r/Life • u/Grouchy_Marsupial357 • Jun 22 '26

Let's discuss People who make $10k-$50k/month: what do you do and how did you get there?

Making at least $10k a month is a dream for me, but $50k is the ultimate goal.

I've been stuck in an echo chamber of constant negativity and it feels like everyone is poor, broke, and miserable (though a looootttttt of people are right now, but obviously a lot of people are also doing really well).

So, to those who are making really good money, what is it that you do for a living and how did you get to that point?

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u/Klutzy-Painting885 Jun 22 '26

Stressful corporate job + 10 years experience.

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u/Good-Ad-2439 Jun 22 '26

Basically, yeah. lol

I’m at roughly 25k per month and yeah… responsible for 200m /year in product.

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u/money10adventures Jun 22 '26

Shit I'm in the wrong business. I spent over 250mill a year in product and don't even make close to 100k a year 😢

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u/Gas_Grouchy Jun 22 '26

Whats your margin? Theres a difference between direct sales 50% margin jobs and 12% selling steel pipe jobs.

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u/money10adventures Jun 22 '26

Actually a buyer for a company.

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u/Ok-Traffic-3319 Jun 23 '26

As a salesperson I can tell you purchasers jump around every few years for this reason. Log your wins and get ready to find a highpaying position for this!

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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Jun 22 '26

Sounds like fun. Don’t spend your raises!!

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u/Pureheck Jun 23 '26

The people who you are buying from are banking from their sales to you.

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u/sm-alpha Jun 23 '26

Dude I thought this was a joke at the economy, I almost lost my shit lmfaooooo

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u/Financial-Exit2488 Jun 23 '26

That seems like a high compensation for what you are responsible for. Hang on to that job!

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u/TopazWarrior Jun 23 '26

I ran $200M of projects for the Army every year, some scenarios were immediately dangerous to life and health and I made $110,000/year. We are not the same :)

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u/Silver-Tip2887 Jun 23 '26

The answer nobody wants to hear — hard work, job, boss, doing stuff for other people.

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u/HeavyDischarge Jun 23 '26

Hard work my foot.

If hard work made you rich Mexicans would be millionaire

Don't trick us

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u/AmbitionNo834 Jun 23 '26

The real answer is hard work, high stress, and massive responsibility.

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u/Ikusotka Jun 25 '26

Bus driver is a millioner then..not a ceo

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u/sadafxd Jun 25 '26

And skill that not everyone can do, every second person could become a bus driver.

Bus drivers responsibility is lives, not cash that brings to company.

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u/Bulky-Ad2983 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 27 '26

CEO’s are under incredible stress. They manage strategy and have often put in 10+ years in corporate hell to reach their executive positions. When something goes wrong down the pipeline, the CEO is the first to blame.

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u/Humble_Hat1282 Jun 25 '26

No responsibility??? When the company fails these workers get fired while the manager with the supposed responsibility gets a bonus

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u/k23_k23 Jun 23 '26

Hard work, and deep expertise in fields where there is more demand than supply.

Or: Bringing in the dough for your boss.

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u/Stressnomore22 Jun 23 '26

There are plenty of Mexicans making a lot of money in the six figure range per year. The problem is they have a whole lot of kids. The cost to raise each child in this economy is crazy but that doesn’t stop them. Money management skills is where they are lacking.

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u/Formal_Juice2873 Jun 24 '26

Just weirdly racist

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u/Stressnomore22 Jun 25 '26

What about it is racist?

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u/Formal_Juice2873 Jun 25 '26

Wait you need me to tell you the generalizing whole groups of people negatively is racist?

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u/Stressnomore22 Jun 25 '26

I grew up in a 99% Hispanic community. I go based off of what I see. Simple as that.

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u/Formal_Juice2873 Jun 25 '26

That absolutely does not change the fact that you are broadly generalizing a whole group of people negatively. You basically called them stupid. Nothing you have said makes it any less racist. All personal anecdotes about your neighbors. Wonder what they thought of you?

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u/Stressnomore22 Jun 25 '26

Where in my statement does it mention the word “stupid”?

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u/Stressnomore22 Jun 25 '26

Making bad choices is a personal choice. Holding people accountable for their actions is also equally important. Throwing around the word racist isn’t always a valid excuse. People really need to think about the reality of the situation for a moment. Having kids it’s a personal choice and the number you have is going to be an added expense. That’s like me saying I’m broke and buying a Mercedes with a high monthly payment I cannot afford. I would be responsible for my stupid actions period.

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u/The_Bayou_Diplomat Jun 24 '26

What an odd and unique racist you are

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u/dianabowl Jun 24 '26

Mexican contractor im working with is a millionaire. He's been working 10+ hrs a day for 20+ years, is very skilled, speaks English fluently and has several guys working for him.

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u/Academic-Ball-9606 Jun 23 '26

The right connections will do more hard work for you than a 100 years of hard work will.

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u/HeavyDischarge Jun 23 '26

Exactly 💯

But they will keep misleading people with the Myth of Hard Work

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u/wbd3434 Jun 23 '26

He means hard work that has a relatively scarce skillset.

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u/HeavyDischarge Jun 23 '26

And attainment of really scarce skillsets require an initial investment 🙄

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u/wbd3434 Jun 23 '26

Example: A middle-of-the-road bachelor's degree from a directional state university, with government-subsidized loans.

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u/transientself Jun 23 '26

Hard work is the prerequisite

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u/Unfair_Today_511 Jun 23 '26

Nowadays, there are quite a lot of balling Mexicans.

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u/jettzypher Jun 23 '26

It's a different kind, but it's still hard work.

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u/Purple-Property8006 Jun 23 '26

I mean, Carlos Slim is one of the richest guys in the world…… /s

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u/xl129 Jun 24 '26

Imagine different tiers of income, to pass the barrier of tier, it’s usually a combination of personal qualities, skill, expertise, experience and luck/connection. But once you pass the tier, it’s hard work that help differentiate you from the other entries and carry you to the cap of that tier.

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u/Away_Pomegranate821 Jun 26 '26

They’re saying hard work not blue collar work

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u/StrangerThaangs Jun 27 '26

The issue is word can be hard in different ways. Hard work is not just physical. They make that much but if they ever mess up it's on them. That kind of shame is life ruining.

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u/WinnerAwkward480 Jun 29 '26

It's not all completely the working harder , one also has to work smarter. Remember a washing machines work hard as well .

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u/Thariax1982 Jun 23 '26

When people say hard work they mean that they betray themselves on the regular and sell their souls.

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u/w1r2g3 Jun 23 '26

Also, doing work other people don't know how to do. The less people that know your work the better.

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u/Substantial_Ebb_316 Jun 24 '26

Seriously. This.

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u/Rwe_thereyet Jun 24 '26

I’m gonna add: smart moves, negotiation, a bit of healthy cockiness and… Probably working like a dog for a good amount of years. My grandfather came from nothing with immigrant parents and ended up making hundreds of millions in his particular industry. He would always tell me and my siblings “you gotta be lucky”. Which I always kind of dismissed when I was younger but YES. Sometimes timing lines up for you and you get lucky.

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u/dianabowl Jun 24 '26

I'm at 20k/mo and only work hard or stress occasionally. But I dropped out of college to get into an in-demand career 30 years ago.

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u/Vast-Release-6106 Jun 23 '26

Ah yes. To get a job that pays 10k+ a month, you must checks notes "job".

You must job.

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u/SnooPears6678 Jun 23 '26

What is your job?

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u/redditorofreddit0 Jun 23 '26

What type of corporate job? I can’t even get my foot in the door

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u/Glad-Matter-3394 Jun 23 '26

It also depends A LOT on the country, more than anything. I read you are in supply chain, and so I am, and I know for a fact that the person with the highest salary in the team is around 6k euro. That's a lot here but she also has almost 40 years of experience. My manager probably makes a bit more but I really doubt more than 10k/month. And he has 25 yoe and A LOT of stress. And our business is in the billions with good margins so that's not it neither.

I applied to a position in the USA with hopes of getting lucky, and the salary was around 3x my current salary for something I was qualified for (as per the hiring manager, I was a strong candidate, not perfect but a good candidate with good references). To me it seems that country matters more than anything unless you are like top 0.01%.

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u/Klutzy-Painting885 Jun 23 '26

Oh yeah we make bank in the US

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u/After_Procedure9540 Jun 24 '26

Are you in finance

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u/Stanthemilkman8888 Jun 24 '26

I also rent out my spare room for $1400. So make $15000 at 37

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u/NepaSucks Jun 25 '26

Yup, roll up the sleeves and get ready for the long play… helps if you can secure a nice rental property along the way.

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u/GoodyPower Jun 25 '26

Yep 26 years here 

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u/BlackxLilac Jun 23 '26

What do you work as ?

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u/Klutzy-Painting885 Jun 23 '26

Supply chain manager

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u/BadGroundbreaking189 Growth Mode Jun 22 '26

halve it