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ezeria · 12/11/2018 12:20

How much do you earn per anum before tax? What is your current position/job/career? Do you enjoy it?

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StrippingLLamaWhisperer · 13/11/2018 17:48

Farmer. £5k/yr if lucky.

Diva66 · 13/11/2018 17:49

None of your business how much I earn.

AnotherOneHere · 13/11/2018 17:49

about 150K. In-house lawyer. Love it. Work is interesting, company is very family-friendly and offers great flexibility. Very rare if I need to do any work in the evenings or weekends. I have close to 20 years of experience though and it has not always been so pleasant.

BritInUS1 · 13/11/2018 17:49

In excess of £250k - I am an accountant plus business owner

soberexpat · 13/11/2018 17:50

120-140k a year, it can vary as I'm self employed. I'm a PR consultant. I absolutely love my job!

Lovingit81 · 13/11/2018 17:51

Media, 32k. Love my job and have recently been given huge flexibility while having my children.

Onepuddingisneverenough · 13/11/2018 17:54

I earn between 78-85k (bonus dependant)
I work in sales.
I love my job, it’s varied every day
The most important factor for me is I get to drop the children at school most dats and collect on fridays.

LemonsLemonsLemonsLemons · 13/11/2018 17:57

I’m finding this fascinating. I think pay transparency is so important.

I’m on 41k as a teacher in a private school, plus perks like free lunch and gym membership (haha...not that I’ve used the gym yet...!) I’m relatively early on in my teaching career but the pay scale for a class teacher role here peaks at around 52k I think.

purplebunny2012 · 13/11/2018 17:58

Senior finance assistant, £28,660 pa. Been trying to find a different job for quite a while as I no longer enjoy it

LemonsLemonsLemonsLemons · 13/11/2018 17:58

Oh and yes - on the whole, I enjoy my job.

thecatswhiskas · 13/11/2018 17:59

I’m a veterinary nurse, I graduated uni 10 years ago and have just made it to 22k and I had to negotiate hard for that. This job at least doesn’t involve being on call or as many hours at the weekend even if it is every other Saturday. I absolutely love my job, it’s definitely not a career you pick for the money but I can’t imagine doing anything else.

riceuten · 13/11/2018 18:00

Local government - £46k

MarshaBradyo · 13/11/2018 18:02

When I freelance it’s just over £100k in the creative sector, but I have big gaps

When I’m PAYE it’s £90k (with possible bonus)

GlasgowWorrier · 13/11/2018 18:03

Ha! Yes, oakenbeach, is it enough to keep you in socks?

itssquidstella · 13/11/2018 18:05

I'm 33.

Noviceoftheweek · 13/11/2018 18:07

DH and I are significantly high City earners, think top 1%. I never fail to appreciate how far I have come, having experiences hardship and even homelessness at one point. Also being a black woman, it has been that bit more challenging. We give back generously. That is important to both of us.

caringcarer · 13/11/2018 18:09

Foster Carer for child with complex SN's, so allowance rather than salary, so some of it pays for for food, clothing and activities for foster child. Just under £30k gross but about 26,500 of this is tax free. Also Landlord (a nice one) and earn about £22k on which I do pay tax on.

JoinedTheDarksideForKylo · 13/11/2018 18:09

£46k with a performance bonus. I think I totalled £51k last year. I’m a senior video editor. I love it MOST of the time. Feel a bit stuck as any career progression would most likely result quite a bit less money.

Chickoletta · 13/11/2018 18:09

33k pa, part-time teacher with extra responsibilities. I work roughly 3.5 days per week, work hard during those days and bring home work most nights but don't have to do a lot in the holidays. I used to have a more senior, ft job at the same school and earnt 45k but scaled back when I had DCs. I'm in an independent school and also get a great school fee reduction.

I love my job. It's stessful, exhausting and full-on but never boring and I have amazing colleagues and family-friendly hours. I'm very well-qualified and could earn a lot more in other fields but will never leave teaching.

Weebeastiebaby · 13/11/2018 18:10

I’m an nhs nurse, work full time and been qualified about 10 years so earn around 20k after tax. A bit extra as I do a lot of weekends and nights.
It’s extremely tiring, emotionally and physically. A lot of pressure. Long and antisocial hours. I didn’t mind the low pay so much when I was younger but now I feel it’s unfair.

My dh works in private catering. He earns around 15k for full time hours. Tries to do extra jobs on the side working around my shifts but ends up working 7.30am until 10pm so not practical too often with two pre school dc.

caringcarer · 13/11/2018 18:10

Forgot to say I do like both of my jobs.

Panicmode1 · 13/11/2018 18:11

I was a chartered surveyor and earned close to 6 figures after 10+ years. Left to have my family and now earn about 10k for 12 hours a week, being a PA/managing a small property portfolio.

SundayGirlB · 13/11/2018 18:12

32k rising to 34k in March. Generalist HR role with room to increase to 38k.

I enjoy most of it but want to branch out in the future. Really appreciate the progression, work life balance and skills this role has brought me.

Fell into admin in the newspaper industry and became an office manager which kept me busy for a while but wanted more autonomy so moved to HR.

brighteyeowl17 · 13/11/2018 18:16

Why are some people so defensive? It’s an annonymous forum and if you don’t want to answer don’t 😂

speakout · 13/11/2018 18:16

More than I need.

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