I'm making six figures and was Philsophy in undergrad. One of my best attributes as an employee is my critical thinking and problem solving, which were greatly enhanced by my philosophy courses. Other co-workers have better technical skills, but we work well as a team. I don't regret my philosophy experience at all.
In what field are you working in? While I get the idea that you believe Philosophy has helped you reach 6 figures, I can't help but believe that Philosophy isn't the degree that made you 6 figures. I'm under the assumption that you have a Master's in something else?
Philosophy trains you in analytical reasoning, writing, and communication, which is of crucial importance in many differing professional areas.
While it's true that most
professional philosophers are academics, many business people, lawyers/judges, and professional researchers have solid backgrounds in philosophy, because it teaches you the skills of the trade and how to process information analytically.
Philosophy is also an extremely broad field that deals with everything from the most theoretical of theoretical knowledge to extremely practical issues, such as normative and applied ethics (everything from bioethics to business ethics), environmental philosophy, philosophy of law (law is pretty much non-existent without morality, which is philosophy), philosophy of religion, and political philosophy. Pretty much anytime that someone argues about religion or politics, they're actually engaging the philosophy of religion and or social and political philosophy.
For example, I have my Master of Arts in Philosophy, and I am currently writing my dissertation for my PhD in Health Care Ethics, which is basically an interdisciplinary philosophy degree. With this degree, I will have numerous practical job applications to choose from - everything from your normal academic and/or think tank stuff to more practical applications as a clinical ethicist in hospitals, member of Institutional Review Boards for normatively evaluating research protocols, among other job areas.
I imagine that you have spent most of your time in the more theoretical arenas of philosophy, such as metaphysics, epistemology, and logic, which, I will admit, are pretty bland and impractical in many ways. But philosophy as a whole is one of the most necessary disciplines in academia because of the fundamental tools of reasoning that it develops and its broad realm of application in virtually every other discipline.
P.S. - Saltlover, I didn't know that you had a philosophy background. What areas did you particularly study?
EDIT: To further show it's prominence, here's a list of famous celebrities with philosophy backgrounds:
Ricky Gervais (Comedian)
Phil Jackson (NBA Coach/GM)
Quin Snyder (NBA Coach)
Bruce Lee (Martial Artist)
George Soros (Business Mogul)
Alex Trebek (Game Show Host)
Steve Martin (Actor)
Ethan Coen (Film Producer/Creator)
Peter Thiel (Business Mogul)
Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace Prize Winner)
John Paul II (Pope)
Wes Craven (Movie Director)
Stephen Breyer (Supreme Court Justice)
Carly Fiorina (Business)
Juan Williams (Journalist)