What is your salary and what is your job role?

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Been at my company 5 years and am earning under £35K. Albeit did start on £19k.

They really are. But the big difference is council gets a bloody good pension compared with charities. I've worked for 5 charities and none pays more than 5%, I worked for the council for about a year and the pension I got at the end was equivalent to 5 years of my charities one. But it doesn't do to compare really, clearly if I actually prioritised money over the urge to do something worthwhile, I wouldn't work for a charity or local government!

That said I am reaching the end of my charitable feelings and thinking of ditching for a commercial job and doing volunteering/trusteeship on the side instead. Feel like I'm selling out but I am worried about how little 'buffer' I'll have for later life if I continue in charity work.

PR director. 120k plus bonus.
Almost 30 years experience.
I'm v senior and the job is super demanding.

Deteriorating chronic illness causing disability. Neither use nor ornament to anyone, roll on the vote on Friday. Benefits only will never earn another penny. Constantly reminded about it. Made redundant 5 times. 3 times had to go to court.

https://figures.hr/post/average-salary-uk-a-comprehensive-overview

Most common FT UK salary is apparently £31,461. Good to know I'm almost exactly average, I suppose...

Very niche 'behind the scenes' NHS IT role within Radiology. Band 3 so about £25k. I have a degree in a completely unrelated creative arts subject that wouldn't afford me a better wage either tbh. Depressing to read this thread.

Husband retired at 55 with maximum pension, we're now mortgage free and both DD's through education and now in professional careers...I'm putting max into my pension, ISA's, LISA's for our DD's then enjoying our situation although both cars are v old ...we do not live to our means! I hesitate to say we're lucky...we did plan well and I have worked full time for the last 40 years

Teacher 4 days a week and senior examiner £45000 ish

£170K. No bonus but will get chunk if company sells. Marketing. 25 years experience. 2 kids. Doubled salary in my 40s through jumping companies a few times. 2 degrees and professional qualifications.

165k plus 20% bonus etc. IT manager, 20 years.

£172,435 Am the Prime Minister of UK

Yes, i have 3 DC and my DH has a fairly stable but not too demanding job WFH. It's not highly paid though for his experience in publishing, and the fact his employer never gives decent payrises for the work he does 😢

Tech director, £200k

£80k. Deputy head of a secondary school. Worked my way up from trainee teacher on £18k 7 years ago. But, I’m in my forties and worked in the city for 15 years before retraining. First class degree.

Small business owner. Ranges between £60k-£80k with lots of flexibility. Also lots of sleepless nights. Thank goodness the boss is generous with holidays ;)

Mostly retired, with net pension income of around £25k. It’s lowish as the trade off for taking a lot of time off work for stuff I enjoyed - kids, education, travel. But my total essential costs are less than £5k, so I have a decent disposable income, and if I want more for something in particular, I do some consultancy (strategic and business planning, financial skills, that kind of thing) for £500 -750 a day gross.

Exactly, me too. I think I'm just about in the gutter with my meagre pittance of a wage now! I've never felt so lowly paid 😳😱

solicitor - part time (4 days per week) £320k

sorry edited to add 24 years qualified but work in the sticks rather than in a top london firm.

Forgot to add ( because just stating salary isn’t a full picture)
Statutory legal minimum holiday allowance
0 days contractual sick pay
Statutory legal minimum employers pension contribution.
No extra pay if I get called out at night. I could have no calls or I could be up for several hours.

Accountant in industry £70k, degree and accountancy qualification. Worked my way up from £12k in Accounts Payable but has taken 20 years to get to this salary with a large increase over the last few years with my current company.

£100k salary plus ~£20k annual bonus and profit share which pays out about £200k every 3 years. Regulatory compliance in med tech, head of department with 15+ years experience.

I spend it on ridiculous holidays and extra curriculars for the DC. We live in a tiny 3-bed terraced house in a dodgy area of dodgy town so people are always a bit perplexed by the holidays. God willing, the next profit share payout will pay off the mortgage and we'll then move to somewhere naice.

P.S. All you underpaid HCPs on the thread, when you fancy a change come and earn very tidy sums as a Clinical Advisor in industry or consultancy to industry.

P.P.S. Education-wise, you'd normally need a degree in life sciences for this role but I got lucky and worked my way up from admin. I did a (non life sciences) degree with the OU while working but it has no bearing on my role or pay.

Finance Director (ACA) £200k plus (dependent on bonus). Between 5% pension, NI and Tax, I have payslip deductions of almost £7k before any money hits my account.

22 years experience, hit £100k after about 12 years qualified. Had a first degree in STEM, trained as an auditor, then moved into industry.

I too think it's a good idea for women to be more open about high salaries and show other women it's possible. I'm a single parent as well, so everything is on me, with wraparound childcare taking up about 40% of my net income. Mortgage is another 25%, then the rest goes on the children!

Director, global healthcare company. £127k plus car, 20% bonus etc. 19 years experience. Probably paid on the lower side for my role and experience but have been at the same company for 8 years and had two maternity leaves and 4 years working part time in that period which absolutely impacted my career and my earning potential.

Final year student midwife, working 30hrs per week plus university study.

£7000 learning support fund
(And £4000 maintenance loan but that's repayable with 7.3% interest rate so along with tuition fees loan is sending me into debt, so I'm not counting it).
And healthcare students don't qualify for funded childcare hours so childcare is >£17k a year for two children.

Student midwives should be supernumerary but in reality we are all too often worked like dogs and used as unpaid HCAs to plug staff shortages.

Starting salary next year, if there isn't a recruitment freeze due to lack of money in the trust 🙏🏻, will be £29,970 PA.

even for law though that's high.

Senior lecturer for 20 years £56k. Top of pay scale and not interested in promotion. National pay scale so anyone can check.