What job would have a take home pay of approx £5k a month?

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I’ve been trying to work something out and just wondered - what sort of job/career makes that’s sort of amount (5k per month / £60k per year actual take home amount)

This. Husband earns £64k and with NI and pension be only just clears £4k.

tech

• any jobs in large tech

Engineering
Product management
Product design
Content designers
Researchers
Lawyers
HR
Recruitment

The list goes on!

Yes, because professional public sector salaries have barely increased in a decade. Graduate trainees are paid only just above NMW jn the early years of their careers and progression from there isn't great for most. Hence the recruitment and retention crisis in most sectors, which makes working conditions tough for those who do stay.

But I agree that both the question and people's responses are ludicrous.

It was clear from the OP that she wanted to know the gross salary that would net £5k pm. A lot of frustration could have been saved by having a play with one of the many online salary calculators instead of asking on here, which rarely gets a sensible answer.

Plus it was a classic 'how do I get to X from Y question' where the answer is that 'you need to get from A to X first, which is likely to take so long that by the time you'll get there, if you did, because 95% of people who set off from A never get past M, you'll find your circumstances have changed because your toddlers are at high school and your adult DD has moved out, and now has her own toddlers to find childcare for'.

But at least the OP has realised the obvious answer that they just need to get any job, look at benefits available to help with the cost of childcare and arrange their hours to minimise the amount of paid help needed.

@BashfulClam project manager (big office buildings)

Have you seen how fast new build houses fly off the sleeves and do you know about the labour shortages? I’m not all surprised. They’re in demand. I imagine he works mega hours not 9-5.

Are attitudes like this family’s the reason why so many who can work are on benefits whilst there’s lots of jobs? I’m not getting out of bed for less than £100k? No wonder this country is bankrupt. At least two of these three should be turning up at a job centre each week and bring assigned jobs, eg fruit picking long term they could be allocated a job and trained where there are shortages eg lorry driver - if they refuse - no benefits.

Your penultimate paragraph is so spot on. Many graduates earn relatively low amounts. I can remember in about 2005 managers in the big 4 accountancy practices outside London being shown bench marks that suggested starting salaries at that grade of £50k. Things are about the same nearly 20 years on. Professional salaries in most sectors seemed to practically freeze in 2008.

Theres a massive recruitment and retention problem - the stress and long hours just aren’t worth it!

It would be better for most to enter a trade.

A job on the board of directors for a mid-size technical company takes home around £5,200 pcm.

So this family, who have a handful of GCSEs and two A-levels between them, say they can’t afford to work unless one of them can earn £5k net each month?

Their figures are off. Why would a family on benefits with two toddlers need 5k take home a month? Makes no sense.

I am going to add in Estate agents will take people with a levels starting at 30-40k and commission. You have to pass some exams though. It’s a stable career.

Childminding is a very patchy income- you can only look after a certain amount if kids, they will get taken out for holidays and you might not get paid for that.

Amazing how the rest of us manage on less, isn’t it?

Thanks for getting back to me!

Gosh why so much shock and snobbery about bricklaying? It’s actually a really skilled profession where there is a massive shortage. Also kind of important a good job is done …

I work in the quasi public sector. People questioning bricklaying do also need to remember they will generally ( certainly in teaching etc) have extremely good defined benefit pensions, which those in the private sector won’t. That should be factored into wages (tbc I’m not saying I think teachers are paid enough - just the lack of recruitment and numbers leaving should indicate that even from a practical stand point. And I do understand the lack of pay rises in public sector having had between 1 and 3% max myself over the last 10 years).

@Mammyloveswine
yes he leaves the house at 5.30am to start at 7am and works in all weathers. Being in Scotland that is often -5 and even colder for the relentless winter. His job is very physically demanding and at age 35 he has contact back pain. His job is extremely dangerous for varying reasons. It’s one most fatal place to work in and last year saw the most deaths over any other sector in the U.K.
you are right, it doesn’t compare to school teachers who are safe and well in a heated building and don’t spend their days in constant pain with a threat of danger at every turn. He is quite rightly paid more

And me!

@Faz469 I posted on the thread, I work for an ICB and there's at least one nurse on £100k probably 2 or 3. Senior commissioners/ lead nurses. It's a professional roll so of course there will be some leaders earning a high wage.

Here's an example of nursing job. No help to the thread but proof that us lowly nurses can earn more!

I've been on here for years and this has got to be the most painful thread I've ever read. The opening OP is so clear and so short and easy to read. They want to know about clearing 60k pa TAKE HOME!!!!

So many people who don’t seem to understand what ‘take home’ means. Which is quite astonishing, really!

I am astounded that a person with no experience or training in Careers Advice is trying to guide people with only basic academic achievements into careers which will get them take home pay of £5k pm.

Beyond ridiculous.

£60k after tax js probably £90-100k before tax. Obviously £60k divided by 12 is £5k per month.

If you meant £60k a year before tax doesn't generate £5k a month net of taxes then obviously you're right.

@NoSquirrels I was in a shop at the weekend. The lady on the til was chatting to her friend & said "I don't know if I pay tax or not." Her friend asked her what her payslip said - response was "I don't know, I never check it."
I was astonished but clearly there is more confusion nationally about this than I thought!

So many people who don’t seem to understand what ‘take home’ means. Which is quite astonishing, really!

I can assure you we understand the difference between gross and net pay. I have done quite a few payrolls in my time.

So many people walk around ignorant of even basic financial matters, it seems. 😳