If you were privately educated in the UK, what job do you do and how much do you get paid?

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You often hear that people who were privately educated had a better start in life and that's why they are more likely to secure better-paid jobs.

I was not privately educated but I am well paid. So I'm curious to see what jobs people who were privately educated in the UK have as adults, an how much they earn from those jobs.

my exH and siblings are privately educated and a teacher, estate agent and soldier (not an officer). Their parents probably should've saved their money, tbh

What a narrow minded view of education

Do you really think parents are looking for a return on their investment when spending money on their children?

I went to private school until I was 16. One career behind me on £65k, currently a teacher on £50k. My school friends today do everything from law to rewilding workshops and living off grid - as with anything, it's a really mixed bag.

Between dh and his friends who were privately educated we have 1 in Prison 2 who became Sahp 4 who earn 40-50k 1 around 80ish 4 who are 100-200 ranges. 2 above 500 and 2 millionaires.

So a very mixed bag

I know and have known a few people who had been privately educated, none of them have jobs directly related to a private education - they are all jobs that can be easily achieved by attending state school (tree surgeon, super market manager, restaurant manager, accountant, health and safety officer, to name the ones off the top of my head).

Of course it's a mixed bag! A good education is about so much more than a 'high paying' job. Many people I know choose careers that they enjoy and find fulfilling - not necessarily high paying. Others choose to become a SAHP because they find that more fulfilling.

Private school, 95k. Sister also privately educated never wasn't more than minimum wage.

Of my now immediate friendship group several earn more than me and state educated.

none of them have jobs directly related to a private education

I hope there is no job that is directly related to a private education?! How strange..?

What exactly are jobs directly related to private education?

Privately educated all the way through. Work in comms - ranges from £80 - £100k.

I loved school, and gained so much confidence from mine.

Same here.

What percentage of threads on this site is about kids/parents?

Because money isn't the point of education?

Music, drama, art, non-conventional sport... that's why we've chosen our DCs school. A well rounded person tends to find more enjoyment in life.

I was answering the question posed by the OP.

I went to private school (& hated every minute!). I was previously working within the Civil Service earning about £35k but gave up work a few years ago to be a SAHP (much to my mums disgust, as apparently I'm wasting the money they spent on my education 🙄).
DH was privately educated (boarding school as his dad was military) and earns about 70k, which will increase later this year to approx. 80+k.

But, for what it's worth, I can't see anything about their education or experience in entirely unremarkable private schools in a small city that couldn't/isn't achieved in State schools.

Yep, me too.

DH and I both went to private school. Both have professional specialist careers. DH on £200k ish with plenty of colleagues who were state educated on similar salaries.
I took a decade out (my choice) and am on c. £55k. When at equivalent seniority to DH will be on c. £100k. Virtually all my colleagues are privately educated.
Both DC privately educated. DC1 because like a PP he was bullied in state for being clever and socially a bit awkward. DC2 because we really liked DC1's school.

So OP it seems your objective with this thread, as you stated early in, is to ask why people pay for private education when
It doesn't guarantee anything. Then of course we get snidey posts like the poster pointing out her niece was privately educated and works in a nmw job.

Just to confirm that we all want our DC to have the best educational experience we can give them. For some this is choosing private education. I don't think I've ever heard a who privately educate a their children express surprise that someone's state educated child has done very well (although 'very well' is a term that could mean many things).

So, just so you know education is more than what career /job your DCs end up doing.

I know of 4 siblings who all went to private school and one doesn't work at all and takes drugs, the other works in retail and the other 2 are baby machines. So not exactly doing very well!! I'm not wasting my money doing the same as I know lots of other ppl in great jobs who did not go private school so I'd rather my children enjoyed their childhood fun days out all the time and I can give them money for a house deposit when it's needed

I went to a private school and pre children had a career in the a specialist medical field (non clinical) earning 65k.

My husband went to a state school and is in a highly speciliased mathematical field and earns 500k plus per annum.

So it wasn't our schooling that determined our salaries, but rather out choice of careers. We are both university educated to the equivalent of Masters level.

The difference however was I LOVED my school life - sports, music, art and drama, academics and social scene etc and my dearest friends now are from my school days. Where as my husband definitely didn't have the same depth and breadth of education. He absolutely hated school, was badly bullied and couldnt wait to leave. He can barely talk about it today.

We have chosen private education (which I fully appreciate is a huge privilege) not for our children's future salaries, but rather to give what we hope will be a rich, rounded and happy childhood. I'm sure many state schools would give us that experience too, but unfortunately we are not in a good catchment area for decent state primaries.

It’s almost as if Privately educated people are just like everyone else

The majority at DCs school have real wealth. Not an 85k a year salary and a hefty mortgage.

So family money?

There is a huge variety in private schools. I have worked in some & there are certainly parents who want their dc to do well financially and want to pay for that.

Equally some dc don't fit into the small state education box & their parents just want them to be happy

100% agree with those who say it's not about an investment in future earnings. My two were not coping in mainstream, bullied, intimated, overlooked, lost in the crowd. I'm significantly undermining my finances to keep them in private but they would be in serious trouble otherwise and headed down the EBSA route. One will almost certainly be no great shakes academically or ever earn very much, but if he can get to adulthood without being subjected to daily bullying and fear then that's fine. Its incredibly narrow to simly see it in terms of academic outcome or earnings.

I'm surprised by this. Mine are at private schools (in London) and like us there are lots of families who are making sacrifices to send their children.