Can we talk about money?

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Seeing a lot about the national wage being £35k.

As women can we share our stories, age and salary? I'm 35, been in my industry for around a decade. Currently on 45k, going up to 46k after a little negotiation. Just started the role and am pregnant.

Dont think my new employer was happy (I told them wayyy in advance when i was jus gone 12 weeks) and not expecting any kind of maternity pay from them as will only be in the job 6 months before i have to leave.

Some of my friends get paid 70/80/90k in finance. Whats the average of everyone here?

Embarrassing for literally telling the truth, and saying salaries in my field (law) are not justified but they are what they are?!

what exactly have I said wrong here?

my sister in law is a medic and deserves a lot more than what she is paid (and a lot more than me) - is that embarrassing for me to say to?

you are coming across as ignorant, bitter and petty

I need to stop reading these threads as they just make me feel shit about myself. I'm 34 and on 27k as a civil servant.

I'm late 30's and earn about £23k working for the NHS full time in a very demanding, fast paced office environment within radiology. I've worked here as a clinical member of staff for over 10 years and then went into the 'admin' side last year. I'm at the top of my band and there is no scope for progression. Much like the rest of the NHS, get paid a pittance for the job we actually do. I enjoy my job and I have a great group of colleagues who all support each other very well. I have a degree in an arts related subject which wouldn't earn me much more if I was using it anyway.

£99k, 39 and work in law.

In my experience all lawyers believe they are underpaid if they’re on £30k or £300k. Almost all dislike their job and have chosen / continued this career for the cash. My sister is a teaching assistant on £23k and loves her work and talks / complains about money less than I do.

Age 20 and £500k

People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.

You will be entitled to SMP if you’ve been there 6 months

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Secondary Headteacher

£110k

Wow!! Did not realise headteachers got paid this much

£65k public sector. Much less than I earned in the private sector but decent work-life balance and a great pension make up for it.

35 and a part-time dog walker. I earn around 24k.

But I'm also autistic and can't cope with full-time work.

Started my own business just me turnover was £103k last year. Proud!

I’m 46. I work 18 hours a week for £14,600 a year and need to be qualified to do my role. I will be further qualified in 18 months will the potential to earn £35-40k. To me, that’s a lot, as I never dreamed I’d be able to earn more than minimum wage.

One of the reasons for choosing this career later in life was having no pension pot. I can do this job part time when I am retired and still eat.

Don't. You have to remember that the salaries quoted here are very unrepresentative of the population as a whole. The OP has done the virtual equivalent of walking into Waitrose and asking the women with the nicest coats how much they earn.

As someone with a passing interest in statistics, it's a fascinating illustration of how you can produce deliberately misleading results by selecting a sample population where you know the answers will be skewed in a particular direction. I'm not saying that women can't be high earners, of course we can. It's just that there are disproportionately more of them on MN than typical for the whole population.

The latest published data from the Office for National Statistics says that the UK full time median salary is £682 pw (£35.5k).

So in the real world, half of people earn less than this and a good proportion of that half will be on NMW (about £20k pa).

Whereas if you used the answers on this thread, you'd conclude that the median salary is about £80k and almost no-one earns under £40k.

34 and on £37.5k tend to get a smallish bonus a year so think I hit £40k this year.

Long qualified nurse, ICU, 30 hours, about £1800 pm after tax.

Yeah okay 🤣

I'm on £61k but I'm 57. It's not just about pure salary though. I get a great defined benefit pension package and work from home whenever I like.

If you’re 20 and earning £500k a year, get off a moaning mums’ forum and live a little.

You have nothing to feel bad about - people make shit up on here all the time.

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4k a year - Full time carer for my son

My comment about being on MN on a "working day" was more geared to those who have lied about their salaries. We know that this forum attracts those who embellish / stretch the truth lie outright so odds are that there are people on here who do the same. I know women can and do earn incredibly well. I'm just saying not everyone here is telling the truth - the law of averages alone would back me
Up!!