SPONSORED CONTENT -- (StatePoint) Are you looking for flexibility and independence in your career, without sacrificing your earning potential? If so, then these three career fields are worth looking into:

Real Estate

As a real estate agent, you have a lot of flexibility in terms of the number of hours you work a week, how much support you receive from a team or firm, and even what customers you service, be they residential or commercial and buyers, renters or sellers. While the job can be demanding in busy periods, and typically requires weekend and evening work, it’s a great field for anyone who enjoys meeting with people face-to-face, setting their own hours and being active.

Financial Planning

Financial planning offers work-life balance, a high salary and the flexibility to chart your own career path. As a financial planner, you can be your own boss if you want to, or work for a firm large or small. If you’re entrepreneurial-minded, take note — 38% of financial planners are self-employed, business owners or equity partners of a company.

Whether you specialize in a particular area of financial advising or not, the best way to significantly expand your opportunities is by earning CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER^® certification. The median total compensation for financial planners in 2024 was $185,000, and CFP^® professionals, high in demand among employers and clients, earn 13% more than their peers.

Financial planning careers offer dynamic, human-focused work environments, work-life balance, impressive compensation and the chance to holistically improve people’s lives. Women should pay particular attention to the CFP® professional path: New CFP Board research finds that women prioritize passion and energy in their work, along with financial security and job security, while women college students are particularly looking to make a meaningful contribution and women career changers are especially motivated by better work-life balance. Financial planning is a career path that can deliver on all these fronts.

To learn more about becoming a financial planner and getting CFP^® certification, visit CFP.net.

Event Planning

Event planners help people and organizations bring the most important days of their life to fruition. From weddings and milestone birthdays to launch parties and conferences, event planning can take many forms. As an event planner, you could be self-employed, work for a firm or even be the in-house planner at a venue. A great job for multi-taskers who are as equally attentive to the big picture as the little details, this is a lively, creative career path that offers good pay and ever-changing projects and priorities.

Seeking a career that pays well and is flexible and fulfilling? Fortunately, there are dynamic work environments that can also be lucrative.

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