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To ask what you do for a living and how much you earn?

392 replies

Kallo3 · 19/07/2022 16:51

Just being nosey really, I feel like most of the women on mumsnet are really big earners. I need help managing my money a bit better I think.

OP posts:
Ncfreely · 19/07/2022 21:14

This thread is so depressing. Lawyer 7 yr PQE £55k

boymama82 · 19/07/2022 21:14

£0, I'm a SAHM!

Lbnc2021 · 19/07/2022 21:16

Self employed personal trainer, take home approx 2.7k per month on average

Fedupmum21 · 19/07/2022 21:19

Nurse, 38k a year. Three long shifts a week. I feel I have good work life balance with this shift pattern.

Dragonsmother · 19/07/2022 21:21

£42k, NHS manager. However it has taken me 20 years to get to this point. Compared to managers with similar portfolios I am still massively underpaid.

Bet01 · 19/07/2022 21:22

Chief Marketing Officer, £140k.

lightand · 19/07/2022 21:23

ShimmyYaYaYay · 19/07/2022 20:33

This!

Enjoying the construction firm i am working for.

Can i ask if you are female?

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Agree about all of this
But the female I know has been around males all her life. And is very happy being out "on site" or doing high finance figures. Is very bright.
Horses for courses.

Agree about long hours.
But interesting work if you are into that sort of thing.

lightand · 19/07/2022 21:25

premiumbudget · 19/07/2022 19:59

I thought vets were rolling in it

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Difference between a vet and a vetinery nurse!

ToThineOwnSelfBe · 19/07/2022 21:32

About £47k a year (not in the UK). My job doesn't have an exact equivalent in the UK, but I think the closest is being the Assistant to the Vice Chancellor of a university.

It's worth noting that the £47k is only what I earn, and is not reflective of the amount the uni pays in benefits for me and my family, including health insurance, pension and life insurance. Those costs are another £25k a year on top. In the job I had previous to this, I paid most of those costs out of pocket. AND I made less money. I know the NHS is really broken, but I sometimes wish the health insurance offerings didn't weigh so heavily into what kind of job I have.

DH makes more (£65k-ish) as a Marketing and Sales Director, but the insurance plan his company offered wasn't anywhere close to as good as mine.

Topcat9876 · 19/07/2022 21:33

Health care
£210k per annum

itsgettingweird · 19/07/2022 21:35

MoonKnight · 19/07/2022 17:07

Full time carer to my disabled child. £69.70 per week

Pathetic isn't it when you consider how much it saves the state on care fees.

StepAwayFromGoogling · 19/07/2022 21:36

Specialist field at management level in a retailer - £81K

itsgettingweird · 19/07/2022 21:38

Full time carer to my disabled child. £69.70 per week

Isn't that the same as being a parent ?? Disabled or non disabled child

No it isn't.

With a non disabled child you have the option of childcare and with disabled children it's very often very difficult to work (dependent on severity) as you have request appointments, have to go to pick up and drop off points for schools transport (most LAs won't drop to childcare if you can get it).

There isn't really the option to work FT in a job let alone a high paying one.

itsgettingweird · 19/07/2022 21:39

Pastoral support in special education.

£27k FT but I earn £21k for 32 hrs a week term time only (so 40 weeks and holiday pay).

I can't work more as I have a disabled child and I'm a LP.

SummerNightsDriftingAway · 19/07/2022 21:40

Big 4 senior manager.

Just under £100k basic plus £6k car allowance, bonus, private healthcare etc.

SummerNightsDriftingAway · 19/07/2022 21:41

WhatWouldPennyDo · 19/07/2022 17:49

I’m sure some people exaggerate but it’s always a real shame to see how much disbelief there is on threads like this about women earning so well.

I work in a global professional services firm. There are numerous women in that business earning over £100k p.a, running in to £1m plus at the top of the firm. Several PA’s are on over £70k. Our NQs earn north of £100k as soon as they qualify. We are by no means the highest paying business in our category. I get it might be an unfamiliar world to some but it is very much the norm to have high earners (including, shock horror, women) in big professional services firms like mine.

As for me, senior business support role, earning close to £200k p.a before bonus and benefits. Will probably cap out at c£250k, unless I broaden my remit and skill set.

I don't think it's disbelief, I think it's jealousy

pixie5121 · 19/07/2022 21:51

forensicpsych1 · 19/07/2022 20:00

I think having a good head for business and understanding of market needs is way more important than any degree you could get, tbh.

That very much depends on how you define "important". I can't do my job without my professional qualifications - specifically, my PhD is what qualifies me to do it. My role is important because it means I can risk assess violent and sexual offenders and make recommendations for their safe management, as well as provide risk reducing therapeutic interventions. I don't get paid 6 figures to do so - I get 53k. But to me, the difference I can make in my role is important enough that the absence of a 6 figure salary becomes irrelevant.

Obviously I mean important for starting a successful business - that was the context of my comment.

Of course many careers need degrees. If you want to be a doctor, lawyer, etc. then a degree is essential. But so many people do degrees in things like business....why? What exactly is that going to teach you that you can't learn from a book, from a Udemy course, or from real life mentors? Absolutely nothing. It's literally just wasting three years you could have spent working on your business, or even working a minimum wage job building up some savings while you get your business plan together, rather than starting your working life in tens of thousands of debt. An undergraduate degree in business, marketing, or anything along those lines is a terrible investment. There's no value in it. People who have the right kind of mentality to start a business just do it, using the absolute goldmine of resources available online. They don't waste three years listening to other people parrot stuff from books.

User129867588 · 19/07/2022 22:02

Mortgage consultant - 25k but I work 80%FTE and get 20,195 plus bonus and flexible benefits

Spaceprincess · 19/07/2022 22:08

46k NHS clinician , MSc in related field.

Thriwit · 19/07/2022 22:25

All this thread is really showing me is that if I’d gone into pretty much any field other than science I’d stand a better chance of earning more!

RainCoffeeBook · 19/07/2022 22:31

There have been threads weekly on this for ages now.

Software engineer. A lot.

Zone2NorthLondon · 19/07/2022 22:32

Salaries are a perennial. As are MIL, parking, neighbours, bins and weddings

pixie5121 · 19/07/2022 22:33

RainCoffeeBook · 19/07/2022 22:31

There have been threads weekly on this for ages now.

Software engineer. A lot.

What's the point in saying 'a lot'? What will happen if you say your actual salary?

RainCoffeeBook · 19/07/2022 22:33

Dragonsmother · 19/07/2022 21:21

£42k, NHS manager. However it has taken me 20 years to get to this point. Compared to managers with similar portfolios I am still massively underpaid.

Really shocking. You can do a three month course in web development and be on £45k in two years and £60k in three.

SarahProblem · 19/07/2022 22:34

University middle management outside of London. 45k