To ask what you do and what you earn?

[ChaiTeaChai]

Apart from the fact I'm curious, making a career change. My heart is in midwifery but the pay is bad. I'm money motivated so know I could do something I'm less passionate about if it meant more money.

Currently doing an access course.

Part-time GP partner (5 sessions a week). £80,000.

And

I’m a GP, work 5 sessions a week and take home £1490 a month, so the same as a band 5 nurse. I trained for 10 years to be a GP. My salary is standard for a salaried GP

I know that gp partners earn more than salaried GPs but how can one doctor earn £1500 for 5 sessions and another approximately £4500 per month for the same number of sessions? Or have I misunderstood your posts? It seems a huge difference in pay

City lawyer (8yrs qual), 200k with bonus

Realise I’m exceptionally lucky, although it is hard work and has, quite frankly, made me far stressier than I was before doing the job. Very likely to downsize and take a pretty hefty salary drop in the near future

@Janesmom a lawyer from an investment bank has just joined my team (big career change) and they couldn’t be happier!

Variable. 18k basic, bonus is uncapped. Generally around an extra £700pm every month
Contact centre for prestige car brand

@Isawthesignanditopenedupmyeyes
Thank you for replying. I definitely would check your tax code. That doesn't sound right to me. I'm a band 7 psychologist and earn less than that and only work for 15 hours a week but I also pay extra into my pension.

Oh and NW, work 40hrs a week. No work taken home, just walk out the door. Bliss!

Or maybe GPs are all earning wildly disparate amounts and I’m just clueless I thought lost GPs earned roughly the same....

Band 6 midwife, 22k a year for 23 hours (would be 37 if FT)

DH, solicitor, 190k this year but variable.

Dad, detective constable, 56k

Mum, receptionist, 22k

Brother, prison officer, £37k

That’s everyone who’s salary I know.

Dog Walker £75 million a year, plus bonuses.

Isawthesignanditopenedupmyeyes

Yeah definitely check your tax code. The other GP (albeit partner) says she earns £80k working the same amount as you. You may be owed a huge tax refund!

I can’t even imagine what you’re all spending your money on!!! If you are indeed telling the truth. For those of you on 50k plus, do you donate a lot to charity?
Not being goady, just interested in where the money goes. I haven’t earned above the personal tax allowance since DC and can’t remember what to do with money.

£125k, Technical business analyst / project manager with a lot of experience in a relatively niche sector.

I'm a teacher at the top of the upper pay scale, approx £40k. No leadership responsibilities, but 16 years experience. Most of my colleagues are on less than this, other than heads of departments or senior management. Lots of teachers at my school are part time, so even if they are on the same point on the past scale as me it's pro rata.

For those of you on 50k plus, do you donate a lot to charity?

In a manner of speaking. Because I earn enough to support us both, DH does unpaid work for local charities.

@FastAway I thought DC top of pay scale was around 40k? Is this with overtime/London weighting or similar?

Nursing salaries at least double in any major city in the US

And that is true in many fields, but I've been told if I were to move to one of our American sites 'doubling' my salary would result in no increase in standard of living. However in this country we have free healthcare, better employment rights, and better health and safety legislation.

The healthcare in particular wipes out the difference in salary, we work with a lot of American companies and on a night out it doesn't take long before they start talking about heathcare costs. Even working in an industry that traditionally has very good healthcare cover they pay crazy amounts a month on healthcare (more than my private cover for the whole family is a year), and they constantly have to cover costs that aren't covered to the tune of thousands a year. When you are used to the UK the prices are mindblowing.

For those of you on 50k plus, do you donate a lot to charity?

DH is on £56,000. No. He doesn't.

FT SEN HLTA, come out with just over £1000 p/m. Financially life is hard as two kids and OH only earns just slightly more than me (also ft). Love what I do, however.

I am an experienced qualified teacher (degree and post grad qualifications) and if I worked ft as a teacher I'd be on around £40k pa.

No intentions to ever return to classroom teaching - no amount of money is worth no life outside of work and constant criticism which has such an impact on MH.

Retail and minimum wage (£8.20 odd per hour). I was in management until I had my youngest child, and chose to not go back to work for a few years after maternity as I wouldn't see my children due to the hours.

Data protection and GDPR £20k very depressing. In about 6 months though I'll qualify for more and start applying for new jobs

I'm on £35k and partner is on £67k mainly due to his RAF pension.

"carer" for DS so £64 a week

DH is in IT for a small company, £20.5k a year

@ChaiTeaChai what is your access course in? I'm in the process of retraining as a doctor, which will massively boost my earning potential. It's tough at the moment, being a student again, but I think it will be worth it!

Dog Walker £75 million a year, plus bonuses.

To the poster who asked what people who earn more than 50k do with all their money: it is easy to spend 50k - even 100 k - if you buy expensive foods and clothes, have a high-end car or two to run, go on holiday abroad a couple of times a year, have a mortgage for the big house you bought.

Not that I have any personal experience, sadly.

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