To ask how much you earn

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

Part time head of department in a secondary sch (3 days). I earn around 25k. Would be more like 42k if I was full-time. But dc are only 6 and 3 so very happy to work part-time. I don't particularly like it anymore. There's so much to do in 3 days and it's stressful. I also end up doing much more than my directed time. Eg I do all parents evenings because I would feel bad pro-rataing them, even though I technically could. Dh is a primary deputy head and earns just over 52k. He still enjoys his job on the whole, but again it's very stressful.

£42k full time HE professional services. Love my job and lots of room for progression. I'm in my early thirties

Why would you not change your job? I earned three times that waitressing and that was a while ago.

£550,000
Im a Barrister

@CottonSock it took me a year from start to finish. But that was a long time ago. Nowadays it takes approx 18 months to 2 years. Trainee salary is half of qualified salary. We also get rostered Sundays to work on top of our additional 4 days. You have to commit to a certain number of them. They are "overtime". If you like shift work it's great. Earliest start 3am ish. Latest just before midnight. I work 3 out of 4 Saturdays which some people may find hard.

Nada. I used to earn £16k as a teacher but now I’m trapped at home because I had kids and childcare exceeds my salary. I wish I’d chosen a different career where I was actually valued and had opportunities to progress.

£9.5k take home. I work 16 hrs per week. I sometimes manage to fit in some better paid freelance work at about £30-60 per hr. My main job is for a charity, and I really love it. Love where I work and the people I work with so it makes the low-ish pay bearable. The area I live in is fairly low cost in terms of housing etc.

Also, my partner works for a charity earning about £28k, so our total combined income is about £38k (and a bit more if I can fit freelance work in.)

Sorry - mine was all after tax and deductions!

Don’t work, but have various investments which bring in about £17k and no mortgage

Mmmmmm there seems to
Be a lot of high earners on here. I’d take this post like a pinch of salt 🙄🙄

A bit off-topic, but I'm (perhaps naively) amazed to discover what teachers and nurses are earning on this thread.

Huge respect for you working the hours you do and making the contribution you do.

I charge £55-£90 an hour, but only do about 8 hours a week at the moment due to other commitments.
Love my job

Work in a Nursery, 40 hours a week. I like the job but it's hard work and demanding. Minimum wage. Around, 14,000 year net.

I am on 55K with flexi hours(currently do 8-4) plus amazing annual leave.
I'm a manager for a Service Management discipline and have worked in both private(bonus and better benefits) and public sector(much better annual leave and flexibility) roles over the last 15 years.

I love it and think more women should look into working in Service Management (Problem, Incident, Change -Management).

You do not need to be technical and there are tons of jobs out there on 50k++ and the market won't slow down. I'm contacted by recruiters twice a week!

Part time secretary 25hours per week about £21k. It’s ok, pays the bills and work/life balance is good as I have 3 young kids. Could easily be doing something higher level but I enjoy being around for school runs etc.

£52k. Legal translator. Hate it.

Oholynightowl - I'm intrigued...where would I find an example of a recruitment post so I could read up about it please?

@TAMS71 what band are you? Also a Health Visitor, top of a Band 6 and get about £34K...

I’m a bit worried to say it after seeing some posts here but I’m an ‘influencer’. I make about £150k before expenses like website hosting, items for YouTube videos etc. Overheads are pretty low actually.

Love it!

Squirrel - LinkedIn! I'm contacted so much as companies WANT to hire women into IT and there is a shortage.
I recommend taking ITIL Foundation, Prince2 and some kind of Agile (Srum/Safe) training and off you go.

Lawyer £52K for four days per week. Absolutely detest the job.

£48k. Head of digital. I enjoy it and find it an ordeal in equal measure. I miss my DC's bedtime far too often.

Blaaa: I have no financial need to work. We could easily live off my DH's salary. I flipping love my job. Although many people work because they need to I feel we shouldn't place salary as the most important aspect of a career. It is an important factor but it's important to understand that people choose careers for a wide range of complex reasons.

Isn't it a bit rich to say that salary is not the most important aspect when you don't actually need to rely on yours?

Not many people are in the position to labour for love. In any case, it is very possible to have a big salary AND enjoy your job. Why shouldn't women aim high? It is a well kept secret among men that the best paid jobs are more often than not, some of the most interesting and challenging.

14K. TA and love it

55k working in UK government.
Yes I enjoy.

Partner earns $1000 US dollars a day working freelance media. Some months than can mean $500, others $25,000. Loves the job.