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?

@Angie6868 dont. The higher tax band starts at 50k.
Only 13% of workers earn above this level - and these are disproportionately men.
I'm never sure if mumsnet is skewed towards high paying professionals, or full of wannabe bullshit trolls - but either way these threads flush them out.

Early 20's £13,500
Now at age 36 £35k

And I still live hand to mouth 🤔 must grow up 😆

Age 22 started on £14k in architecture
Age 32 finished on £26.5k and became a Sahm.
A bit shit really for all the years study and experience.
I would not recommend the career unless you are a friend of one of the old boys.

Age 20 £7000 apprentice
Age 30 £20000 accounts assistant

@Stayawayfromitsmouth I'm so surprised by that, I thought it would be really well paid.

I'm 25 now and earn £38k (as of this month) as a FT teacher in inner London.

5 years ago IDVA £21,000(London). Now £14,000 PhD student (Brighton) ....urrrrg

Then: £10k ish. Now £12k. I've been part time around children. I'm at £42k for university lecturing. I'm in CBHE and the going rate is about £30k for full time. No wonder people assume I have more money than I actually have.

I think Prosecco wins the thread:
Teacher in 1960s, less than £1000 - yes, you heard that - less than £1000 a year....
Hope you've retired from teaching now!!

Saturday job: £4.20 an hour when I Ieft, aged 17, to go to uni.
First post-uni job, with the civil service - about £4K, a lifetime ago.
Now in uni admin - about £40K (retiring soon, yay!)

Age 13 Paper Round £1/day (30mins work)
Teenager Shop Assistant £3ish/hr
Bars £5ish/hr
Age 22 post-Uni Military Officer starting £28k
Now mid 30s Pilot £75k having left Services a few years ago.
I've got by on a small budget for a few years, I have more money now than I know what to do with which is brilliant.
Makes life easier but doesn't make happiness. Most things that make me happy are free/cheap.

21 grad training programme £16,500
27 recruitment £33,000
33 charity £18,000
39 charity £37,000
45 charity £52,000

Age 21: £16,306 starting salary

Age 40: £76,540 same organisation

I worked in a nightclub at 18. Made £24,000

At 21 I was working in the music industry making £50k

I’m a sahm now. So nothing.

In early 20's I was warning £14k. 10 years later I earned 21k (in social work type environment, so never amazing salaries!). Now I work in a country where wages are much lower (gave up work in the UK when DH got job abroad) so the equivalent is roughly £9k for part time hours. This is the mid range here, so not an unusual amount to earn for the work I do. It goes a long way here compared to back in the UK at least!

Age 19 £17k NHS Admin
Age 32 £47K NHS Assistant Director

I could have probably been higher than that now but I've had two kids in between, which I wouldn't change.

Early twenties - between £16-19k (pro rated for a while when I was studying part time). I was working as a paralegal up north, although I also received a bonus depending on my performance. That could be anything from a few hundred pounds to a few thousand (most in my early 20s was about £2k).

Now - 28 and on £38k as a solicitor in the same city/firm.

Aged 21 £9,609
Age 47 in the same company £58,000

Been promoted 4 times, once more is a possibility so I'm here all being well until I can afford to retire.

First job out of uni was ups call centre and think was about £12000- absolutely hated that job chained to a phone for 8 hours of complaints and had to ask permission to go to the loo
Then was a teacher started on 17000 I think (2001) which seemed loads at the time - had own house, two weeks in Greece with mates every year etc ...since having kids I'm doing a job that is low paid - nhs band 3- but one that is family friendly and generally enjoyable and not to stressful
I do often 'what if' about giving up work when I had the kids to be a sahm as didn't want to go back to teaching after having a break and am happy in my job but it is low status and low pay

17500 first grad job out of uni at 22.
27k at 24 as i moved cities.
35k with another company move at 26
45k at 28 new company
50k at 30. new company
57k at 31 promotion
75k at age 33 with promotion.

16k at 22, 31k aged 30, and still now. Did earn more in between times but Have moved around jobs a lot, and had a bit of a breakdown a few years ago, so I've taken a few steps back salary wise unfortunately.

I'm now 39 it might have helped to say

26 - £38k, now at 37 - fuck all.

SAHM wasting away, losing brain cells daily

Early 20s: £17k
27: £25k
29: £30k
31: £50k

25-30k was pay rise and minor promotion but the rest were job changes.

18: £10k

21: £14.5k

22: £18k

25: £22k

28: £25k

(now) 29: £28.5k

I'm a university admin and paid well for what I do. I'm in Scotland living costs are reasonable and also in the very fortunate position of having no mortgage due to DH inheriting a house.

About £25k I think, working as a junior manager in HE. Now a senior manager in HE, salary approx £50k (but on mat leave and may return part time).