AIBU to ask what your job title is and what your expected salary is?

[user0512]

Hi all,

I'm just a bit curious as to what our fellow Mumsnetter's job titles are and if you don't mind sharing, your approx wage. I see others on here earning near £7,000 PM. How? It always leaves me feeling a bit anxious about my own job and wage.

I have a degree in Childhood and Youth Studies, but I doubt I'll ever earn near enough £7,000 a month.

I also know someone who had a handful of O levels and went on to complete an MBA at a red brick university, so not impossible.

Yes around 1% of women in the uk earn £100k plus I believe, with the average still somewhere in the £20k's. Yet a disproportionate number of six figure earners seem to be posting their salaries on threads whenever the opportunity arises. In the middle of the working day too! Im sure some are genuine. But all? Statistically unlikely.

I have asked this before and people never seem sure.

Does that 1% look at PAYE? Or total income.

Most of the high earners I know, wouldn’t be in that 1% unless it looks at total income despite then earning huge amounts. My wage is approx 1/3 of my total yearly income, the rest comes from shares and investments

I think the data tends to be gathered from income tax records, so taxable income I assume.

Have you got the link to the one you read, because the ones I have aren’t clear. I think it would account for there why it’s only 1% reported

Band 5 midwife £29,000

Finance Manager I earn £30k which is on low end but its a small company and I didn't have any management experience.

@user0512

I did a couple of IT related professional courses namely ITIL, Prince 2, Managing Successful Programmes, LEAN Six Sigma and Agile Project Delivery and lots in Change Management. I couldn't get a project job for love nor money so I offered my services voluntarily for the large consulting company I worked for in 2009 (as well as doing my day job). It was all about gaining experience. I then had some credentials to leave and go to another company at 15k increase from 37k to 50ishk. 2 years later did the same and joined anothet organisation for circa 70k. Plan was to contract once I had my DS so I could work flexibly and get paid more. And that's essentially my journey.

My DM was a social worker and she steered me from following her footsteps in a caring profession as she felt it was very rewarding but often not recompensed for the input and value added.

I know easier said than done but money isn't the be all and end all though it does make the bumps easier to manage. I know a few people with real wealth who are miserable AF!

I start a new job next week - Executive Assistant - £48k. I am based in London. Huge pay rise from my previous role so happy with that.

I scroll when I go for a coffee and cigarette. Conversely the higher up you go the more freedom you have to manage your own time

In the middle of the working day too!

Gosh how dare we raise our noses from the grindstone!

I think MN is skewed towards higher earners, and not necessarily an accurate representation of RL.

In reality a lot of people doing lower or averagely paid jobs won't necessarily have access to their phone or Internet regularly, to contribute to the debate (if they're on MN at all). Practical jobs- Retail, care workers, cleaning, deliveries, factory staff etc

I'm always surprised at the MN average (probably about 80k) compared to RL average (around 30k) but I can't see what anyone would gain from making up stuff like that!

Investment banking. Starting salaries for new grads are c.£50k depending on the bank, top level income can be 7 figures (skewed at that level by big bonuses). Personally I’m into 6 figures, I’ve been in the industry nearly 25 years following a degree in Economics. It’s stressful, long hours, cut throat and still very male dominated - although much better than it was when I started out. I can’t imagine doing anything else.

Account management (senior manager) in one of the 'Big 4'. £95k.

Director of Clinical Services in a private healthcare organisation. Nurse and Midwife by background. Now in a Senior Role. I’m accountable for all clinical teams and care delivered within the hospital. However, that includes budget, consultants, theatre utilisation, practice changes and improvements, NHS contracts. The list is endlesss! I’m at the upper end of 5 figures. My next move will hopefully hit 6 figures. Bonus in addition.

@Happyhappyday How do you learn to code and what jobs can it lead to? Ive always been interested in getting into it but never known where to start. Do you need a specific background?

Yes around 1% of women in the uk earn £100k plus I believe, with the average still somewhere in the £20k's. Yet a disproportionate number of six figure earners seem to be posting their salaries on threads whenever the opportunity arises. In the middle of the working day too! Im sure some are genuine. But all? Statistically unlikely.

Hop over to Pistonheads as there's an 'in' joke about huge numbers of powerfully built company directors, who earn multiples of six figures and buy all their flash cars with cash, never PCP.

This is the internet 😂

@wildonce I’m not a dev but live in a very tech oriented city and have a lot of friends in family who got into it through certificate programs or coding “boot camps.” DH did comp sci engineering at Oxbridge but his background seems unusually formal. My DB just taught himself. Some had science backgrounds, many did not. I think boot camp leads to internship leads to FT job after a year or so seems to be a common path. London salaries seem pretty crap compared to West coast US but are still high & DH has never been interested in management/architect type jobs that probably pay better.

I would not recommend trying to get into my field, it’s luck & who you know! And jobs in the UK were thin on the ground. I stepped down two levels when we moved abroad and earn more.

Self employed trainer/career coach. Likely to turnover 60I this year.

NHS Manager £30k around £2k/month.

DP offshore worker £115k which equates to £6k/month.

I'm self employed doing something fairly niche. I'll never be rich but only need to support myself. My share of the pre tax profit is about £38,000.

I could never imagine I could command any kind of salary like the ones described here. I'm 47 and have no real skills or qualifications apart from a PGCE. Haven't taught for years.

Senior biomedical scientist, NHS band 7 so salary range 40-45k plus 5k for working OOH.

Product lead for a large corporate. FTE 41k part time salary £28k gross. I net just £1088 a month as I put 50% into my pension.

DH £145k plus bonus of usually around 60k and LTIP of £35k. Director in private sector.

I’ve 3 OLevels he has no qualifications. Started at the bottom, both of us. Both worked hard then I stepped back to facilitate his career (and I wanted the same) shared money, full access to all joint money - just in case anyone says I’ve sacrificed my career for a man. 😉

NHS Admin. Full time. 23k

It does make me sad to hear people not believing women can earn… one of my friends is a dr in a specialist pediatric field, earns £130k (not UK), another works for a very high profile non profit with lots of £££, she politely declined applying for a job paying £150k so assume she earns at or more… my mum worked on in house communications for a big company, £80k. Plenty of dev friends earning at least £120k. Devs at Facebook/Google/Amazon (no guesses where I live) earning £250k + stock.