FTE jobs paying around £35k per year

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If you have a job around this level of salary, how big is your role?

Do you manage people, if so how many?

Do you manage a budget, if so how much?

Is the job stressful or what is the most stressful thing about your job?

I'm wondering whether to go for a job paying this but with more responsibility and probably stress or stay at around the £25k mark but plod along and not be stressed.

Anyone else moved up or down the ladder due to these reasons??

it totally depends on your job. I’m just over that I don’t manage anyone. I manage project budgets and a maintenance budget and totally depends on the job some low and some higher maybe up to £1mil but my manager is above me so technically it falls on them for final accountability. I work in facilities and project coordination and look after an office building

£35k, no line management, no budget - I am in a niche area, masters qualified which is held in high regard for my specialism, with current very high demand but I don't expect this to last!

I’m also not stressed at all

You sound underpaid based on your description.

£38k, no line management responsibilities (my choice) and no budget management. I don't find my job stressful on a day to day basis, though there can be flashpoints. My workplace is very family friendly and flexible and we work at home full time.

But surely it is very specific to what field you are in? Someone earning less than me in a different field could have far more responsibility than I do.

Last time I made £35k it was in a junior level role, not managing anyone and no budget management (though I would make recommendations for my own needs to the director.)

For £35k I'd expect very little stress or responsibility.

Jnr roles in my industry are on that level and they don't have much responsibility in terms of their roles. More tactical over strategic

39k, team member with no responsibility except for my own projects and deadlines.

I'm looking to move into management, and that will be a jump in pay grade. I expect it to be a substantial one for managing a team and budget, but I'm not sure the exact figures yet.

That's my salary. I don't line manage. I don't have a direct budget responsibility. I'm a senior marketing executive in a large national professional services firm. Have a degree in an unrelated subject but a level 4 CIM in marketing. 9 years experience.

Wow no stress or responsibility?!

Most local gov frontline jobs are under that with accompanying responsibility! Lots of jobs at 24-28k requiring experience.

Teachers/nurses/social workers/OTs all start lower than that.

It is fascinating how it varys by sector. I'm posting for the no stress or responsibility jobs! Be great to change!

£35k and civil service pension. No line management. I work in recruitment and no degree etc.

A lot of charity mid-level support roles now have wages hitting just over £30k, with this expected to increase year on year 3-5% for the next 5 years maybe. With minimal responsibility, but have to have a solid knowledge base on the service.

That salary would be on the low end of the team admin level. South East, pharma, no team responsibility, no budget responsibility, little stress

I don’t think anyone can answer that question definitively for you.

Where I work, graduates start on £37k.

In other companies, £35k could be a management level role with a lot of operational responsibility.

Depends on the job and industry.

When I was on £23k I managed contracts of up to £31m and was the responsible lead (essentially managed but didnt own the budgets) of the whole department.

I'm on £39k now and only manage the monitoring of outcomes of a £200m project but no budgets, staff or contracts.

I'm in the civil service/public sector industry.

I'm always amazed at the mumsnet high salaries!

Yet when mums try to get back into work its all dinner ladies/ lsa / childminders etc.

I must be bloody mad working as a band 5 NHS manager for just under £26k...I'm worked to the bone and under massive amounts of pressure. I can't believe people are earning £35k for non-stressful jobs! 😮

I earn 35k and I have a lot of responsibility. No one to line manage though. I'm not in the SE if that's relevant.

Well there are choices many make, some come with more financial benefits than others.

This is why we need to teach our children, especially girls, what jobs come with what type of salary, as for many they're told go with something you love, which doesn't always pay the bills

Not sure this thread has said which sectors are high paying either?

Usually its london finance or computer programming. Occassional nhs role

Manage over 100 people (about 30 solely in my direct line but do sickness management etc for whole team)
Huge stress.
Also do all of the recruitment for our team along side 80% of my time spent clinically.

NHS nurse.

I earn £45k - no line management or budget responsibilities. I am in a fairly niche area (data manager for a FTSE100 company). Company is beyond flexible and family friendly - can’t believe my luck and frequently pinch myself as I was a single mum on full benefits until 2016 😊

I was earning that in a previous role immediately after finishing my PhD in Comp Sci. It was a Data Science research role in an academic context (post doc), no management, no budget stuff, v little stress, just normal work.

I’ve since wised up (less than 5 years later) and gone to industry on 6 figures because everything has gone totally to shit in academia.

As pp’s have said, it all depends what industry you’re in and the quals you have 🤷🏼‍♀️.

That's my salary. I don't manage people as such but I do manage workload for the team but once the distribution has been decided for the day/week it's not my responsibility if they don't get their share done - we're a good team though & always help out to ensure everything is done by the deadlines.

No budget management & no real stress but do have clients that stress me out & we have certain times of year that are busier such as year end which can be stressful.

I'm on £40k as a teacher... I'm not SLT but have a lot of extra responsibility eg leading one of the bigger subjects in school, early years senco, leading whole school assemblies...