What was your salary when you were in your early 20's... what is it now?

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What was your salary when you were under 25 (what job were you doing?) and what do you do now?

Aged 21 first job after uni 1999 £11,000 rose to £14,000 after a year

2001-2003 a few temp jobs averaging £15-16,000 equivalent yearly wage.

2003 first teaching job £21000 as I had recruitment pints on my salary.

2019 part time teaching on upper pay scale 3. Current salary is £23,000 (pt) FTE would be around £37000?

Obv salary limited by chosen career. I could earn more but I don't want the extra work!!

As of January I will be earning £0 as I'm leaving!!!

Started teaching aged 25 now 42 (and feel about 80!!)

About £12k as a customer services manager (1984)
About £12 k as a part time retail manager

Have earned more, and less, in the intervening years

22 - banking 14k
42 - finance 31k average

I earn £13500 and think I'm loaded 😂

Age 25: £20k Health Promotion (felt like I'd landed)

Age 39: £34k Fundraising Manager

Early 20s I was a trainee legal executive earning around £15,000.

Fast forward 25 years and I am now a solicitor earning £70,000 but pro rata as part time.

First proper job post uni, age 23, £14k

age 39 £55k

Current £12k

Teacher in 1960s, less than £1000 - yes, you heard that - less than £1000 a year....

£18k as a graduate trainee in a high street bank.
I'm now in my early forties and earn £100k+ as an investment manager.

Early 20's - £13k - Office based sales
Late 20's - £35k - Retail sales (high value luxury goods)
Now 40's - £65k - Finance Management

Sorry, meant to say, retired about 20 years ago on about £20 thousand something or other, can't remember what.

Aged 20 civil service clerical job on about 10k a year. Now, 40 years later earned 47k as a senior teacher and just retired on more than my 20yr old salary

In finance at 16 - £17,000

In finance at 25 - £55,000

SAHM at 28 - Sweet FA and likely going back on £17,000.

Bloody hell I feel poor after reading all this ☹️

25 years ago I was a teacher earning £11000 a year. I’m still a teacher earning about £40000 a year

£14k as a secretary in 1992 straight from college then promoted to £21k as a PA in 1995. Never felt as rich!
Now on £35k as a project coordinator. Off to give myself a massive kick up the arse...

21 first grad job started at 17k rose to 25 within two years.

20 years later I earn equivalent of about £90k on an average year.

I've always worked in financial software, and contract now so not on a fixed annual salary.

At 22 I was a newly qualified teacher on 19000.
Now 41 and I am an educational psychologist in independent practice. I work half time (around school hours/ holidays) and earn about 50000.

Then:
Age 21 - First temp job on leaving uni £14k
Age 22 - Graduate trainee accountant £21k
Age 25 - Qualified accountant £40k

Now:
Age 38 - Finance Director £130k

When I turned 16, I began working for a chemist earning £3.30 an hour. Later that year, I began working for More Than Insurance on an evening in a call centre, around college and university. I earned around £1500 a month, occasionally more with bonuses. I'm now Head of English in a school and my FTE salary is £45,000 but I actually earn about £35,000 due to dropping down to 4 days a week.

2005 age 18/19 - receptionist - £9000 per year (FT minimum wage)
2011 age 23 - Admin - £17000 (FT)
2012 age 25 - Retail - Part time £7.50 per hour

Now - age 32 - Student - £9000 - student loan.
18 months time - hopefully over £22000, potentially up to £25000

22 admin on 13k.
40 PR role on 75k plus bonus

Honestly I wish I'd chosen medicine as a career. I don't feel fulfilled at all

Started on £31k straight out of uni
Still in the same job 10 years later but paid around £100k
Work in IT consulting

Age 21 just graduated - recruitment consultant on £17k plus bonus (usually around 500 a month)

Now aged 32 global head of learning and development on £52k.

Lots of professional development and personal cost incurred to get there!!