What do you all do to have hhi over $250k+?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too many govt dependent employees here. No reason why a fed and college professor should be making 500k

whats wrong with that? And if I'm not mistaken the college prof mentioned a side hustles making money as a consultant, which could mean patents or anything - sounds smart to me. Don't hate...

[Anonymous]

self employed IT field $250k, DW IT contractor $140k.

[Anonymous]

This thread is an eye opener. Congratulations to all of you hard working people.

[Anonymous]

Law firm partner, not big law. $500k+.

[Anonymous]

Sales, both of us big swings 500k-1.2M.

We live off our base salaries and were looking forward to retirement at age 50 (had our kids mid 20s), but recently at ages 41/43 adopted a siblings baby (deceased mother, brother incapable) so we are starting all over again as older parents.

[Anonymous]

Two government employees, GS 13 & 14 with 15-20 years of experience. We both have masters degrees. HHI is $270K. We are two different types of the various analyst positions out there.

[Anonymous]

Director of supply chain 300k
Consultant part-time 40k

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too many govt dependent employees here. No reason why a fed and college professor should be making 500k

whats wrong with that? And if I'm not mistaken the college prof mentioned a side hustles making money as a consultant, which could mean patents or anything - sounds smart to me. Don't hate...

There are professors making $400 k plus per year in this area. Some of the Computer Science professors and Business School professors are exceptionally well compensated due to research grants, consulting fees, etc.

Just because these packages are not common knowledge does not mean they don’t exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sales, both of us big swings 500k-1.2M.

We live off our base salaries and were looking forward to retirement at age 50 (had our kids mid 20s), but recently at ages 41/43 adopted a siblings baby (deceased mother, brother incapable) so we are starting all over again as older parents.

What type of industries pay that for sales? Not doubting, just wondering where my next job should be.

[Anonymous]

DH, gov contractor/IT management consultant, VP aim a small business- 200k
Me- director-level in PR, 100k
We both just got new jobs with significant raises. A year ago our HHI was 235k.

[Anonymous]

For those with a college degree in the DC metro incomes of

100k by 30 are common

175k by 40 are common

from there it's crap shoot and many people top out

[Anonymous]

Haha my half year bonus was 250k just got it Monday

Base is 300k and I’ll get another bonus in July

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sales, both of us big swings 500k-1.2M.

We live off our base salaries and were looking forward to retirement at age 50 (had our kids mid 20s), but recently at ages 41/43 adopted a siblings baby (deceased mother, brother incapable) so we are starting all over again as older parents.

What type of industries pay that for sales? Not doubting, just wondering where my next job should be.

Generally speaking any sort of sales environment when your average sale is 300k+ you will be making good money.

We are both in IT sales. My personal sales goal is 20M. Just closed a large enterprise deal for just over 5M, that is one transaction. So to say the least we're not selling laotops and monitors.

Put it this way, you won't make much money selling homeowners insurance, but you will make good money selling multi-million dollar policies to fortune 500 companies. You won't make any money selling cars at Koons Ford, but you will make a ton of money selling cranes to Bechetel.

BTW, sales is not a job, it is a career. The money is great, but I have seen countless people fail. You need a certain type of personality and for technology sales, you need to know your technology in and out. I'm not selling to stupid people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sales, both of us big swings 500k-1.2M.

We live off our base salaries and were looking forward to retirement at age 50 (had our kids mid 20s), but recently at ages 41/43 adopted a siblings baby (deceased mother, brother incapable) so we are starting all over again as older parents.

What type of industries pay that for sales? Not doubting, just wondering where my next job should be.

Generally speaking any sort of sales environment when your average sale is 300k+ you will be making good money.

We are both in IT sales. My personal sales goal is 20M. Just closed a large enterprise deal for just over 5M, that is one transaction. So to say the least we're not selling laotops and monitors.

Put it this way, you won't make much money selling homeowners insurance, but you will make good money selling multi-million dollar policies to fortune 500 companies. You won't make any money selling cars at Koons Ford, but you will make a ton of money selling cranes to Bechetel.

BTW, sales is not a job, it is a career. The money is great, but I have seen countless people fail. You need a certain type of personality and for technology sales, you need to know your technology in and out. I'm not selling to stupid people.

#respect to you for taking in your brother's child. It's incredibly generous and selfless of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sales, both of us big swings 500k-1.2M.

We live off our base salaries and were looking forward to retirement at age 50 (had our kids mid 20s), but recently at ages 41/43 adopted a siblings baby (deceased mother, brother incapable) so we are starting all over again as older parents.

What type of industries pay that for sales? Not doubting, just wondering where my next job should be.

Generally speaking any sort of sales environment when your average sale is 300k+ you will be making good money.

We are both in IT sales. My personal sales goal is 20M. Just closed a large enterprise deal for just over 5M, that is one transaction. So to say the least we're not selling laotops and monitors.

Put it this way, you won't make much money selling homeowners insurance, but you will make good money selling multi-million dollar policies to fortune 500 companies. You won't make any money selling cars at Koons Ford, but you will make a ton of money selling cranes to Bechetel.

BTW, sales is not a job, it is a career. The money is great, but I have seen countless people fail. You need a certain type of personality and for technology sales, you need to know your technology in and out. I'm not selling to stupid people.

#respect to you for taking in your brother's child. It's incredibly generous and selfless of you.

Oh we didn't think twice! My brother is an addict and we were terrified he wouldn't give up parental rights. I would have died a thousand deaths watching that baby be destroyed in that environment. Plus after already raising 2 boys we knew what another crazy boy would be like. Not gonna lie, it is pretty nice to have a 3rd chance at a kid. Really put a wrench in our plans of leisure and travel, but cool to do it again with all the lessons learned. Sometimes the best blessings in life aren't apparent at first.