How Much Do You Earn? #2

[LifeOfMog]

Administrator & Office Manager (used to be two roles - but I don't seem to get 2 salaries!!) - £28,000 + very generous bonus (25%). My take home after tax/NI, student loan, pension etc is £1,800. Live alone so it doesn't stretch too far...

Does anyone else feel as though everyone else their age is earning way more?? I don't know how people are landing jobs in sectors that have £50k+ salaries. What's the secret!

Someone I know is a year older than me (26), has been in tech since 18 and is now on £64k ... crys in regretting not being a computer girl tbh x

 

[Lalla]

My low stress, low responsibility mainly 9-5 job has in the past year started to involve repeated 10 or 12 hours days. As I logged off at 9.30 tonight (which incidentally was meant to be my day off but I ended up working because I was being badgered for urgent work ) I was thinking that I need a massive raise. The thing is, I know I work easily 50% faster than other people, so if I am struggling it means I really do have too much work.

I earn £60k a year which for someone with my qualifications and nearly 30 years of experience is really low. I would put up with it when I had an easy life but if my job is going to involve this level of effort, I think I want more money.

 

[miamae]

I've posted here before - I'm a teacher (FE) and am currently earning 24k a year. I've just found out a colleague, as she has more experience than me, is on 37K for doing the exact same job as me! (I actually do more as I programme lead various units). I literally can't get over it, do you think I'd be rude to ask for a pay rise due to this? I'm on Mat leave at the moment but seriously considering it

 

[101d]

So although I got a relatively poor pay rise of 4%, today I got told I got a bonus of 13%! So it's not all bad

 

[Chablis1]

£73000 - work in Procurement. I love it as the work is varied and in ‘normal’ times there was a lot of face to face interaction with suppliers/contractors.

 

[Homebird44]

Eek that’s steep. I paid £15 per week.

Oh wow, you were lucky. I was paying my mum £30 for one night 25 years ago. £200 is the going rate, my mortgage is more than my monthly take home pay, with bills increasing its still a lot cheaper than moving out. I'll end up putting as much as I can in a savings account for him.

 

[dressagediva]

If it's not too personal what kind of blogging. Is it family friendly. Is it actually blogging or is it a YouTube channel.

Whatever it is, well done. Am really pleased for you.

It's blogging about a specific topic - definitely nothing rude lol. No YouTube/social media; all through good writing and SEO. I don't want to say the topic because some people may work out who I am. I'm a very small fry in the blogging world though! This is not much to earn - people who do it full time are on 6-figure incomes, especially recipe bloggers.

 

[GossBoss]

I earn £24,232pcm for working 24 hours per week. Job is pretty boring but easy so I feel well paid given the flexibility I have to work around childcare. My husband is self employed in an incredibly niche role so I won't say what and earns anything from £400 a week on a bad week up to £2k a week working 3 days a week. We are very fortunate but I am concerned his industry is likely to be effected by the increasing prices, so his earnings might drop considerably come April, at which point he will look to get work elsewhere if it becomes unsustainable.

24k a month ???? Blimey, what job role do you have ? I'd only want to work 1 month a year & that'd me

 

[Caffeine Fiend]

In general there are a lot of high earners in the UK, but not all see themselves that way. A lot of people live beyond their means or up to the wire.

My partner is on about 60-65k and I will admit it is a good wage however after tax, NI, high pension conts (10%+) and student loan repayments its not what you think a salary of 60k will bring you.

We also pay back more than half of our child benefit.

The only positive is the student loan is almost paid off.

Our gross salaries were alot less 8 years ago and due to the cost of living increasing massively I dont feel much better off to be honest and I dont think that our lifestyle has increased either.

 

[EasterEggs]

49K - following many years at university.

My friend is on 100K + and never went to university.

I always say to people: uni isn't the be all and end all.

Often wonder why I bloody bothered. I have no chance of progressing much more into a significantly higher paid role.

Single parent and would like more money coming in.

Agreed, you don’t need to go to uni! You can do my job straight from school as an apprenticeship. I wish schools would stop pushing uni onto kids because it isn’t for everyone.

Uni was good in some ways as it was a way out of my wee Highland village but mostly was a waste of time, I had a difficult 4 years and didn’t make any lasting friendships

(Sorry a bit off topic )

 

[Jmx]

I've found this really interesting. Would love to know how people got into the more unusual jobs! And when you were at school, are you now doing what you thought you would be doing back then?

I'm railway £72k a year. Shift work and before I had a family it was an absolute delight! Now though I'm permanently knackered . And I wanted to be an air traffic controller of all things when I was younger!

I wonder if we do the same job! My salary is £45k but I made £79k last year with overtime/ shift enhancements. The railway is the best place to work.

 

[Oscarsmum]

I'm a senior hairdresser. Work 2 days a week in Northern Ireland and make around 13k a year..not much but I have two small kids and no childcare help from family so I work on my husbands two days off.

 

[Justmephi]

Im also curious about peoples debt. My mum often says ‘those people who have everything are normally in mountains of debt’
I wonder if this is true??

 

[chanel opi]

I don’t know every time it varies but it’s not uncommon if I had made £10K in one month.
I’m a $trippa

 

[Member]

This is a message to all of you that isn't happy with your pay. Please please please look at how to make money online and learn a new skill if needed. It's never too late to learn something new and there is so much money to be made in the online world.

 

[Homebird44]

I'm a full time student and work two days a week / 18 hours.

My base pay is around £810 a month but I do a lot of overtime and end up with around £1700 a month (I don't get taxed yet).
The job is right next to home, a really chilled work environment with friendly people where I can sit on my phone for the majority of the day so I don't have much complain about. I have no outgoings other than my phone bill as everything else is paid for by my parents.

Are your parents not charging you rent? My eldest starts his new job in a few weeks and I've ready emailed him the invoice.

 

[101d]

Social media manager for a small beauty business £26.5k

Wish it was more! But close to home with great people so

 

[Grillyguy]

Back office finance in London, American company, £65k, net monthly is around £4000, all the usual private company benefits and pension, daily lunch allowance, business class long haul flights, annual bonus usually around 30-50%. Single and renting in london (£1500pm), haven’t saved a single penny Also hate my colleagues and my mental health is BAD

Up until the last couple of lines I was so jealous!

 

[yankydoo]

Thank you, this made me feel so much better!

I'm on £65k now and was thinking the other day that I had more disposable income when I was on £25k. I rented a little room in a horrible house share in a dodgy area and took the bus everywhere. Now I have a huge mortgage on my dream house, car payments, insurance, a dog, etc etc - the lifestyle creep is real! I'm so satisfied with my life and really couldn't ask for more, but I'm ashamed that people on far less than me have way more in savings.

I’m the same. The more I earn the less I feel I have. I don’t get it!

 

[maharini]

I was listening to something yesterday that said only spend your own time with people whose eyes light up when they see you. Great advice - jealous people will never be on your side.

Here to say that I felt a lot less stress as a departmental Head on £60k a year than I do now on a year out on 12 hours minimum wage. I work really hard, but expectations of my Managers waaaaay out of line for a tenner an hour. And no thanks for extras or a job well done. It’ll make me a better Manager when I go back!