To ask what you earn?

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Just read another thread about earnings. How old are you and what do you earn? I'm nosey!!

37 - 185k (lawyer) - dh 46 approx 30k (police officer so depends on overtime)

Yeah, the question isn't about household income, its about how much you earn. You, an individual.

37, £18k and I work 3 days p/w.

@Muz2017 I am manage a global region for a large multi national

Carers allowance so £62 a week.
I work 24/7 every day of the year with no respite.
I’m so tired I could cry most days.
HTH.

I earn 46k a year. University educated and do enjoy my job. But with two children we only afford our comfortable lifestyle as my DHs salary is quite a bit more

I wish I hadn't read this thread; bringing it home to me why I can't afford nice things and drive a car that is not 13 years old.

£12k part time (3 days), charity sector but is a brand new job with (for once) really promising prospects so I expect to be earning a lot more in a few years. They're funding me to do postgraduate study too.

I'm 30 and earn 27,000. Potential for more with extra shifts/on calls/working bank holidays.

I have 2 degrees although one isn't relevant to my job. Single, no children, live in London.

I reiterate again because it needs saying ....

Please remember folks that MN posters comprise most of the high earners in the UK.

Median adult income in London is £23,000 : ie half of all Londoners earn less than £23,000

Median household income in England is £26,000 : ie half of all households have an income under £26,000

Median adult income in the UK is under £18,000 : ie half of all adults earn under £18,000

so the £70k and up brigade are the top 5% - whether they like to admit it or not.

"average" income is the top 36% .... if you are average, you are rich ....

I am 36 and earn 22k. Can't ever see me earning much more tbh.

ta1kinPeece do you have a source for that information? That’s a lot lower than I would have expected

Ive seen the same figures talkin

Its shocking really

I’m 38. I now earn circa £65 - 80k per year, with my own PR business, having worked in the biz for 15+ years. In London. (After getting a red brick uni degree in Eng Lit.)

I am not someone that read the “you” as plural in the OP - but I out earn my DH 3 x over.
We both work 4 x days per week (but I set my own hours)

28k.I am 48 .I could earn more if I went into management but don"t want to sell my soul......though feeling the pressure even at my level.Thats for a 37.5 hour week.

scarlett
Sorry, I'm wrong by £300.
Median disposable (after tax) household income was £26,300 in 2015/16
www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/personalandhouseholdfinances/incomeandwealth/bulletins/householddisposableincomeandinequality/financialyearending2016

For those who earn mega bucks what do you spend it on? I think I'd be aiming to retire very early, but I suppose if you like your job you might as well keep going a bit. I suppose in London you just spend it all on an overpriced house.

Median pay for full time workers is £28,028
but of course most of the lowest paid are not full time
www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2016provisionalresults

So half of all people who have full time jobs in the UK earn less than £28,000

This tool is a really useful way to see where you are in the big scheme of things ....
www.ifs.org.uk/wheredoyoufitin/

27k plus bonus if I make it. Will be an extra £500 this year. I work 37.5 hours a week

I'm 39, got a degree, single, no kids and live in a Scottish city.

It's the most I've ever earned so I feel loaded!

There's some really interesting responses from this who weren't offended. I never feel I have much disposable income but I earn an ok amount. When I visit attractions etc with the kids I'm always amazed at the amount people seem to spend in cafes/gift shops etc as well as entrance fee. I know I have no idea about other people's circumstances but I also have some friends who seem to have masses of spare cash.

26 and £35k.

Made a drastic decision to leave uni without my degree 5 years ago, a year in retail and took a chance applying for a job with no previous experience. Had 6 roles in 4 years in one company, worked bloody hard, got my name known, promoted to management 2 weeks following return from mat leave and although I start a new role in January which is technically a step down (to avoid redundancy) I got my salary matched.

I don't think discussing salary should be as taboo as what it is. I am proud of what I have done to my career in 4 years and worked hard. But I work in London, spend nearly £4K a year on season tickets and it doesn't go anywhere near as far as it would living elsewhere, but then I also wouldn't get a job in my industry out of the city.

31 and 18k
First class receny degree in maths
One 6 yo child and alcoholic husband
This thread is depressing

I work in PR and earn about 40k.DH used to be in finance - made about 200k with bonus yearly. Now works for himself and makes about half that amount but works only a few weeks out of the year - can earn more IF he wanted to but he wants to spend as much time as he can seeing the children grow up (we have two under 3). In banking - these are not usual numbers though, we have friends who make over half a million a year and thats not even with their bonus.

But spending is so subjective though and we all have different priorities.

For some it’s retiring as young as they can - but I can’t ever see myself wanting to not work at anything at all.

I love my job, but if I decided to leave that behind at some point there are lots of other things I’d like to try and strive to do (and ideally get paid for!)

Which is a moot point because I have a big mortgage and 2 children to put through uni before I can think about retiring!