I want to earn lots of money

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Check out more than 800 other job profiles. The above list is just a selection of jobs where earning lots of money will be valued, there will be loads more!

These job sectors might be good places to start if you want a job with the potential to earn lots of money, click through to the job profiles to find out the details.

Admin, HR, legal

Finance and accounting

Sales and marketing

Government

Law

Politics

Things to consider if you want a career that can earn a lot of money

Do you want to be a star in your chosen field?

Would you like to do what you love and get paid for it? Whether its writing and performing music, playing football, competing in skateboarding or Esports - you'll need to dedicate many hours of practising the skills to work up to being at the top of your profession. Even if you don't make it to where you want to be, the many hours of commitment and dedication will also help you develop transferable skills that other employers value too - such as self-motivation and resilience. Ultimately, follow your passion because you enjoy it first and foremost, aim high, but make sure you keep working on your school subjects alongside, so you have a back up career plan too. 

No 'get rich quick' with professional careers

Whether you want to be a surgeon, a barrister or a CEO of a global business - these careers don't happen overnight! They require you to work hard at school and play the long game. You are likely to need to gain relevant experience, degree level qualifications, extra professional qualifications and more experience - it can take a long time to get into these roles to be able to earn the higher level salaries.

Have an eye on future careers

Some careers (even well paid ones) may be replaced in the future by automation. But there are many sectors where there is likely to be continued or growing demand for people to work, such as in engineering, healthcare and technology careers. Other areas that are likely to see salary increases due to increase in demand are green careers that are focussed on preventing climate change.

If you want to run your own business?

You can potentially make a lot of money if you come up with a solution, a new product or a service which people want or need. Check out more about self-employment.

There's more to life than money.

Don't just choose a career based on the money, as money doesn't always make you happy! You also need to consider what you like and are good at, as you will be working for 50 years or so (unless you earn enough to retire earlier!). Stay flexible and keep your eye on what is happening in the world as you could become an expert in an area of interest or develop a career that doesn't even exist at the moment, or come up with your own new solution to a world problem.

Other Careerpilot tools you can use to find jobs and courses that might suit you:

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