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)

@thewillowbunnies I love what I do and I can’t imagine doing anything else, that’s why I do it. Plus so many perks of the role which help with work/life balance. There is no doubt that the roles you comment on are bringing in good money but surely labouring has a time limit? Isn’t it more of a role for the youngish, fit and healthy? Plus can’t imagine anything worse than painting nails. But also hugely value those in beauty who do as enjoy a treat like getting my nails done, I just wouldn’t want to do it myself. Value in all types
of careers I think, not just trade!

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I'm a Change Manager in financial services (London based but only 1-2 days a week and rest at home).

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It's not the sort of job you can easily get in to without a degree and 10 years experience TBH.

But if they could start on less and work up then I'd suggest getting into Financial Services via an Apprenticeship.

Then they'd just need to absolutely work their arses off for ten years while doing qualifications, often working 7am - 7pm or 9am - 2am and have a handful of mental breakdowns triggered by stress.

He's a personal assistant and earns that much?

For who?

This seems quite unlikely unless it's a billionaire or a very rich celebrity...?

A lot of these high earners, particularly in the civil service, will be retiring early and with large pensions. That is the reason people do it. That is the reason it's worth it, because you can have the million pound pension pot at 55, assuming you are clever enough. It's not about the PAYE arrangement.

@titchy
85k plus hygienists and therapists are out there. I know two . I typically earn 66k but I’m not not full time .

Its often not just about where they work but who they work for , and what type of contract they negotiate for themselves. I take 40 per cent of what I earn for the practice . Some negotiate 50 per cent.

I'm a self employed counsellor, private practice, I make about that when averaged over the year.

I recently went to a workshop by https://www.facebook.com/londondigitalhub which was aimed at getting unemployed into the tech industry. Coding, data, and technical support. If you are not in London there may be something similar in your area. These were all funded courses, with funded childcare, and the starting salaries were £20-30k, but obviously, once you are in the industry it's easier to pivot to higher-paying jobs.

It is niche area.

He really isn’t

@Thirtyandflailing That's good! May I ask what area of beauty you are working in? Is it nails? Also are you self employed?

Still all my son or my husband! Notable that women don't earn these higher rates. I'm interested in the nail technicians, solicitors, accountants.

Chiefly because men lie about their salaries or income to impress their womenfolk!

He could be - if he is one of these people

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1054054/senior-officials-150k-updated.csv/preview

if Mel was born in 1971 her son could be mid thirties. That’s unusual - not hard to find out if one of the males on this list is especially young!

@thewillowbunnies

Assuming they are sunbird, the labourers have to pay tax and their pension etc out of that. £52k gross is £30k light of £5k net.

@mel71

Don’t forget some of that’s pension. More like 50% tax and one of the best pension schemes going.

I'm an extremely senior nurse with 42 years experience, I've no hope of reaching this salary, I've no idea where in the UK I could earn this unless I was on the Trust board of Directors and even then it'd be a stretch

lateSeptember1964 · Yesterday 19:09
Senior nurse
That would be a Chief Nursing Officer or similar, not a senior nurse working with patients. They are on much less.

Im self employed doing eyelashes, been doing it 4 years now, I also have many friends doing nails or lashes and everyone clears around 1k a week if not more. Once you start sourcing all stock direct from the factories in bulk, each set only costs me around £2 per client so the rest is all profit and I work from home so no rent.

What nurse is taking home £5k?! Even a Band 8a would top out at £4k take home (and I know of very few 8a nursing roles).

I used to earn that as a private podiatrist but I took a considerable payout to go back to the NHS because I like the acute work so much better.

Lots of senior roles in white collar construction roles start from that figure.

I’m a chartered accountant. I put quite a lot into my pension a year as well and my net per month is just over that.

Didn’t go to college or Uni but found an apprenticeship with an accountancy firm and worked my way up. I’m early forties and live in the South.

You need a good qualification, trade or to get into the right industry.

Christ. I should have just learnt to do eyelashes and fill lips. I’d be loaded.

My ds has a managerial position in a large publishing company. He fears just under £8k. per month.