To ask if you earn a lot LESS than 50k per year?

[Afternooninthepark]

On the back of another thread which was asking about £50k + earners (and me being naturally nosy!) I just wonder if there are many on here earning a lot less and wonder what you do for a living?
I’ve been on Mumsnet for years and there does seem to be many very high earners on here with some very interesting careers.
I’m not one of them unfortunately. Dh earns around £35k pa (45 hrs pw) and due to some health issues I only work very part time. We are both in everyday kind of jobs not careers but we are very happy nonetheless.
Anyone else earning an ‘average’ wage in ‘average’ jobs?

I only know 2 people who earn more than 100k in my local area, and half of it goes in tax anyway.

Yes. Part-time IT work for a non-profit. With my skills and experience I feel I could earn a lot more in a full-time job at a big company, but they wouldn't offer the flexibility I need.

Was an buying/merchandising admin assistant for a retailer on 17K for about a year and a half, then my new manager got me a pay rise to 19K.

I start my new job in supply chain on Monday on 22K🎉

Retail management in the charity sector - around 22,000. Not a fortune but l like my job, my boss and my workmates and it's very flexible! DH is on around 24,000 for a utility company. I bought my (very small) house pre-kids when l was earning more doing a stressy freelance thing which l had to give up once the DSs arrived - l like my current gig better, sometimes less is more!

Retail (pharmacy) 28 hours a week roughly £12,000 a year, depending on overtime

Manager at a utility company on £24500 after Pro rata (3 days a week) pre tax. DH in a similar position but without degree, on £25000 full time

@Sparklingplasters same here.
I would say the majority of my friends are on more than 50k

Just going by where they live, type of houses they have, jobs they do.

Retail management , 24k

NHS data manager. Full time. 21k

Teaching assistant- £12,500
Mechandiser - £14,000

The thing on threads about high earners that I notice is that they seem no happier then those of us who are low earners. Sure their house is bigger (but we still have a nice house), their holidays are fancier (but we still get away) and their cars are flashier (but ours still get us to where we want to be). More income just means more outgoings really.

I just got a raise to 21k as an administrator. Feels like loads to me. My dp works in marketing on 24k. We live comfortably enough but rent as no savings for a mortgage.

Under £18k.

I was an A-level teacher on £23k with no prospect of earning more. So I quit and got an admin job which paid roughly the same per hour but was a lot easier and less hassle. There’s no point being a “professional” if you’re not paid commensurate with that. Currently I’ve quit work to look after DC because the cost of childcare made it not worth working.

We have a net income of 23500 made up of dp teaching assistant salary, my student finance and child benefit for 2 kids.

@PinkCashmereTowel wow I am really surprised by your salary. For the level of responsibility you must have

I think we are talking gross income, not net income. Aren’t we?

I was a teacher on c. £45k a year... HOD in a deprived and challenging area.

I quit to work in a high end sports shop for minimum wage.

So much happier without the daily risk of assault, OfSTED and meetings with social services for some of the shittiest parenting I have ever seen! The money did not make the risks worth it - I was injured at work and a coworker hospitalised in my last few weeks

I earn just over £18k after tax and national insurance deductions, 40 hours a week in a warehouse

I earn just over £18k after tax and national insurance deductions, 40 hours a week in a warehouse
But how much do you earn before tax and NI? That’s what we’re talking about.

I earn 8k working very part time in a bakery. DH earns 32k as a digger driver.

I “earn” about 12k in student loans and grants. When I qualify (supposed to be next January but we’ll see!) I’ll start on 24k as an occupational therapist.

DH works in a restaurant chain for 25-30 hours a week and earns about 12k

Hospitality management £19,000 contracted 39hours work a LOT more than this

I earn just less - £48k as a marketing manager for a law firm. I have only recently kickstarted my career again post DC.

DH earns way more, though c. £350k+ as a Partner in a big 4 firm.

I don't think people are lying about being high earners, they're probably just mostly in the city.

I've been on disability benefits for the past 10 years so I don't "earn" anything. I get around £22,500 a year as I qualify for the highest rate of both PIP elements, support group ESA with all the disability premiums, and local housing allowance.