To ask how much you earn

[ezeria]

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

9k for 30hrs a week 32 weeks a year as a 1:1 special needs ta I love my job but don't like being on a temporary contract, the child I support is year 5 when he leaves at the end of year 6 my contract ends.

£16,000 a year / 21 hours a week - University Admin

I like it for 10 months of the year, just not the manic Sept/Oct when the students start back after the summer! The flexi time is great and the holidays good so I feel lucky to have a job I enjoy going to ☺

Director of a global not for profit 55k

3 days a week teacher... around 21400. Its ok but hopefully we will get a pay rise soon

92k. I get mileage ontoo of that. Not going to say what it is but I was I credibly lucky to fall into it so early on in my career.

£24K, lovely little 32 hour PA job

Don't most people want a high paying job? Seeing what others do isn't going to make it instantly happen for you .

48k as a copywriter

@ezeria

What do you work as?

Yearofyou - no it won’t make it happen.

But I think if people had more knowledge of careers and salary early on, it could influence career choices

Newly Qualified Teacher- starting salary is around £23,700 rising every year as long as you hit targets (targets that you'd hit regardless)

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I now work privately in a health profession. I charge £90-120 per hour. Yes, I enjoy it most of the time!

Senior Lecturer. 40k. Will go up to 52k I think over next few years as will get more annual increments until I'm top of the band.

Love my job.

Lucie i have already said what I work as.

Mortgage adviser (for a building society rather than independent)
FTE is c. £36000 but I only work 0.6.
I enjoy it now but I used to hate it with a passion. Stuff around regulations has changed, and I can now concentrate on giving good advice rather than “selling” to targets so I like it a lot more.

Midwifery is a great aspiration :)

Maybe you should repost with a new title to see if some midwives would come along with suggestions on how it could be achieved around a young family? Or suggest closely related but not-quite-a-midwife health care roles which might have less barriers to entry but still be rewarding?

£56k teacher and head of dept in a London secondary school. I love my job.

@ezeria

Lucie i have already said what I work as.

No, you’ve said you’re on maternity but not specifically what job you do. I’m genuinely interested FWIW.

£45K plus annual bonus work as a PA in City of London in finance industry. Love my job

About 14k (26.25hrs a week) as a medical Secretary for the nhs. It's boring tbh but I live walking distance to the hospital and ds school. Dh on 35k as a retail manager. He's also doing a business management degree paid for by his company. We'll clear our mortgage next year as we lost dhs dad last year so career change is 9n the horizon for both of us. I want to work as a health care support worker on the wards and dh wants a better work life balance. He works every weekend at the moment :(

Just over £13k a year. I'm a primary school nursery nurse. I work long hours and love my job but people are shocked that I earn such a pittance.
I feel trapped though as to earn more I'd have to leave a job I love and that I'm bloody good at!

@MissMarplesKnitting I'm in ELT materials - I'm not all that sure about other areas. What's your subject?
Money relatively good in ELT because it's a worldwide market. For us, the usual routes are:

1. teach a bit -> get a junior editorial job in house and make contacts -> go freelance as an editor -> gradually move your way into writing (that was my route; pay probably worse than teaching until I got into writing)
2. teach a lot -> build a reputation e.g. by speaking at conferences/having a blog with free materials/lesson plans -> get publishers to hire you because your name on books brings them kudos and/or you can market the books effectively for them.
3. teach -> keep teaching but offer to review/trial other writers' work for publishers -> do some badly paid low-level writing stuff in weekends/holidays -> gradually work your way up to decently paid writing gigs until you can take a teaching sabbatical or hand in your notice.
4. Self publishing is a valid route these days too. Hire an editor/designer/illustrator and put it on Amazon (but blog should probably come first, so you can promote your new book to your followers)

It's often about knowing people, so go to conferences and network like mad (I should take my own advice of course, but I HATE networking).

Here's a website that supports ELT teachers to become writers. Not sure if it would have transferable advice?

eltteacher2writer.co.uk

This thread is interesting. It's great to understand what job earns what, some are surprising.

Lucie I work as a nanny.

I work pt as a teacher. I'm on upper pay scale and earn £22,000 working 3 days a week.

Husband runs his own business. He's earnt about £80,000 in the last year. When he worked for other people he never made more than £50,000 in a good year.

It's take s long hard slog to get there but we finally feel well off!