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/Dotrue Aug 13 '21

As a recent MechE grad can you direct me toward the jobs like that? Everything I see starts around $50-65k, with a few on the higher end around $70k.

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u/World_Traveling Aug 13 '21

I just graduated in December of 2020. I started at $70k at my job I found in may, and just last week got a raise and now make about $120k. My advice, don’t apply to specific fields, apply to some Civil jobs too, and get your EIT.

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u/MikeyCyrus Aug 13 '21

Your company gave you a 70% raise 7 months into working?

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u/World_Traveling 29d ago

For the first 3 months at my company, everyone is set at a 70k salary. After that, we are given the option to change to a performance base scale. Which from doing the same amount of work I was doing in the first 3 months, came to $120k a year.