r/financialindependence • u/fidgit86 • Aug 13 '21

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/Revmatch91 Aug 13 '21

Fed gov auditor here, people shit on gov jobs but if your willing to deal with the beurocracy it actually pays very well.

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u/_PM_ME_CAT_PICS_ Aug 13 '21

I’m very interested into getting a gov accounting job, my firm audits school districts so I’m familiar with the GASB. Any recommendations?

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u/Revmatch91 Aug 13 '21

Yup, gov always needs more of us! The biggest hurdle with applying for these jobs is how you build your resume. Unlike private sector, they want as many juicy details as possible so you can have a thicc resume. Mine is about 5 pages while my wife's is 7, hell I've had supervisors with 10 yrs in have theirs at about 10-12 lol.

Also I'd avoid the IRS jobs, I hear a ton of bad stuff about that agency.

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u/Free_Joty Aug 13 '21

165k+?

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u/Revmatch91 Aug 13 '21

Nah nothing like that, unless maybe if you live in a high COL area. I make slightly under 100k but that's with 4 years in the field and with zero certs. Gov doesn't really care if you have a CPA or not.

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u/Free_Joty Aug 13 '21

i considered looking into those jobs, but from what ive seen on job sites as well there would be too much of a paycut for me to make the switch

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u/way-too-many-napkins Aug 13 '21

Yeah I just got into the FDIC and it seems like it has a lot of opportunity, and I never have to work more than 40 hours here