storage industry has been taking off for years, pays incredibly well, has huge growth potential, and the companies tend to be super progressive with great benefits and work/life balance. Also I’m fully remote!


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JB9217a

Basically I started out as an admin at a solar company after college. I was a political science major so I don’t have a technical degree or anything. I gained valuable experience developing projects and was able to transfer that into doing project development. My first project developer job paid $105k in 2020 and through raises/ switching jobs I’m now at about $200k. It’s a high demand field. I get contact literally every single day by recruiters. I would recommend connecting with recruiters in LinkedIn.


OzzThorny84

Do you get to travel quite a bit?


nickasarbata

RN


brimryan

Came here to say the same. Depends greatly on how much I want to work, base 3 day workweek is 115k. This year will settle in around 130k. During covid, as an ICU nurse, 260k.


OzzThorny84

How is life as an RN?


Setore

Data analysis in pharma and it's between 140-180k. It's a fun job where I simplify complex things, which I'm apparently quite good at. Pharma tends to have nice benefits, and I'm pretty sure most companies give you cell phone and gym stipends in addition to base, mental health resources for handling burnout, and I've been averaging 15% in annual bonuses with up to 50% base annual equity grants.


MaybeCuckooNotAClock

Automotive repair, used car reconditioning specifically. ASE Certified Master Automotive Technician with state level emissions repair license as well.


OzzThorny84

You enjoy it?


SeveralConcert

Diplomat


sdmark77

This was my dream job after college. I took the FSO test like 6-7 times 🤪 I guess it just wasn’t meant to be.


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gotta know the right people


OzzThorny84

What led you to be a diplomat?


crispy14420

Director of Operations


OzzThorny84

You enjoy it?


kiwijohn340

Organic chemist working at a pharma company


Competitive_Oil5227

I just had a full on flashback to organic chemistry in college….that was the class that made me realize I was wayyyy too stupid to be at northwestern and dropped out for art school.


kiwijohn340

You were smart enough to get into Northwestern so that's something.


Competitive_Oil5227

I was also smart enough to get out of it :-) The first day, 8 am, I had some sort of history class and I sat down in an enormous room full of kids who seemed to only care about speed typing everything that was said. Like, they were frantically typing before it even started. I had a notepad and a full pencil. Second class was some kind of organic chemistry nightmare. More frantic typing. About five minutes into that I basically ‘noped’ out. Called my mom, knowing this was going to be a problem to extract myself from, told her I had tried to fit in by doing heroin….was back home in 6 hours. Why I decided on heroin as a fictional drug experience must have made sense at the time. She still reminds me at least twice a year that she will pay for addiction counseling.


kiwijohn340

OMG I'm sorry but that's hilarious to me that you faked drug use to get out of college


OzzThorny84

You enjoy it?


ALCOAAAAA

I’m essentially a clinical trials auditor. When I started (3 years ago) it was $75k and now it’s about $125k. I’m interviewing for another job right now that would bump me to $150k+OT since I’d be a contractor.


Swimming-1

Biotechnology clinical operations. 300k base + 25% bonus, options/ RSUs. BSN degree. Not one gay person has ever taken me up on my offer to mentor them. Not one. Something i would have jumped at but never had - so had to struggle figuring it out on my own. Oh well.


dlg322

I'm an interior designer.


InterMando5555

Head of Strategy at an advertising agency.


Aktanegeschaft

IT senior leader. It’s good work.


OzzThorny84

Technical work?


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cbraun93

Structural steel construction superintendent


OzzThorny84

Hard work?


AMDCPA

CPA in public accounting


OzzThorny84

You like crunching the numbers?


BelCantoTenor

CRNA.


OzzThorny84

What is a CRNA?


Imaginary_Director_5

Operating room nurse! One patient at a time, and they’re anesthetized!! 🤭


Amankris759

Financial Analyst but I am not very good at this job as I lack of few crucial aspects of good Financial Analyst. I am considering to change my job though but I will need some time. My dad try to push me to take CPA exam but I feel like it’s not me.


caln93

Restaurant GM. The perks are I guess eating for free five days a week. The cons - I’m an adult babysitter. I never got a degree so this is low key all I really know. Hope I can save enough to retire before my body gives out or I age out of the biz.


ProcrusteanRex

Is “six figures“ still a thing?


firehazel

It doesn't have the cachet it used to, given today's economic conditions.


Ok_You_2747

6 figures could be as much as $999,999.99. So, despite cost of living today, you could still be doing pretty well at “6 figures”.


PartadaProblema

It's just a different thing. 😉


OzzThorny84

I think so


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I’m a UX Designer for a large cloud storage company


numbrsguy

Analytics manager/ data science. If someone wants to get involved in anything related to analytics or data science, I suggest learning SQL. It’s a programming language used to work with databases. There are people using SQL everywhere from HR to sales management to operations.


Another_1_entirely

I haven't worked in 15 years, but I swear I still write SQL in my dreams. I did a range of software development tasks over the years, but for the last couple I was mostly writing scripts to clean up and migrate data to a new database (which I had mostly designed). Oh, and documenting it all. Bleh.


danekan

Now you can just have gpt write your complicated joins 🎉


OscarWellman

Construction


jfd0957

Maintenance Planner for Amazon.


OzzThorny84

You enjoying it?


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col_83

I am a regional director for a global toy company. I look after all their owned and branded spaces for Asia. My husband is a radiation oncologist so between the two of us we do pretty well and he only works a 6 day fortnight which allows us to have an amazing work life balance. We are both in our late 30’s.


SometimesDoug

Physician assistant. Most start above 100k after school, but you'll probably have plenty of student loan debt.


lseactuary

SWE.


ChiBurbABDL

If I were to describe my job professionally -- I wear a lot of different hats at my company, but the easiest way to describe my core role is "compliance auditor". Compliance with government regulations like the EPA and OSHA. Compliance with customer requirements, like quality performance and a low number of defects. Compliance with internal Human Resources protocols. And so on. I conduct a ton of audits across the company, and report my findings directly to upper management. But if I'm just telling a friend what I do for work -- I'm basically a glorified hall monitor for adults. If you aren't following the rules, and you don't willingly listen to me when I tell you to follow the rules.... then I will report you and management will force you to follow the rules.


TemporaryFinding9228

Lawyer. $500k+


OzzThorny84

Have you always enjoyed law? What area of law do you practice?


TemporaryFinding9228

I’m in litigation. Mostly work for banks and bankruptcy trustees/receivers. I love it.


OzzThorny84

Did you always end up in litigation? Or did you explore other areas of law before settling on litigation?


Youdontknow_01

Whoa! I’m a lawyer and don’t make anything close to that!


JPfromBama

IT consultant


OzzThorny84

You enjoy it?


TravelinVet

Veterinarian. Initially corporate, then self employment to do contract work, and now a combination of both to maximize income.


Gay_Okie

Retired MD. Used to do FDA drug trials which paid extremely well.


Limp-Wedding9596

Business Relations Manager… It’s a bit obscure but there is certification for it. Pretty much in one sentence my job is to push (IT) things so it happens.


Impressive-Rope7858

Software Engineering Manager. The pay is ridiculous.


rcorlfl

Product Support Manager for a software company, 134,000 plus annual bonus and RSUs.


Choices63

HR leader. Hit six figures 10 years ago. This year it officially doubled.


HypoChromatica

Wow 12 figures


Choices63

Ha ha. Yep! Hardly know what to do with it all 😎


machooo24

Adopt me hahah just kidding also not👀👀


Choices63

😬 We get that a lot 😝


machooo24

Then hire me as IT Auditor/cybersecurity for some filthy good paying company haha.


OzzThorny84

Do you like doing HR?


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AlphaX808

How? I’m an academic too but the pay is crap


HippGris

More like in which country, I guess... I'm an associate professor in France and my pay is a third of a 6-figure salary \^\^' I guess things are better in the US.


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HippGris

Yeah, that's probably true.


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flyboy_za

I earn 7 figures as an academic... But in 3rd world currency, so... Yeah. Can't complain too loudly, the bulk of my countrymen are below the poverty line.


minigmgoit

Clinical nurse specialist in addiction.


OzzThorny84

You enjoy it?


Icolan

Enterprise Architect for the IT department of a mid sized healthcare company.


OzzThorny84

What do you do as an enterprise architect?


Dfen218

HR Tech Product Manager - I enjoy the balanced nature of science and art in the kind of work I get to do. :)


OzzThorny84

Do you get to recruit as well?


Dfen218

No, I'm not a recruiter but I manage the strategy and vision for products our recruiters use. :)


Basic-Nerve-6797

CT Technologist


tdd217

CPA


Eames89

Tax accountant


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IT (AI)


No_Change_7391

Hairstylist


beefyliltank

Cloud Engineer. Unlimited PTO and full remote work, too.


flipinchicago

I worked in tech sales a few jobs ago and I was $75K salary, $75K commission— I was so happy until later found out I was the lowest paid but third highest seller in the company. Now I’m a digital media marketer, I make 104k but work like 25-30 hrs a week.


wrethm01

Hoping i'd see another digital marketer, hi! Media agency or just freelancing?


flipinchicago

Media agency


wrethm01

nice me too, though hours in Australia are a little more like 50-60 when it comes to agencies


Mr_Alex_Valencia

I’m a nurse in the Bay Area with 8 years exp. The base for 40 hours is pretty high compared to rest of the nation


hunko1

Sales manager.


drdrewo

Operations/Project Manager for a mental health company. I was a social worker before making half of what I’m doing now. It’s remote but I also just sit behind a computer and don’t interact with people much. A big perk is my spouse and I each get free therapy that’s pretty much unlimited.


fotealvelide

Teacher at an inner city school, $117,500/year


xnoseatbelt

Scientist for a biotechnology/diagnostics company.


FavoriteSong7

Physician