To ask you all how much you get paid?

[UnderWorkedOverPaid]

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)

I am not currently earning anything because I can't seem to persuade any fucker to give me a job. It's not through lack of trying, that's for sure.

I chose to give up work to be with dcs (did go back pt after ds1 but gave it up as it was more hassle than it was worth and my boss was a complete wankstain). When we made that decision though dh was earning twice what he is on now and we were v comfortable.

Now he's a teacher, on 21k gross and we're struggling hugely. Our rent/council tax alone is well over half his monthly take home.

30k gross as a nanny, 30h a week.

Office of National Statistics

Intersting that public sector pay was increased more than public sector and that our earnings tend to decline once over 50.

"Results from the 2010 ASHE (Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings) show that median weekly pay for full-time employees in the UK grew by 2.1 per cent in the year to April 2010, to reach £499. Median earnings of full-time male employees were £538 per week in April 2010; for women the median was £439.

Ten per cent of full-time employees earned more than £984 per week, while 10 per cent earned less than £276. Between April 2009 and April 2010 the distribution of gross weekly pay narrowed, with a 2.0 per cent increase at the bottom decile and a 1.3 per cent increase at the top decile.

Median gross weekly earnings for full-time employees were highest for 40 to 49-year-olds at £560. Male employees reached their highest earnings in this age group at £614, whereas women reached their highest earnings for 30 to 39-year-olds at £508. Earnings increased until employees reached these age groups and steadily decreased thereafter.

The difference between the median level of full-time earnings in the public sector (£554 per week) and the private sector (£473 per week) widened over the year to April 2010, following annual increases of 3.0 per cent and 2.0 per cent respectively.

Median full-time weekly earnings in London were £642, significantly higher than in other regions, where they ranged from £441 in Northern Ireland to £524 in the South East.

The full-time occupations with the highest earnings in 2010 were ?Health professionals' (median pay of full-time employees of £1,067 a week); followed by ?Corporate managers? (£757); and ?Science and technology professionals? (£704). The lowest paid of all full-time employees were those in ?Sales occupations?, at £287 a week."

was a LOT as barrister. Is currently nothing as (v) mature student...

I'm late 20s - 53k work an average of 48 hours per week in intensive job including nights and weekends. I love my job. It's challenging and stimulating. OH earns 32k in very flexible job with less intense work. If he earned ten times that, I would still continue with my job.

MN must be loving this thread - a nice bit of market research investigating the demographic of people using this site.

Yes, but it's a bit hit and miss and the thousands of housewives are unlikely to post on it and even I didn't say what I earned.

it is interesting though as most people don't go round saying what they earn and even web sites for careers don't always give a very clear view because smoe people do terribly well in some jobs and earn a lot and others hardly anything in the same career. The doctors posting above were helpful in showing that only some GPs earn a lot who own the practice and plenty do not.

I earn £35 an hour - self employed teacher. Work between 4 and 16 hours a week, mostly in the evening and at the weekend so no childcare costs. No commuting cost either as work locally.

£45 K
Im a lecturer

oh and its not enough
Its a fucking awful job

Thst's sad. So let's find you something else. What else might you do?

I would like to do freelance consultancy but my husband is against it sue to our current status and timings wrt future plans.So Im trapped.

due to...

So could it be built up around your current work whilst still doing it? Before I start4ed to work for myself I did other bits of things plus my job and that made it much less a risk when I did start working for myself.

Not really. The main problem with the current job is the volume of work and expectations outside "contracted" hours. Further education employ doesnt end at the door and Ido considerable work in the evenings and weekends that takes up my time. We also have to declare any private work.

There is a huge conflict of interest clause..dont know how Brian cox and co do it tbh (legally)

I have a clause, but it says that your post is your main job and nothing else should detract from that. That is enough of a loophole to fit in some consultancy, which I do. In my last job they specified a number of days after which you had to declare it, and in my first university job you could do as much as you like.

I would just get on and do some, dip your toe in the water so to speak. For example I am involved in quality assurance for professional qualifications for a number of organisations now. It's good fun and acts as a kind of staff development too. Most of the work is word of mouth, so networks are important here.

The culture I work in is horrible. I work part time hours but am a pg programme leader and the expectation is that I am available for marketing etc on days I am not paid.I have had complaints because I have told some staff I am not going to the pg open day as its on a day I "dont work". I have been reminded professional engagement is "not 9-5".

Boffin mum how do you find the time with your uni work?

I rarely stop working. However I have to do most of this in student vacation periods. Also (this will sound boastful) I am extremely knowledgeable about the stuff I do consultancy on, and sometimes I get paid for providing a nugget of wisdom, rather than by the clock. If I can save organisations a lot of time or money, then they are happy to do this.

We dont have vacation periods as I teach all year with ug and pg

In that case I see your problem. Can you offload some trivia onto someone else?

No, cant do. (sorry all, this has turned a bit into a personal whi8nge). I'll just soldier on.

I am on 24k a year for 32hrs a week. I am a medical underwriter.