How Much Do You Earn? #2

[shhh1712]

ive loved reading this thread! Don’t think I’ve seen anyone say they’re a PA? I’m under 30, a PA in the east and earn £29000. We get a bonus half way through the year and a larger bonus in January. It’s a good company and good benefits- healthcare, pension, 25 days holiday etc. I do think I could probably earn more if I left but I don’t think this job is what I want to do for the rest of my life, I also don’t want to change company atm as we want to start trying for a family in 12-18 months time. I really just don’t know what I want to do with my life which often causes me a lot of upset and stress as I feel like I have no direction! I don’t love or hate my job, I just wish I was really good at something which would lead me to something I love and could earn money from.
My partner earns around £8k more than me but has higher outgoings as self employed, we live in an expensive area and used help to buy for our mortgage which we have another 3 years left without having to pay any interest. It does worry me when we want to move our mortgage will probably be twice as much as it is currently because of the HTB scheme! I’m often worrying about money or my credit card and I’m always left without money a good week before payday

 

[Blondetech]

Can't believe how much people are earning. I have clearly made some very, very bad decisions in life! I'm a TV Producer. £32,000.

Christ , me too.
Paramedic - £44k per year including unsociable hours.

 

[svdwoodsen]

I work as a Head of HR, I’m just turned 35 and salary is £78k plus bonus of around £3k a year linked to my KPIs - public(ish) sector, work 35 hours a week officially (probably 40-45 in reality). I know it’s not normal - I earn about three times as much as most of my friends so I tend to keep it quiet in real life...

This is the dream! An excellent salary with very reasonable hours and hopefully you like your workplace as well.

This might be a stage of life thing but I've also found that as I entered my 30s, the disparity in income and lifestyle between my old friends and I have widened considerably and it's definitely led to some tensions, even though I never share my salary or talk much about my work unless it's stuff like a tough client or long working hours recently. People will always assume based on what you do and my partner also can't help but sometimes share how proud he is of me for my professional accomplishments, and that definitely makes things awkward with some people in his circle as well.

 

[panda_eyes]

I'm in the Railway sector - the same job as those in the railway already mentioned but the lowest grade, I'm on about £31k including shift allowances and OT.

I absolutely love my job, it's also the highest paid job I've ever had. I previously worked in marketing and engineering, with no chance of progression within my company. Being made redundant in 2020 has been very fortunate for me, I know I'm so very lucky to have the job I have now. Much prefer shift work to office 9-5 hours.

 

[Rodney2208]

I’m 32 and earn £36k in local government, I dont love my job but I get good annual leave and flexi. I’ve found it hard to find a job I’d enjoy with the same benefits.
My husbands 29 and earns around £91k as a chartered land surveyor, he works super hard and has normally left for work by 6:30am. We live in the South East so salaries are slightly inflated.

 

[Shimmering]

I'm a civil servant working in policy on 43k. It's all spent by the end of the month and then some as I've two teenagers and a house. I love my job as it's high pressure and fascinating. I love to learn and understand how things work, and I love working with my colleagues on explaining issues and solving problems.

Salary is probably low for the level of responsibility and influence, but the job satisfaction is there and it's very family friendly and sensitive to personal circumstances to an extent, on the unspoken understanding that you will be available round the clock when needed and will put your heart and soul into the job.

It's luck of the draw if you have a good team. I've been unlucky in the past and had colleagues who damaged my mental health, but right now I'm with great people. I'd say most of us are ADHD and addicted to stress and novelty which helps. We are hybrid, one day a week in the office.

My husband is in medicine and has a second job in the community voluntary sector. He's on around 100k combined.

 

[Princess of Scots]

Call centre advisor/case handler - £19000

 

[ispywithmylittleeye59]

I love this thread. I work part time for a small accountancy practice doing accounts admin and I’m on £16 an hour. Financially I’m ok but only because of tax credits and child maintenance. My daughter is 15 so I haven’t got long left to get my act together to find a full time job which will earn me the same amount of money I have now. It keeps me awake some nights trying to plan the future.

Would you consider doing an accounts qualification, maybe the AAT? It is hard to study alongside working but it can really make a difference to your salary!

 

[Millyve]

£33,650, very happy as I only work 7 hour days pretty good considering I have no qualifications and have worked my way up over the years.

 

[YahBasic]

What do you do? That's a crazy increase in four years

I work in a specific area of HR, mainly looking at different projects. I’m in engineering industry in a bit of a niche area plus heavily male-dominated so I knew that they wanted more women when I applied and used that as a lever for negotiating up.

I also didn’t give my old salary when asked and just kept asking what they were prepared to pay, and used that as a starting point.

Each year I’ve had a high rating in end of year so have used that to ask for more than just the standard increase.

 

[goosecat]

I just looked at my final pay slip for this tax year. I managed £97k however I did 624 hours of overtime which makes me feel quite sad really as I don’t have a lot to show for the money and feel like I essentially spent a whole year at work!

 

[HelloStereo]

31k, London. I work in digital marketing and communications for a charity / not for profit. I am aware I could get a bit more money in other companies but I feel like it is a trade off for me. The hours and benefits are good and the culture is really nice. 35 days paid holiday (Inc. Bank holidays), relaxed office culture, money put aside for learning and development etc, not that stressful.

 

[Justmephi]

Wow this thread has made me see how many people earn more than me - £25,000 at nearly 40 years old and no hopes of any higher wages for my type of job and abilities

 

[MensaBarbie1985]

Lol, your version of skint is similar to my aunts'. Her husband and her very very well off. In 1990/1 her husband died, and after clearing all debts, by 1995 she was reduced to living on 4500 per month. Yes, she was skint compared to her previous life, but let's face it 4500 per month back in 1995 isn't really skint for most of us.

Definitely! I still have a pretty nice life but struggle to save - I still have two mortgages as well as I rent out a flat - can't sell it as it's worth so little compared to my outstanding mortgages. Asset rich, cash poor I think they would say...

 

[JOHN1967]

Consultant in a fairly specific field….just over 100 of us in UK. Just over £50k a year. 9-5 Monday-Friday, term time only. Love it!!!!

That's 99 too many, if you can somehow manage to get rid of the others, then think how popular you'll be.

 

[Clairer86]

what do you think of 28k as a starting salary?(entry level marketing related). This was converted from CAD. Finishing uni soon and just trying to stay motivated

Pretty bloody good!!
My starting wage after i had graduated with my MA and my first job as a qualified social worker was £25k.
I really did choose the wrong thing in life. haha

 

[ATV2021]

You know it blows my mind that we are expected to go into situations alone where the police would never dream of going there alone! Yet it is expected of us!!

And the police have equipment to protect themselves. We have a pen and a notebook if lucky

 

[aquamarine1234]

£75k, work in IT for a bank.

Very low stress, work from home as much as I like and some decent additional benefits.

 

[GirlOnTheTrain]

I earn just under £28k and work in the arts/heritage industry. There’s not a lot a lot of scope for progression and reading everyone else’s salaries on here makes me feel so much regret for getting into this industry in the first place. I’m desperate for a career change (for other reasons than the money tbh) and hoping that I’ve not left it too late (I’m nearly 40)!

 

[Clairer86]

Parents have the ability to teach this too

I mean not necessarily, immigrant parents who don't know their new country's economical landscape, and parents who are familiar with one industry but not how others work, abusive parents in any form. I mean depending on your social economic level or situation you can't really know what you don't know. @Rxt156
[/QUOTE]

I totally agree with you! My own parents simply told me to work hard at school, pass my exams, go to uni. My dad was a painter and decorator and my mum was a part time cleaner so its not like they had the knowledge.