My husband is currently a UPS driver and while it’s good money he is never home to see us or help. We’re thinking about growing our family so he’s thinking of looking for a career that at least gets him home to have dinner as a family. So my question is for the moms who are fully stay at home and rely on husbands income.
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my fiance does concrete and construction. the work is hard and the days are long but he’s home by 6 every night and gets weekends and holidays off. where we live, he gets the winter “laid off” and collects partial unemployment as he does snow removal when needed with weather.

My husband is a lead carpenter, he is gone from about 5 am to about 6 pm (5 pm on a short day) so he is always home in time for dinner.

My husband is in the military (army national guard) he is on active duty orders and works M-F 7/8am-3pm

My husband is a news cameraman so he does 50-80 hour weeks and regularly goes away for weeks/months on end depending on events. It’s hard work and it’s dangerous but it’s good pay and he loves it.

He manages the IT side of infrastructure planning and facilites at a major university. He works from home 3 days out of the week. Usually he is home by 5pm. Weekends and celebrated holidays at the university he is usually home unless something breaks. He only has an associates degree and an additional certificate but also has a few years in which is why is was able to move up to management.

Mines is a Truck driver never home

My husband it’s manager at Mercedes Benz. He is gone from 7 am to 6 pm.
He is always tired but it’s good money. I would like to back to work when my children are in school, I’m a nurse

Mine is a farmer! Does both livestock and arable! I’m a harvest widow during the summer and autumn and spring months!

My husband does commercial hvac. Typically gone 6am-4pm.

My husband is a HGV driver and does nights

My husband is a truck driver, but we just moved so now, he leaves on Monday afternoon and doesn't come back until Saturday morning.. he used to be ~8-6, home every night but that's not a possibility now with how rural we live.