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.

Associate in a law firm - £103,000. Lawyers' salaries vary wildly depending on type of work, type of firm and location. I'm in a very well-regarded city firm doing very corporate type work, and I'm only a couple of years qualified so very very junior in the big scheme of things, and this is obviously a very good salary and will continue to go up; BUT the hours are horrendous. I like the work I do but I'd really rather work less and be happy earning less to have a better work life balance.

@Happyhappyday I agree. The question was asked and so people posted their replies. I currently earn significantly more than the 7k pm the original pp mentioned but I have multiple gigs that each pay more than the national average.
My industry is english male dominated and my ethnicity also puts me in the minority. I have several men report into me and people still speak to them in meetings first!
I know plenty of other high earning women too so I'm also not sure why people doubt the replies. I've enjoyed seeing the breadth of roles posted on he this thread.

health economist on 70k plus normal perks for industry

Healthcare support worker £18,000 single parent and myself and my son don't go without much 😊

NHS Band 7. 2 x BSc 1 x MSc. 15+ years of experience. Nights, weekends, bank holidays, Christmas, Massive responsibilities with matching stress levels. £45k.
this is so bloody depressing.

On the other end of the scale, I'm a shelf stacker part time in a supermarket on £12k a year.

Third sector organisation, influencing role
£40k
Would earn more in corporate world, but much prefer working for non profit organisations

I don’t understand people saying these salaries are made up, they are all salaries that various people I know earn/have earned at some point. It does women a disservice to dismiss high salaries as made up, they are real (and therefore possible!).

Agree with PP that it’s a real tragedy that the most important roles in society are the most poorly paid though. I wonder how that can be remedied?

When I grew up in a standard/single parent household the only jobs my family could suggest as the ultimate to aim for were doctor or lawyer. I wish I’d had amazing advice about all the options but had to work that out myself with a lot of trial and error!

I’ve found my passion now and am very grateful, but kids with rich/connected parents are at such an advantage in terms of realising what’s possible and having real life role models of how to get there/parents who are active in various industries and can give relevant advice.

I'm a local authority Team Manager for a Safeguarding Team. I earn 50k pre tax. I also do some (if I have time) private social work consultancy and training. I earn and extra 10-20k a year depending on how much extra work I committed.

Also, please don’t look at glass door for salary estimates - they are way too low as have an average of all historical salary entries. I want as many women as possible to know this! If you’re asking for the glass door average you’re massively underselling yourself in salary negotiation.

Engineer (offshore) around 8k tax free. But 2 weeks on 4 weeks off 48 weeks a year plus some management admin. Not many of us women in senior roles so am proud to be doing this and do girls STEM workshops at the company school in downtime from KS2 upwards in robotics and astronomy

Pricing Analyst. £33k plus 10% bonus. I’m new to this role having left teaching at the start of the year. If I’m not above £40k by this time next I’ll be disappointed. 35hr week and a lot of freedom to manage your own calendar.
It’s a fairly technical role, lots of data science, SQL, statistical stuff.
This is the restart of my career post children, so most other people on my level are either recent grads or similar career changers.
DH is in IT contracting. He could earn twice his salary if he was willing to work in London or take shorter contracts, but he’s happy earning £90k approximately and nearly 100% home based, with shorter hours, depending on what he’s doing.
So between us we hit £7k a month, just.

£85k as solicitor in the regions with 8 years post qualification experience. I could earn more if I was willing to work longer hours (or made partner).

I also think software is where it's at though. DH earns c.£150k as a software developer with similar experience and works far fewer hours than I do! He does have specialist engineering and maths qualifications though. He's been offered double that to work in software in the finance industry.

Some of these salaries will have a London weighting attached to them OP. Also just because someone claims to earn £7,000 per month it doesn’t mean it’s true. I take anything I read on here with a pinch of salt to be honest. Try not to compare yourself to others. It won’t bring you any benefit.

42k as a IT governance manager for a major bank. I do 35 hours over 4 days. I usually make between 6-10k bonus a year. Money is better in IT than in any other part of the bank other than on the trading floor or very senior leadership.

Constant threat of redundancy though from moving roles to cheaper countries like India and Poland

I got crap A levels and only one year of uni and basically have worked my way up

I'm a self-employed physio with own clinic £80K
DH is a GP £60K but he pays at least £10K a year in registration fees, CPD, insurance etc.
Wont be encouraging our DC to do medicine unless they absolutely want to

I think the question more importantly to high earners is what they do with it,? I have quite a few properties in the UK, 50% are DSS, children and pets welcome and have also reduced their rents to reflect the energy cost rise. We have also modified a few for people with physical disability and all properties are well maintained and all tenants get a dree months rent in November as a mark of appreciation, not to the agents pleasure, she thinks we are nuts. Not because I am angel but I don't pay tax so this is my way of giving back. I also fully sponsor two families for education, one in Syria and one family in the Phillipines. I have a live in housekeeper as am away so much and pay her well and pay all her families bills. If you ate lucky enough to have had parents who supported you to get an education and are rich, for me, you have an obligation to use your wealth. Better than paying tax and not having any control.

Bookkeeper, £30k FTE

Senior Forensic Psychologist in the NHS, £53k. Based in the north of England.

I am an education mental health practitioner £25k, mental health for NHS not well paid.

Partner earns 6 figures in IT.

The other thing I’d say for IT is that there are really well paying roles that aren’t technical (so not writing code or developing)
Being a service or product owner, working in governance or change or problem management are all high paying jobs

mental health for NHS not well paid.

Depends on the role. Consultant psychologists can earn circa 65k.

Civil servant - senior ops manager - 46k basic, earned 56k with overtime last year. Hoping to get a promotion within the next year

Well yes, naturally consultant psychologist roles are paid more. My type of role is not particularly well paid for the workload and responsibility.

Teaching fellow (lecturer basically) £40k.
Will top out at about £46k unless I take on some kind of management thing (which I won't)