Financial Planning For High Income Earners
As someone who earns a healthy income, you’ve learned to combine your natural abilities with the opportunities in front of you to make the most of your potential. But having expertise in one field doesn’t always translate to other disciplines.
When it comes to making your income work for you, many high income earners don’t have any more insight than the next guy or girl.
High income earners have unique financial planning needs. At MyFuture, our Qualified Financial Advisers understand these needs and have the knowledge and experience to provide you with a personalised service that protects you now, secures your future, and keeps you prepared for whatever life throws at you.
Whether you’re just beginning your career or you’re a seasoned veteran, there are ample opportunities for you to make the most of your income while preparing for your dream retirement. Knowing where and how to invest your money means finding the sweet spot between risk and reward so you can reap the benefits of your hard work.
What Is A High Income Earner?
A high-income earner is someone who earns what is considered to be a large income, usually between $190,000 to $500,000.
This can be earned from the job they have, from a business they started, from combinations of passive income, or even as disbursements from an inheritance or winning the lottery.
There are many possible jobs that can earn a high income, but these jobs usually have stringent education or experience requirements, or are in a highly specialised field.
In reality, there is no minimum salary to be a high-income earner and it is a reflection of the resources you have at hand and the lifestyle these resources enable you to lead.
Financial Planning For High Income Earners
Whatever career path you follow, whether you’re a scientist or a software engineer, or really any one of several possible lucrative specialisations, earning a high income means you can meet your day to day needs and hopefully put away some savings for the future if you’re not burning through your paycheck.
But did you know that you can make both your spending and your savings work for you as well? All you need is the right financial plan that prioritises your personal goals.
Financial planning for high income earners requires striking a balance between making the most of their income, while at the same time ensuring they have the resources to pursue their lifestyle goals. In order to do that, a healthy mix of tax saving techniques, retirement savings, and investment strategies is required to optimise your current and future plans so the income you earn also earns for you.
While earning a high income puts you in a position of relative financial well-being, if you’re not making the most of your financial resources, you could end up missing out on a world of opportunities.
Get Ahead With Quality Financial Advice
Our Qualified Financial Advisers can help you achieve your goals with a tailored financial plan and proven financial expertise.
How Does Financial Planning For High Income Earners Work?
We know that your time is precious and you want to enjoy the free time you have while at the same time preparing for a comfortable retirement. That’s why the team at MyFuture provides a personalised service that puts your needs first. The financial planning process follows a proven 6-step process to make sure all your bases are covered and your financial needs are met.
What is our 6-Step Financial Advice Process?
The 6-step financial advice process is the international benchmark for financial planning. This holistic approach is proven to increase the likelihood of you achieving your financial goals.
Understand Your Decision
We start by understanding your goals, financial position, and the decision you’re trying to make. You may already have done your own research, used AI, listened to podcasts, or compared options. That’s completely fine — our role is to understand where you’re at and where you feel stuck. We do this during a Discovery Session.
Validate, Refine or Rebuild
Next, we review your situation, run the numbers, and assess the options available to you. Sometimes your thinking is on the right track. Sometimes it needs refining. And sometimes a different strategy is required. Our job is to help you make a confident, well-informed decision based on your life, your goals and your long-term financial future.
Take Action
A good decision only matters if it gets implemented. Once you decide on the right strategy, we help you put it in place. Whether that involves restructuring lending, setting up investments, reviewing insurance, updating KiwiSaver, or working with other professionals. We don’t just hand you a plan and leave you to figure it out. We're here with you for the entire journey.
Stay Accountable
This is where long-term progress happens. We continue to monitor your position, review your strategy, and help keep you accountable as life changes. Whether interest rates move, your income changes, you receive an inheritance, buy a property, or simply need guidance on the next decision, we’re here to help you stay on track.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why Is Financial Planning Important For High Income Earners?
The most important thing a financial plan can provide for high earners is peace of mind. Knowing that your hard-earned assets are going to provide for you and your family and last you as long as they need to can truly put your mind at ease as you go about your day to day work.
It’s also about ‘making hay while the sun shines’. Life is unpredictable. Just because you’re on a high income currently doesn’t necessarily mean that will always be the case and so it’s important to be smart with your money and set yourself up for true financial freedom while you have the opportunity to.
But beyond providing financial independence and personal freedom, financial planning also lets high income earners dream big. Whatever your personal goals, whether you want to retire early, start a new business, purchase or build a new home, take a dream holiday, or splash out on a new car or boat, your financial goals are within reach when you work with the right financial planner.
So what are you waiting for? The key to your financial freedom is at your fingertips, so get in touch with the Qualified Financial Advisers at MyFuture today and we can get started on making your dreams into your reality. Book a FREE no obligation Discovery Session now.