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 16k
35 on UC

25 - £24k (full time)
35 - £17k (part time) FTE was 31k

@Froggie456

....I have to pay for expensive childcare (Nanny) because If a judge decides we are sitting late I can’t leave/can’t get cover in.

.... she’s also been able to stop having a Nanny as her hours are much more 9-5.

I agree, type of childcare needed to fit around the career makes a massive difference to costs; a full-time nanny can be £20-30k pa whilst an after-school childminder is more like £3k pa per child.

[quote LoveFoolMe]@Froggie456

....I have to pay for expensive childcare (Nanny) because If a judge decides we are sitting late I can’t leave/can’t get cover in.

.... she’s also been able to stop having a Nanny as her hours are much more 9-5.

I agree, type of childcare needed to fit around the career makes a massive difference to costs; a full-time nanny can be £20-30k pa whilst an after-school childminder is more like £3k pa per child.[/quote]
All of this can be worked around if you've already built a professional reputation and make sure that you have skills in demand before having children though. It's all about plannng: studying and hard work to build up a career or business first, then you have more freedom to work in a way that suits you when you have children.

25 - probably around £45k (had qualified as a chartered accountant following a grad contract)
35 - £97 (remain in financial services, though not an accountant anymore!)

25 - 32,000. Goal was 40k by 40
30 - 40, 000. Goal was 50k by 50
40 - 75, 000. Goal was 100k by 50
50 - 150, 000

You need to keep your eyes on the prize. And be very lucky, in the right place and always do more than is expected of you.

Not all roles allow this trajectory, I do realize.

Should add I had my DC at 17 and 22. So was past the early years by the time I started my career in earnest.

At 25 - 18k
Now 31 - 55k

I got my salary increases by moving jobs and companies often, but I do have a roughly similar salary to my DP who has stayed with one company for 8 years.

@MagentaDoesNotExist not sure if you saw I’m a barrister. I don’t really understand what you mean about “work around the children”. If I’m in a 3 week trial I can’t just say, “I’m only working 2 days a week/finishing at 3 cause of the kids...”

25 - £25k
35 - £85k

I went into the financial services industry at 32 and it pays a lot more than what I used to be doing.

To add - I had my first child at 36

25: £21k
36 (now): £50k (FTE, I work four days)

I had two children between 30 and 35 and most of my career progression came in those five years. I work for a very family friendly company and have a husband who also went to four days/week after our first was born, meaning we could both continue to progress our careers and not plateau on three days a week, while the children only have to do three days at nursery. I’ve been very fortunate but I would say 90% of it is down to a husband who sees parenting as his role as much as mine.

Out of the first 60 responses (discounting anyone who hasn’t yet reached 35, gave figures from pre-2000, or gave figures in another currency), the average wage reported thread is £35,663.80.

Hardly staggeringly high.

The most common answer was £0, with almost 22% stating this.

These threads often feel like a race to the bottom, to be honest.

25 - 27k (can remember exactly as I moved around within the same firm but started there on £23k aged 22)

35 - 70k

@MagentaDoesNotExist

’All of this can be worked around if you've already built a professional reputation and make sure that you have skills in demand before having children though. It's all about plannng: studying and hard work to build up a career or business first, then you have more freedom to work in a way that suits you when you have children.’

More savings to cover the outgoings but not necessarily more freedom. There’s no way I could have followed my particular career without employing a nanny when my kids were younger. No matter how many years I’d worked/planned for before having them. I needed the flexibility and long hours.

25 - £25-34k - moved jobs during the year
35 - £150k-ish

25- 9k - self employed and bad at it
35 (or close enough too) - 30.5k. Changed jobs, worked up a bit (started at 19k).

By 45 I’d like to have reached 45k, where I’d live very comfortably.

At 25 years I was earning 23k per annum but temping.
At 35 I was earning 36k per annum.
5 years on from there, I earn 46k per annum.

I had DS when I was 22 and then didn’t have any more DC so not sure if this counts but it did mean that 25 onwards I wasn’t taking maternity leave.

25: £37k package
32: £120k basic + package

This includes a short period of 4 days p/week (there was no point, I kept working on day 5!) and 2 job moves. A combination of working my arse off and blind luck tbh - my skill set is far, far more in demand than it was when I was 25. DS doesn’t seem to be affected by my ambition. He’s scarily aware of corporate structures though!

@LaLaLanded

I had DS when I was 22 and then didn’t have any more DC so not sure if this counts but it did mean that 25 onwards I wasn’t taking maternity leave.

25: £37k package
32: £120k basic + package

This includes a short period of 4 days p/week (there was no point, I kept working on day 5!) and 2 job moves. A combination of working my arse off and blind luck tbh - my skill set is far, far more in demand than it was when I was 25. DS doesn’t seem to be affected by my ambition. He’s scarily aware of corporate structures though!

I'm having a bit of a midlife crisis at 41 and this loss touched me in the stomach.

I had my Ds at 22. And chucked it all in to be with him 24/7. I now have nothing (and more kids). Ds is no better off for it.

There would have been no fucking difference if he'd gone to nursery and I'd at least to have tried to have a bit of life for myself.

Not having a go at you, just feeling super fucking sorry for myself at my £0, £0 with bit of shit part time min wage to scrape by response.

If I could live life over blah de blah.

This post not loss

punched Christ, can you tell I'm probably too thick to have actually done anything.

@Fuckadoodledoooo (if you don't drink pretend it's Schloer)

@unmarkedbythat oh, I drink! Thank you x

I think this is key. The type of industry, and whether public or private sector can hugely effect earnings

I agree, at 25 I was private sector and earning around £20k, now at 32 in public sector in the same type of role and earn £40k... fewer hours, flexible working and generally better outlook/progression/treatment.