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: 30k
35: 140k
Same field, same job title, different type of employer and a graduate degree in between.
Children came a few years later.

@majesticallyawkward

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.

@majesticallyawkward

I'm surprised that it's that way round though. I (obviously wrongly) thought private sector jobs would pay higher than public.

[quote LoveFoolMe]@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.[/quote]
That's an issue of planning also though, thinking about career choice and flexibility if you want a family. Earlier in my career it would have been impossible (100 hours per week and travel etc) but I knew that at a certain level I could get a flexible role so waited until that point to have children. If that had not been an option in any role in my sector, at any level of seniority (I'm struggling to think of one other than military etc!) then I would have chosen a different one as I wanted a family and flexibility eventually.

[quote Froggie456]@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...”[/quote]
I'm a single mother and work in the professions too. I sought out a role with flexibility. I appreciate in some careers that's not possible so in those situations either you shift roles, or you get extra childcare. At various times I've used a nanny, nursery etc. But I am here as much as I can be and made sure I have a role before children where I can pick days off etc, with very few exceptions, so I will never miss school plays or things like that. It's all about trade offs and choices, pros and cons.

25-0k
35-40k

25 - 30k

30 - 100k

25 -£35000
35 -£40000

But I’ve had 3 children and am part time now. My full time salary is more like £50,000.

In the same time period my husband went from 35000 to 60000.

25 - 3,600
35 can't remember
NHS 1973

At 25, £18k
At 35, £29k plus overtime

I had 3 DCs between 25 and 30.

25 - 22k
35 - 85k
43 - 120k

@LoveFoolMe I did to, it may specific to my type of work as I know some people can get more in the private sector but it's also generally worse conditions. For me on top of better pay it's also a better pension, development and flexible working as standard. Because pay is graded you don't get the disparity, eg in the private sector pay was very secretive and I found out in our team of 6 doing the same job 2 were on 18k, one 21k, 2 between 23-5 and one was on 28k!

£6.5k at 25.
£0 at 35.
One child, born when I was 27.

But there is far more of an influence from being disabled, for me. That £6.5k was one of the only two years I have been employed (part-time, the other year was full-time at £16k).