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To ask you all how much you get paid?

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UnderWorkedOverPaid · 20/02/2011 11:36

Name-Change if you want to - I have. AIBU to be curious what other people earn?

I am a nurse. Qualified 6 years. Work 30 hours a week.

I earn about 25k (with unsocial hours etc added in)

OP posts:
BrandyAlexander · 22/02/2011 21:34

Thanks for explaining about how different GPs get paid forde! Very interesting to learn what happens "behind the scenes" and I wont make the assumption again that all GPs are v high earners. Grin

lechatnoir · 22/02/2011 21:44

I run a lettings team for an Estate Agent in London and earn £60k + bonus (£5-10k) for a 3.5 day week.

Xenia · 23/02/2011 08:36

What is interesting is the very different earnings for different types of work which I suppose we all already know but isn't always that clear to people when they start something.

JenniPenni · 23/02/2011 08:42

How can I do a name change for this thread? Confused

Shirleywhirly · 23/02/2011 18:22

DH is a company director on roughly £150 000.

I earn zilch.

orangehead · 23/02/2011 18:29

I work 2 days a week and come out with about £650 a month

purepurple · 23/02/2011 19:03

I am a nursery nurse and earn £12500 a year, for 40 hours a week, which is just over minimum wage. I love my job but would love to earn more money. I am studying for a degree but doubt it will get me a pay rise (haven't had one for 3 years)
But, I was a SAHM for 13 years and only worked part time in shops when the DCs were small.I have never had to pay for childcare when they were smaller and when I started work I was able to negotiate family friendly hours and have gradually increased them as the DCs got older.
Just as well that DH earns a decent wage.

happyteacher · 23/02/2011 19:07

I earn 47,950 as senior teacher in a special school. 13 weeks holiday, no two hours the same, absolutely love my job.

Xenia · 23/02/2011 20:16

The thread shows that levels of personal happiness do not necessarily correlate to income levels which is correct once your basic needs are met.

It also shows that some people work very hard for vry low wages and some work not very hard and earn a lot (although not many - the higher earners do tend to put in the hours).

It also shows that in general if you have high qualifications and a good education on average you are likely to earn more and find it easier to do so.

However it also shows that you can totally change what you do and earn a lot in business etc even if you started with very little, that that is possible.

rusmum · 23/02/2011 20:36

1 earn £20000 for 3 days a week (but as a teacher i do lots at home too!)

owenmeany · 23/02/2011 21:09

£50k (inc a small bonus) for 3 days a week. Know-how lawyer in the city. Always looking over my shoulder at my mates earning 3 x that with potential for more, but I do see my kids a lot more than they do. It does for now, but I feel very guilty about throwing away my potential for an easier option.

PaulaYatesbiggestfan · 23/02/2011 21:11

ahh but Xenia this thread is terribly misleading

dps job is on here but with a hugely different figure

coocoocachoo · 23/02/2011 21:29

£44k with very occasional bonus (i.e. not always annual). I'm a solicitor in a large regional practice, love my job but sincerely hate the wanker who is my immediate line manager.

Would happily change jobs, even if it meant drastic salary cut, but will take many more years to clear remainder of student debt that way and with first baby on the way I've got to stick it out! Looking forward to re-assessing career options when more financially able.

Given up on buying own home as unlikely ever to have enough of a deposit.

Justchanged · 23/02/2011 21:31

I earn 100k+ bonus (usually around 30k) for a 32hr 4-day week. I enjoy the work, but find cramming it into 4 days is a stretch, so am home after the children have gone to bed about 2 nights a week. I'd love to change to a job where I could be at home more, but the cut in salary never seems worth it.

bananafrosting · 23/02/2011 21:33

Used to earn 6 figures in the city but now sahm, gave up when dc1 was 6.

Didn't look back initially but now occasionally feel panicky at what I gave up and knowing I could never get back into the same type of work (too many youngsters out there willing to work all hours). Wondering what I'm going to do with myself as the kids grow up, searching for something that pays well enough to be worth doing but offers that elusive balance!

BustleInYourHedgerow · 23/02/2011 21:36

I work 26 hours a week, sometimes more, with holiday cover and bank holidays, which I always do. (also attending college full time) I earned E11,760 last year. DP works 39 hours a week and earns 16,000ish.

Xenia · 23/02/2011 21:47

What is misleading? people are giving their own jobs and pay and a lot of it eems reasonably accurate from carers, nurses lawyers estate agents etc. But I agree that within certainly jobs there is a huge difference in income - the person posting about GPs who don't own the practice etc not earning anyyhing like those that do or whatever is an illustration of that.

PaulaYatesbiggestfan · 23/02/2011 21:55

just misleading because there is at least one case of a 6 figure difference between people doing essentially the exact same job

BustleInYourHedgerow · 23/02/2011 21:57

Oh we both work in a petrol station. Earn slightly (60c) more than the minimum wage. DP is a qualified civil engineer but no jobs in this disaster of a country...(election is on Friday and all the parties are promising jobs jobs jobs! I am studying to become a social worker.

PaulaYatesbiggestfan · 23/02/2011 21:58

lawyers as well - some lawyers i know - and i live in the north - earn ridiculous sums and yet some of the lawyer pay on here is much less scary

PaulaYatesbiggestfan · 23/02/2011 21:59

i suppose so - the figure i was quoted some years for the gp in our ( again northern) practice made my eyes water slightly and i do not see that echoed here

Xenia · 23/02/2011 22:07

Some web sites give the range of incomes in particular jobs. 11 of the 14 richest women in the world are Chinese in part because of the opportunities there and also because many were brought up as the only child so not subject to the sexism which used to happen in Chinese families with boys. I am probably right taht most of the higher earners on this thread work for themselves/ own all or part of the business.

PaulaYatesbiggestfan · 23/02/2011 22:08

probably Wink

blenda · 23/02/2011 22:18

About 90k per year. Age 36. Spend it all.

takingtheP45 · 23/02/2011 22:27

Namechange...

£37.5k IT Support Senior Manager
13 years in industry
40-45hrs per week, more if needed - often is.

Would love a change, but have a mortgage!

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