To ask how much you earn and what you do?

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Looking for inspiration for a possible career change and I’m also really nosey curious about what people in different jobs bring home - I still have debts and bills to pay!

So I’ll kick off since I asked the question...

I make 70k gross working part time. DH is on 150k and works full time. We are both the scum of the earth lawyers.

Anyone else willing to share?

@littlemissalwaystired nhs staff hugely under valued. Thank you for all you do x

Hi,

I currently earn £25k (approx) a year as a freelance writer and editor. This is not full time. I work around 4 hours per day, and not usually weekends. I think I could potentially earn £50k if I put the hours in, but I don't see the need, as we live in a very cheap area in the North West, and I would much rather have a good work-life balance.

Christ, 70k part time? I'd keep going if I were you.

I didn't even earn over the tax threshold last financial year and manage to live within my means. Disability and high earnings don't really mix in the real world.
That choice is a luxury many will never have...

Wow, lots of really interesting replies. Thank you all.

To those still raising their eyebrows at my initial question, it’s fine not to want to share this info. I get it, it’s very personal. But it seems as though many people don’t mind divulging, no matter what they’re earning. I really appreciate that! I’ve just gone back to work after maternity leave and I’m just finding it all a bit... dull.

If you don’t want to share, that’s alright - just move on to the next thread. But I’ll bet you’re here reading the replies and enjoying being a bit nosey like me finding it just as interesting as I am!

i'm a detective and work in a team investigation child abuse.

gross i earn £38k but after pension/ tax / fed membership take home £1800 per month.

my job is rewarding and gruelling but i couldn't do something else as it's who i am.

@Daffodil2018 an option.... but if you saw the mind-numbingly boring tasks I have on my current to-do list, you might not be saying that

Please don’t go into compliance - doesn’t suit most lawyers (and unlikely you’ll find a PT role let alone on £70k a year with no real experience!)

Oh and me - more than your DH - but am overseas and 20+ years experience

@1moreRep Amazing! That does sound hugely rewarding. I’m sure many could not do what you do. I take my hat off to you!

@FreyaMountstuart Thanks. I’ve considered compliance but I think you’re right. I might find it just as dull as the law! Lots of compliance roles going at the moment.

i think the big question is are you a person who loves to work or works to live

i couldn't do something i didn't feel passionately about and even though the money is awful, i could stop wanting to protect the vulnerable.

if you're the kind of person. who works to bring a wage home i would just stick with good pay and family friendly hours.

I feel like people start these threads to brag about their income

If you want a career change get on indeed.com and see what you'll be getting paid there :)

I had a career change recently. I now do quality assurance in one of the medical regulators. I earn 45k a year. Jumped up 10k from my old job as a manager in the third sector.

This job is very family friendly most of the time although there is some travel and fairly regular overnight stays required, 90% less stressful but not very exciting at all. There is room for progression and in a couple of years my salary could increase another 10k if I want to be ambitious.

Clinical psychologist c53k; software programmer c70k. If you're bright in a techy way and like data, programming can be picked up. Clin psych you've probably missed the boat on, but look into training as a psychotherapist. Fascinating, stimulating, ethically worthy. Set your own hours. And you'll be able to target wealthy clients because you know their world.

I take home double what you do OP and I do fuck all
( retired lawyer)
Id "like" to do something worthwhile and interesting but Im too lazy

1MoreRep - you must make a huge contribution to your pension!

I earn £10k per year less than you and I take home the same amount.

£30k - engineering grad. Have only been working for 2 months but I'm miserable.

Bloody Hell, some of the salaries quoted here make my jaw drop!

Although I am a highly qualified, very experienced and totally 'nice' person, I earn between £15,000 and £24,000 a year through a collection of part time, zero hours or casual posts which equate to full time hours. In addition, I have quite demanding unpaid caring responsibilities.

My OH (who does not live with me) gets a small pension and ESA for a long term disability.

In the area in which I live, many employers get round the obligation to pay minimum wage by using casual/freelance or other arrangement in which workers have few employment rights.

With such insecure employment, getting a mortgage or credit of any kind (except from extortionate payday lenders) is almost an impossibility.

However, I am sure things will improve tremendously after Brexit :(

Errrr not all lawyers are 'scum of the earth'. What a silly thing to say.......

What area of law do you work in OP?

A friend is a local authority solicitor and earns around £70k ft. It's very flexible. It's more involved than private practice too.

NHS therapeutic staff. Full time Band 4 top of the scale £23k. Luckily I'm north west so it's an ok wage!