I want a job that will pay 35-40k (leaving teaching)

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I'm a teacher, thinking about leaving the profession. I've got a 1st class education degree, and I've been teaching for a few years. Ive enjoyed it so far, but I fancy a change now.

Ideally I want a job that will lead to a 35-40k salary in the first 10 years. I've taught since graduation, so don't really have any ideas what I would like to do other than teach. I would like a job that matches or exceeds my teaching salary. Any suggestions about what I could work as? I'd rather not retrain, but wouldn't be totally adverse to a master's conversion course for the right industry/role.

You'd have to give some idea of what you would like to do.

I'm honestly not sure, I'm hoping for some suggestions that I could look into. My strengths are English, I'm a good writer, I'm good at pitching and talking to people, good at editing people's work.
The only thing I definitely wouldn't be able to do is accounting/finance work because I'm not amazing at maths.

Did you teach primary or secondary? If secondary, what is your subject?

An education degree doesn’t specifically qualify you for anything other than roles in education. You could try policy, educational publishing, public sector roles with that degree. What are your A Levels and what subject do you teach?

Social work?

Oh there we go.

Marketing? Publishing? PR? Communications? Eventing?

I think the hardest part of getting out of teaching is that the salary is actually pretty good once you’ve been in it a few years, and there’s no career you can jump into at the same level.
You would have to pick a new career and start back at the bottom, everyone else in those careers have more experience and have paid their dues, you have to do the same.

What's your BEd specialism? You can't just go for money. Someone will be along to say 'civil service' but there's a whole wide world out there of other things. Got any other skills? Interests? You might have to consider retraining.

My husband is a chartered accountant and there's almost no maths involved in the job (or so he says). He's an auditor now which pays really really well and is all about problem solving and lengthy report writing.

Corporate Fundraising Manager for a charity. Easy to side step from your previous career. Manager salaries up to 45k and obviously that rises with inflation.

Tonnes of opportunities but you do may need to be near a city for the best roles.

Or Trust Fundraising if writing is your bag (biased - I am one!).

V good for flexible working in the charity sector.

@gluetack
My DD is Training to be an accountant and she certainly needs maths for some of the exams she does!

I took politics, philosophy and English for A-level.
@skatesbythesea trust fundraising is something I've not heard of, so you would not need a specific degree for that work?

Stunt Double? Model? Inventor? Voice-over artist? Rock Star?

@MooPointCowsOpinion I think you're on to something there, I know people complain about the wage but really it is quite competitive for the majority of people and you end up trapped by it.

Well, you’re not ‘trapped’. You can either take a pay cut or not. The same is true for lots of people wanting to leave a profession.

Education publishing? Have a look on The Bookseller for related jobs and you will get a sense of the level, salaries etc

Hi. Fundraiser here. Salaries might be "up to" £45k but you'll not walk into one of those without substantial relevant experience (no specific degree needed generally but if it's a specialist charity it can help being qualified in the subject). Most fundraising jobs don't pay anywhere near that amount.

I would have a look at professional service roles at universities. A lot of them can be done provided you have transferable skills

Why has someone suggested marketing/PR? They do have some specialist skill requirements you know. 🤔

What do you teach OP? Start with that as the area. Then at least you’ll have a good basis.

Look at engineering/construction firms at roles like contract formation/Admin, procurement, project controls. Our manager who eventually ended up a VP in the company started with an English literature degree. All require good communication skills (verbal and written) which you most likely have as a teacher

MoveOnTheCards

Not at the grad intake level, they don’t. I’ve recruited for them so I know. The OP hasn’t suggested she’s unwilling to start at the bottom.

I earn about that in HR (Naw) but you would need at least 5 years experience and ideally CIPD too.

You'll need to get relevant experience/quals in most fields to get this salary I'd have thought.

I'm an ex teacher and now in the police. Love it and worth looking into. Until I joined it was not on my radar at all but it is brilliant. Loads of ex teachers in my force.