What is your family's monthly take home money?

[reefqueen]

So following on from a popular thread about what us women earn, I am genuinely interested in how much net income families bring in each month?

This is not talked about in real life but I think it is so interesting and I am nosy

So how much money does your household bring in each month? Is it from work or benefits or both? And where in the uk are you?

I'll start:
Me, DH, 2x DC, South East. Money in each month is £3,900. This includes 2 salaries and child benefit.

As a former journalist myself I recognise the style of the OP's question.

Yep, Dh is a teacher - earns £70k. My closest friend is a nurse, she earns more than £50k.

MissMarplesKnitting Plenty had it from what I could see (from when I worked in payroll that schools outsourced to)

About 4K per month between DP and I after tax. Live in the midlands and have no children

I'm struggling to believe that so many people are on the salaries outlined on here.

It doesn’t matter what figures people are putting down be it 40p or 40k. It doesn’t affect anyone else so it’s pointless. If the salaries posting here upset you please remember that anyone can write anything here. Yes some people will earn a lot more than others. You don’t need a mn thread to find that out. Envy is the thief of joy and all that.

I'm not envious at all. We are comfortably off because we have made some wise financial decisions over the years, plus our outgoings are minimal. Our biggest monthly outlay is council tax.

Lonicera- sorry if it seemed my post was directed at you. It wasn’t. Just a comment based on a few different posters on the thread who seemed upset. It was a generic ‘you’.

There may be the odd person lying - didn't someone post a few different things that were clearly made up but I doubt most of us are. My van driver son earns about £22k a year gross, similar to when he was a post man and my lawyer daughters are - well I don't say exactly but £100k would be a reasonable ball park (and me more as I'm older). All of that is easy to check as on line is the data for many of these kinds of jobs. On the other hand I am here on a lovely sunny Sunday morning working (when not wasting time on MN) so there is the usual choice -less money or working more hours I suppose.

Sunny?
It is a typical gloomy November morning where I am.

Also on MN living in SE seems to be seen as somehow impossible on less than 100k. Newsflash: people on minimum wage also live in the SE, people on benefits too. Why people write "but I live SE" and everyone nods sagely is also bizarre. Yes housing is more expensive (don't I bloody know it) but it's not peopled entirely by executives with bonuses. Jesus.

This.

After tax and pension, joint income is around £3,700. Based in the south east, no kids.

Probably should point out that I am young (25) and in the beginning of my career in comparison to others who are in senior roles on higher salaries.

Have a hefty mortgage payment in relation to income but it doesn't leave us short. Obviously can't pay for holidays every month but don't have to worry about food budget as such.

It's relative, we have the highest household income in our family but we are also the one who 100% self sufficient - no benefits, not inheritance. No way we can afford the same after all the bills we paid.

Wow, only read the first page but it is fucking depressing. We have £1200 after tax. We have a baby. No savings, no hope of ever having any. We are at zero at the end of every month and that is into our overdrafts. I don't see this changing any time soon. Urgh.

But you may be happy sewing and at least you have a lovely baby which a lot of women can never have. Don't be depressed about it. I was working full time when I had a baby of 2 weeks and yo might be too and it wasn't at all easy but has been worth it for the money!

I wasn’t looking for ‘sympathy’ or suggesting that I don’t feel rich/well off...

I’m not so fascinated by people’s salaries I can believe that they are high earners.
The child Maintainance figures though bet they are glad they are able to track their OH down good for them

After tax 3750 that’s two wages and child benefit

If I work my flat contracted hours, we get about £1800-£2000 a month, depending on how much the council decide to demand in council tax, and how much UC we get (again, seems to be quite arbitrary, we've never had two months the same yet...)
I work, DH is my Mam's carer, we have three teens still at home.

Zombie thread.

Live in the south west. One f.t wage, tax credits and child benefit makes it about £2,760 a month. Husband has student loan, tax and pension come out of wages that puts a dent on it. While he can work from home we have saved a bit with no fuel costs

Oh poo just realized old thread

I was where you are sewing and it was depressing as we had to watch every penny. I ended up getting so fed up with relying heavily on overtime and pushed myself forward to a promotion into management and even shocked myself by getting the job. Look at what your options are at where you work

Single - £1000 after tax.

South east.
About 2400.
Partner working, me SAHM, 2 kids.
Money is incredibly tight here and no hope of a mortgage all the while paying huge rent. I'll hopefully be going back to work but atm childcare (nursery and wrap around care) costs would actually make us worse off, so am studying to boost earning potential on return.