To think this is a good salary for a 20 something!

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21 and earning 30K a year. I think that's pretty decent, is it not? Outside of London too.

My mum thinks not, and says it's very average.

I think she's somewhat deluded. But she insists.

I'm not going to touch on the wage thing,because as long as you're happy and live comfortably that's all that matters.
But you ask how to please someone for whom you've never been good enough.
The short answer? You can't. So you stop trying,and live your life for yourself and reduce them to what they have always been a (critical) spectator.

That's really good. A nurse starting salary is around 21

MsOliphant that was my thought too. Very similar to that previous poster.
Op if you are happy that is great, but the fact that you are trying to gain validation from random strangers on the Internet would suggest that all is not rosy in your garden.

@unihorn, PAs can and do earn more. Grad PAs even more. Just because a lot of people think it’s excellent doesn’t mean it is. Nothing wrong with encouraging a woman to earn more where possible and in a PA role it definitely is.

I think it's excellent. I'm nearly 34. If I worked full time in my role, I would earn around 21k. Husband is 35 and earns 35k. He has a senior management role. We are outside London.

My grandson is 21 and earning 26k. I've never earned that so I think it's bloody brilliant.

I did my PhD with someone whose dad was a painter/decorator and retired with a final salary of 13k, which had supported their family of 4. Her PhD stipend was more than that. She couldn't bring herself to tell him wages have changed a lot over time, but 30k is still pretty good by anyone's standards!

stressedoutpa I was responding to a specific poster and backing up what a PP had said about what nurses earn here in the NYC region. Not that many nurses in the UK progress to medical school sadly.

For the Op, what others are saying about this being a great stepping stone is very true. You need a plan because most PAs have a very hard time once they have DC and again once they hit their 40s. It's a fabulous role and the salary is fair.

Personally if I were you I wouldn't bother with a bachelor degree. Take a look at Manchester business school part time MBA program. Yes it's £30k but you can work while you study and your employer might be willing to pay part or all of the tuition. Focus right now on doing a great job for your boss. Dhs retired assistant was amazing and she gave her replacement a book called the kick ass assistant. It's written by the assistant for George stephanopolous when he was working in the White House and it's actually a very good guide. The replacement assistant should have read it!!!

did my PhD with someone whose dad was a painter/decorator and retired with a final salary of 13k, which had supported their family of 4. Her PhD stipend was more than that. She couldn't bring herself to tell him sad wages have changed a lot over time, but 30k is still pretty good by anyone's standards!

That’s so sad that she felt he wouldn’t be proud of her my dad is on a bit more then me at nearly seventy, he wasn’t on as much as I am now when he was my age but he was nothing but thrilled and proud for me that I’d done well and secured a decent salary. I’d hate to think some people’s parents wouldn’t see it that way and would think because they’ve done poorly their kids should too. Surely you’d be so happy you’d done such a good job raising them they had surpassed you.

Oh no Jessie, he was and is very proud of her; she just felt a bit embarrassed that her first effective salary at the age of 22 exceeded her dad's at the age of 60.....

I sometimes think my own dad thinks DH and I are slackers because our combined income is slightly less than his single income used to be He can't understand why this is not something were desperate to fix!

It's probably just your moms way of pushing you to want / do more. My mom was the same actually, but eventually at nearly 30 she came and said how proud she was of everything and that she only pushed cause she knew I should aim higher.

I’m a first year dropout 500 miles from that London and am discontented on not quite £63k.

I want some more.

Well I think that’s fine. Not amazing but pretty good for a starting salary. It’s kore that what a trainee doctor would get.

That's a great wage for 21, my first job post uni (at 24) was 19.5k in London. By the time I left 3 years later I was 29k bumped up to ~35k with overtime.

I'm 28 now and will finish this fiscal year between 40-50k. Hooray private sector!

OP, why don't you talk to your bosses about ways in which you could plan a career bearing in mind your skills? You could study online or part-time for other qualifications eg in HR or Accounting, depending on what interests you.

I'm an EA, outside of London that's excellent and you should be very proud. I'm in the 50-55k and and am 10 years older but I work in London. My next move would be c-suit level which can pay between 65-80k a year. More in some instances. There aren't many people my age that earn my current wages with no degree so I call myself lucky. I'm also very good at my job which helps. I assure those that think it, I do more than take coats and fetch tea.... and no that doesn't include sexual favours to your boss either.

I don't get how people are saying it's 'OK' and 'not that amazing'... I am 21, a student nurse with a part time job and get about £11K a year... would give a kidney to earn that much!!

My son is earning £28k as a graduate software developer in edinburgh

My dh is 22 and on £52k, but he's a self employed I.T contractor working in London- we don't live in London so it's a long commute each day so sometimes our dc don't see him from Sunday to Saturday. I would rather he earned less, and spent more time at home!
I think your wage is great :)