To ask how much you were earning at 25yrs old and also at 35yrs old?

[MrsSimonBasset]

Call me nosey but at 25 I’d not quite got into the sector I’m in now and at 35, I’d already started on my career path. Went to university, had my kids afterwards, but was done by the time I was 30yrs old. I’ll start £19,000 and £30,000. I will admit that it has accelerated since. But more interested in those crucial child rearing years between 25-35.

25 - 17k
35 - 38k
45 - 25k
Now 52 - 27k - unlikely to increase anymore!

25 - $102,000
30 - £25, 000
43 ( currently ) £53,000

25: about £28k
35: £58k
Moved companies twice and went through internal promotions to achieve this.

@TierFourTears

25 - guess 25K 35- 0 45 - 16k

Pretty much the same!

I worked in financial services more or less from graduation to first baby at 28. SAHM until I was about 37, three boys in that time. I now run a church office & work part time.

@SpaceRaiders Wow! Nothing else to say but well done you.

25 : 18k
31 now : 40k
And have had a second child in that time.

@JaninaDuszejko

I don’t know about the motives of others, but I’m trying to gauge whether having children earlier or later is better for your career.

It depends on two things Firstly, the cost of childcare. If you have family providing free childcare then you can probably have a child and continue working on any salary. If you have no family support (we didn't) then you need to earn enough to cover your childcare costs otherwise it can feel as if you are working for nothing. When the DC were small our childcare bill was over double our mortgage (NE so housing is cheap) and half my salary but I earnt above average working PT. If you keep working through the baby years you are in a much better position to keep your career going. Even if your salary stagnates for a bit you are buiding experience.

The main factor that will affect your earnings will be if the father of the child is willing to do half the childcare. I'd recommend not having a child with a man who thinks his career is more important than yours and that he can't reduce hours to work PT or work shifted hours so he can do either the drop off or pickup at childcare. Sadly men who are willing to do their fair share are rare.

Well said!

At 25 I was married with 2 DC and earning about 15k
At 35 I had 3 DC and earning about 32k

£24k as a trainee solicitor aged 25, just turned 35 and earn £60k working four days a week since returning from mat leave with my first (and currently only) child. Salary is the same as if I hadn’t taken mat leave (although I’d probably still be working five days) as the career progression at my firm means I wouldn’t have been promoted in the last few years anyway.

@Moo678

25 - 38, 000 (I think) 35 - 63,000

Went from being a very junior junior doctor to a very senior junior doctor - worked a lot of hours in both jobs. Had my kids at 28 and 30 and went back to work full time after.

Kudos to you, genuinely!

25 - roughly 18k
35 - roughly 35k

I had a very good decade career wise, I pushed on considerably.
I don’t know that I’ll double my income between 35 and 45.
I have 5 years to add 25k annually. I’ve just taken a side step into a much lower paid industry

@Fuckadoodledoooo Being a SAHM is a perfectly valid choice. It was for you but not for me for lots of reasons. Doesn’t make it any less valid though does it.

25 - 33k
27 (now) - 50k
By 35 - expect 60k minimum

25 - 17k due to post graduate study I didn’t finish Uni until I was 23 and then temps for a year trying to find a career job.
30 - 32k
35 - 45k plus car
40 - 27k. Changed employer to a more ‘family friendly’ one and took a 10% pay cut and no car. Had DC1 in 2017 and DC2 in 2020. Got shafted on mat leave by the ‘family friendly’ employer at the start of the pandemic. Ideally I wanted to go PT after DC2 but I’ve had to go back FT in role paying much less.

25: £16,000
32: £65,000

35: £1,000,000 (jk I can wish!)

Have DD1 and DC2 due in June

At 25 I think I earned about £12k and at 35 it was about £30k, as I had been promoted twice and had completed the first stage of a professional finance qualification, which came with a specialist pay award. I'm now aged 53 and earn £50k.

I had DS when I was 19 - although I was much closer to 20 than 19. I think it is fair to say that my career progressed as he got older and I had time to study for professional qualifications. DH has been a brilliant support throughout, but is woefully underpaid for the very skilled job he does. I'm the main breadwinner and am happy to do it.

25 - 20k
35 - 110k
Had kids at 36. At 45 - about 40k

25 - £28k
35 - £16k (2 days a week)
45 - £60k (4 days a week)

Age 25: 57k
Current age of 31: 64k

I've worked as a contractor for the public sector since the age of 24.

25 - £12,000
35 - £33,00

@NeverDropYourMoonCup

25 - with bonus (and insane hours) - about £42K. Fired once pregnant, as apparently threatening to miscarry in the toilet and therefore taking in excess of my approved 3 minute comfort break away from the phones was 'not being a motivated team player' at appraisal.

At 35 - with kids (full time, but theoretically more secure) - about £22K

At 45 - (post disability, just into full time but no longer wanted by my old sector) - £12,000

Oh my god! That’s horrific. Was that Sports Direct per chance?

25 - £22,500
30 - £70,000

But my current salary is pro rata as I am part time. Hopefully by the time I’m 35 I’ll be closer to 80k but planning another child between now and then so might not happen - happy to plateau here to be honest, I feel very lucky and have everything I need.

I would add that it’s due to huge privilege. When I started in my industry (media) as a grad I was on 12,500 which was minimum wage at the time - I was lucky I could lean on my parents, live with them rent free etc so I could put the hours in. And now I have a DC, parents look after him so we can both continue to have careers. I hope I can offer the same to my kids. Without the support of our parents we would have had a very different journey and things might look very different now!

At 25 £30 000... 16 years ago
At 35 £0, I was raising our dc.

25- £60,000

Not yet 35 but earning less now as hated the law (especially combined with motherhood) so sacked it in. Retraining in another career in tech and hoping by 35 I’ll be back earning circa £60-80k.