The rise of the female breadwinner – how to turbocharge your finances

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As of 2019, women are now the main breadwinner in one quarter of UK households.

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5 September 2023

Beyonce told us that girls run the world. It’s a message hard to ignore with female role models like Queen Bey and Taylor Swift smashing it when it comes to success and earnings.

It was estimated that Beyonce is to clear an eye-popping $2 billion from her ongoing Renaissance World Tour. Swift’s upcoming Era tour is billed to be the highest-grossing tour of all time, earning a record-setting $1 billion in sales alone.

While the rest of the female population is growing their wealth in a far lower key fashion, they do have something in common with Beyonce – Queen Bey is part of a growing number of female breadwinners.

The percentage of UK households in which the female partner earns more than the male partner has steadily risen from 19.8% in 2004 to 23.3% in 2019.

This is changing the money matters dynamic