r/financialindependence • u/fidgit86 • 9d ago

What do you do that you earn six figures?

It seems like a lot of people make a lot of money and it seems like I’m missing out on something. So those of you that do, whats your occupation that pays so well?

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u/afroniner 9d ago

Operations Management. Running warehouses and the like.

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u/Ftothep 9d ago

This here too. Started ground up for the same company. Started at $8.50/hr PT in 2008 and in 2018 got a third promotion to operations manager. Over 6 figures after yearly bonus hits.

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u/JuarezAfterDark 9d ago

Me too! Started at $28k in 2011 and getting over 8x that now as a senior operations manager

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u/HomicidalSavage 9d ago

Used to work at a huge warehouse & knew the ops manager very well, was gonna help me get on a path to replacing him once he retired. But he got caught screwing with some floor worker & now he’s lost everything &I’m no longer working there. Was a dream to run that place thou. Been there 8 years. Oh well that’s life. Sorry for the rant.

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u/Zealousideal-Wash607 9d ago

hubby just got back into this, warehouse plant manager almost at 6 figures. hoping to reach by next year.

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u/villaed 9d ago

Do you have a degree?

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u/ScotchIsAss 9d ago

So with this area and really anything industrial if it’s publicly traded most are gonna have a degree that’s in upper management. But in private or employee owned companies your gonna get a lot with no degrees. I’ve worked with both and I’ll says the private and employee owned are always the best. In pay and benefits. Some places you don’t even need to be above the bottom of the totem pole to hit 6 digits if the incentives and bonuses are there.

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u/Ftothep 9d ago

I have an associates. I'm the dumb guy that changed his major a few times and fucked up. Never got my bachelor's.

The part the helped me a lot after I started paying attention is that unless I opted out the company raised my 401k contribution by 1% per year until it hit 10%. After my salary increased 10% is pretty solid and has put me in a good position to have a not terrible retirement.

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u/greedygrove 9d ago

When that MIP hits!