How Much Do You Earn? #2

[Louby@21]

£175k plus 15-20% bonus. Lawyer working in-house at a bank in London.

Cries in healthcare worker

 

[shhh1712]

£130k as a compliance officer for a medical devices company. 9.30am - 5pm Mon-Fri. 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, plus 2 week company shut down over Xmas and new year.

Can I come and work with you please do you like it?

 

[SmokeySapphires]

Self employed counsellor/psychotherapist.

Working in a big city in England.

Qualified with a degree 2yr ago. Made 27k first year, forecasted to make £34-36k second year.

I charge £50/hr, work 4 days a week either taking Mon or Fri off. I see approx. 8 clients per week which takes that income to circa £400/week, and I do some self-employed work for a large local organisation advising them on mental health which pays approx £30/hr which tops up the rest of my income.

There is room to see more clients per week as I start to become more experienced but I'm not rushing - it's easy to burn out if you go too intense too quick, and you couldn't physically see more than 25 clients per week because there's the admin side of things e.g chasing payments, responding to enquiries, adjusting appointment times, booking rooms to work from etc.

So all in all I work average 17-20hrs a week for my £34-36k salary (I'm in my 20s).

 

[FannyAdams29]

For those of you earning good money who didn’t go to university, what industries are you in? Did you go down the route of online learning instead of uni? Apprenticeship?

I’m band 3 admin in NHS earning £21,709-£23,603. If our pay rise is accepted (which I don’t think it will be..) it’ll go up to £23,914-£25,808. I want to earn more but I have no idea what I want to do. The natural progression route in my current role would mean going into management if I wanted to earn decent money but I definitely don’t want to be in management. I can’t afford uni as I have a mortgage to pay and am a single person/income household so looking at other options to upskill.

I’ve looked at things such as AAT, Open University, HND (already have HNC) etc but since I have no idea what my end goal is apart from earning more money, it’s hard to know where to start

I currently earn about £60K and have been at the same corporate company since I was 20 (32 now) I started on £12K in customer service/order entry and have worked hard, expressed interest to learn, embedded myself into the company ethos and just generally had a good attitude.
I have zero qualifications and am only now thinking about next steps as I don’t particularly enjoy what I’m doing at the moment.
If I did leave I would likely have to take a lower paid job so I’m biding my time whilst I work out what I actually want to do.

 

[Tunacanoe]

Well done you that can't have been easy as a young mum

Thank you! No certainly wasnt easy huge mom guilt over having to work and study so much and now Ive gotten where I need to be huge mom guilt that i have to travel a bit. Cant win

 

[Spider12]

TA on £22,850 a year. For what we do, an absolute joke. Yes we get the holidays (unpaid I might add) but we're teaching interventions daily with groups of upto 10 children yet classed as "non-teaching staff". On top of everything else - constant photocopying, trying to bring down dis regulated children amongst 400+ other things

Teacher here! TA’s are worth their weight in GOLD!!! And the pay you are given for what you do makes my blood boil. Having my wonderful TA is the only reason I am still in the job. Our school budget dwindles by the day and we are constantly being told we might not be able to have TA’s in school in the near future. I teach 4-5 year olds, high SEN and behaviour needs with lower ability children who need daily interventions in reading, writing and maths. It’s such a hard job, I thank my lucky stars every day I still have her

 

[User111995]

I work in HR (I’m nice though), 26 and on £50k

 

[Peachy9]

Its reading threads like this that make me question my career choice of being a nurse in the NHS
I'm top band 6 but in a very niche area, which geographically speaking is also limited (we are commissioned to deliver a specific service here which doesn't exist in the rest of the county.) The only option for me to go up to band 7 is to move into a completely different job, or management (but again in a different speciality .) I actually left a band 7 role for this job, as they mentioned in the interview that there is scope to progress. Unfortunately there is no longer the budget for that in the trust anymore
Its frustrating that I have done a masters and I'm working in a role that I love and am skilled in, but financially tbh i'm trapped.

 

[Littleelf]

What an interesting thread, makes me realise how little I earn

I work in reinsurance for a london broker, im not based in the city hence the low wage!
15k 21 hours a week to fit around childcare - yearly bonus is pretty good - plus overtime is allways available so I can top up my income. Especially great around Christmas ect.

I am one of the most experienced people on my team so I do consider my wage to be quite low compared to my knowledge and experience. But I'm happy enough as my managers are incredibly flexible, very aware of mental health and have let me change my contract to continue working from home when everyone else is returning to the office. They've been really great this last 18 months and I'm grateful to work in such a good company, I know I'm a valued employee and I think that counts for alot compared to previous companies ive worked for where they do not care one bit

 

[BettyCrockerr]

Agree it’s not the be all and end all in terms of employment but my social life was unmatched at uni, I feel sorry for those that didn’t get to experience that time!

I feel sorry for you if you think university was the pinnacle of your social life

 

[dressagediva]

Two jobs here.
I earn around 43k as a Civil Servant and another 24k from blogging.

 

[Gentlemensrelish]

Are you a banker?

Haha, nope, and I'm on a tracker getting absolutely fucked by the interest rates!

Just think it's pointless to come on a thread about what other people earn and be offended by what other people earn.

 

[xx3221]

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.

Nope. My dad pays for everything and we aren’t expected to contribute towards bills etc. Very fortunate!

 

[880411]

I was advised about a potential promotion yesterday.
I earn mid 30’s now and I would really like to be in the 40’s for the new year *fingers crossed*

 

[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.

 

[fruitfriends]

I’m unemployable in a “normal” job, or so I’ve been told. So I attempt to run a small business from home. I work full time around my bad illness days and earn about 6k a year and I hate it

 

[Scorpihoe]

That teaches some bad values or at least could imo, like a lack of communal sharing/living, being stingy with others, those are some odd values. It's one thing to have an adult child contribute but that's nuts.

I agree, there’s a clear difference between making your children pay their way and then just taking it too far. You’re doing more damage than good if you take it to the extreme. But thankfully the girl didn't turn out to be stingy etc and was actually seems really ambitious

personally for me (I understand if people feel different), I could never make my children pay to stay at the family home. It feels really cold and ‘transactional’ for me, I want them to feel welcome and comfortable and not feel like they’re only there because they’re paying me, or they’re a “lodger”

 

[Polythene Pam]

I earn £32,150 as a paralegal. I'm in the process of qualifying as a solicitor and if I manage it my pay will jump to £48,000 as a newly qualified solicitor.

 

[User111995]

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.

That’s up to you.

 

[Justmephi]

75k

Sadly i think money is really important; not having it/enough causes so many issues, stresses and pressures. We have more than others (but still relatively low wages vs outgoings - joint income of 39k for a family of 4 in a London commuter town and renting) but under the surface, we have debts and we have MH related impulsive spending issues. I love working, and the wages of the job itself doesnt bother me - i just wish we were in a place that we dont have to dread getting through the month, or getting to the point I can log into internet banking without anxiety!

I'm studying at the moment, so theres some reassurance that after that, my salary will go up potentially 10k a year extra

I feel money is important too. We are in the situation where our wages only just cover bills. I impulsively buy things for my children and this keeps me awake at night as there are times our bank is empty and its still days until payday
We never miss bills or mortgage so we manage our money but have zero savings left as we have used it all to support our living once all bills are paid