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'm honestly amazed at the the statistical probability of the tiny proportion of highly paid employees who have posted their salaries on here, perhaps theres a statistical bias in favour of doing so/being more outspoken/having more control over workload. The solicitor's salaries posted on the other hand are absolutely spot on in terms of what other people I know are earning.

It's a self-selecting segment, though. The people who post on these threads tend to have something they want to contribute. I'm not saying fantasists don't exist, but the demographic of the site, overlaid with the thread topic, definitely creates a bias.

DH is a senior developer and the salary ranges on these threads are very accurate, I find. Since he works with teams of other developers, I know that he's not an outlier in terms of salary.

I'm head of marketing for an environmental training firm. I'm on £95k, which includes a bonus and profit sharing.

Discussing salary, education, qualifications, and criteria are absolutely the way to help others up the ladder after us. Mindset, and knowing the value of your abilities, are incredibly important to making career progress.

Many years ICU experience but only a band 5, 27k for 30 hours a week.
Totally regret becoming a nurse.
Over the years I’ve seen a certain type of person promoted beyond their abilities, probably explains why the NHS is struggling so much. Gobby, lazy but can talk the talk sadly.

Just to come back on the Drs salaries - they vary hugely. Depends on stage of training, FT/PT, NHS or private
In a senior consultant job with some clinical excellence awards and a management role plus some private practice ( not much) you can clear £250 -£300 K but in a part time say 60% consultant role at a junior stage you would be looking at more like £50-60
Women don't tend to do the higher management roles, do less private practice, are more likely to work PT and less likely to apply for clinical excellence awards so there is definitely a gender gap as well

I work in the midlands as a mortgage processor within the specialist property sector. Salary is about £26.5K but I also get monthly and quarterly bonuses which added up to near enough £35k. I’d say the job is skilled but it’s mostly just admin that anyone can learn… I’ve been eyeing up wfh roles that are based down south… some start at 40K which is well above my basic.

I should also mention i work for a family owned company and have been here 6 years. My pay has risen from 20k when I first started and that has been solely as a reward for what has been some very difficult and challenging work over the years

@thefirsttest ditto! 👌🏽👌🏽👌🏽

A PP felt suspicious that so many highly paid people "love their work". I thought this rang completely true, because people who excel at complex work are usually intellectually restless and enjoy being challenged and stimulated. They don't command stellar salaries for performing routine tasks. I used to be (before retiring) a freelance copywriter specialising in finance and investment; it was never less than fascinating, and different every day. I rarely interviewed anyone who wasn't at the top of their profession and genuinely superb at their job. Whether they headed construction and property firms, national retail chains, big pharma, banks, telecomms or TV companies, they were almost invariably interesting (if not always easy or pleasant to deal with).