What do you all do for a job that pays 40k plus?

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I'm after some advice on what jobs I can train to do and earn around the 40k mark (or more but realistically 40k).

I'm knocking 40, I lost my job after mat leave in March and I have the opportunity to train in something. I have seriously considered accounting but looking at my area ish that is only paying 30k, I would still do it ofc but it's by no means a passion. I have also considered dog grooming but again, financially, unless I was self employed I'd be earning around £13 an hour. SIL is a dog boarder and she rakes it is but it's just not possible in this house.

I want to be able to stand on my own two feet financially with 2 kids and a mortgage should things go awry in my relationship, I have no pension, no real prospects and I'm completely at a loss as to what to do. My only experience is shop work and cleaning bar my last job where I had some real experience in an office (very basic accounting, customer service, complaints etc etc).

What do you all do?

Are you looking at going to university or other forms of training? I have an English degree and work in communications.

I'm a speech therapist. Went back to train when I was 28, qualified at 30. There was a woman on my course in her late 40s. Back then, the fees were paid for; it's not as easy to get into now because you have to pay, but there are apprenticeships I think, where you work and train.

Sorry, I should have said, the training would be at college. The accounting aat and would be paid for hence the opportunity.

Speech therapy is an interesting shout, a lot of family had to go through speech therapy as children but it's not something I ever thought about.

Senior (B7) physiotherapist in the private sector - £56k p/a

Re: standing on your own two feet.. £40k sounds like a lot but as a sole earner in the current climate it really isn’t. After paying the mortgage, bills, groceries and helping out with young adult DD’s uni costs there’s never anything left over at the end of the month anymore - I honestly couldn’t manage with two kids

I would say train in something that technology cant replace. A trade would be good. Plumbing, heat pumps, etc.

Are you handy and do you have basic DIY skills? If you’re half way competent and willing to learn basic plumbing and basic woodworking skills then I’m pretty sure you could easily earn 40K from being a handywoman. Lots of people would love to employ a woman and have had their fill of flaky male tradies. I speak from experience!

Accountancy is prone to AI and automation, I don’t think I’d do that unless you absolutely love numbers and are very organised and analytical.

I'm a nurse and my salary is around 45k but I earn more than that as I do lots of nights and weekend but I've been nursing over 20 years so its not entry level pay. I think newly qualified pay is around 32k

Private healthcare. 3 days a week £65K+

@Twinkletoesandspaghettios what do you do in private healthcare to bring in that for 3 days per week? Do you have a clinical role?

look for funded training/degree apprenticeship s, do u have a degree already in what subject if so?
teachers earn more than 40k
radiographers always in demand

£50k as a teacher, was in £60k as a HoD but that literally gave me a life changing disability!

I’m a nurse earning around 45k but it’s taken 20 plus years to get there!

I earn around that as a journalist but again, that’s due to progression, not an entry level salary.

It takes quite a while to get to anything like that though, especially in primary teaching. Even if you become a subject leader in primary you are rarely compensated for it nowadays.

I'd look at trades - or dog grooming. They are like gold dust round here and apparently it's the same in many places.

Qualified Social Worker will enable you to do this.

£53k as a full time English teacher.

Do you have a degree? And where in the country are you - there will be far more options if you are in London or another large city to earn that money than in a remote part of the country with no large towns or cities around.

Occupational Therapist. £50k in private sector but more if you can go fully independent once you are experienced enough.

Not really, M1 is in the mid-30K now, £37K in London.

When I started to teach, top of payscale was £36K, double my M1 salary at £18K. I'm now on top of payscale at £51K and gap between very top and very bottom is narrower. They chuck huge amounts at getting new teachers in and not so much hanging onto the experienced ones!

Close to 40k in London yes, but in primary outside of it is much harder to get to the 50k you mention. Outside of London it will still take quite a number of years either way - remember ect is now 2 years, which means they can pay less for longer.

Accountancy.

Sales...
Ive only been in sales for around 5 years and earn around 65k but I had long term experience in the company I worked for (Insurance brand) in customer service and team management and pivoted to a sales role.
I manage a sales team now but the entry level there they earn 40k easy from their base and bonuses.
Working for a good company too gives pension and sickness support and many offer private medical insurance as a perk too the overall package can be decent

I'm a social worker on 42k I am in my 40s and was a primary school teacher before I changed career in my late 30s been in this job about 5 years and I think the entry pay now is mid 30s. I agree with what PP said about teaching. Yes of you are a young secondary teacher in an area with demand less so other places I struggled to get peremant work as soon as I got more expensive and experienced and so did all my friends.. most of whom have all moved on too... Also not flexible at all with kids other than the holidays... However there are plenty of other posts about teaching on Mumsnet..

NHS as an Accountant - band 6, so £42k-£50k. Could earn more in the private sector, but, wouldn’t have the benefits of the pension and flexibility that I have now.

Web content designer, but it’s very niche and I worry AI will impact it in the next few years. The civil service has the most opportunities for it as gov.uk is a huge website to maintain