What do you do that you earn six figures?

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

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/danxthexman 32M / 68% SR Aug 13 '21

Accounting

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u/sirnibs3 Aug 13 '21

Me too buddy guy are you in public

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u/AJDillonsMiddleLeg Aug 13 '21

This thread is about people that make six figures of course they aren't in public

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u/Wrong_Bad4922 Aug 13 '21

Im in public at 105k after a recent raise. Public is short staffed and all firms have been providing nice raises to retain people this year

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u/AJDillonsMiddleLeg Aug 13 '21

I was mainly being sarcastic lol. I left public three years ago and it did seem like shortly after that the industry started going through some changes. And obviously as a result of what Covid did to the labor market, salaries in a lot of industries have gone through the roof.

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u/Vendetta425 Aug 13 '21

How long did it take though to get to 100k after starting in public?

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u/ayeeflo51 Aug 13 '21

I'll be making 100k after my raise next April, I'd be 4.5 years into public at that point

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u/PowerVP 29d ago

3 years for me. Live in NYC though so YMMV

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u/Wrong_Bad4922 2d ago

I started at 47.5k and hit 105k after 4.5 years