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

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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.

Answered that in about 3 other threads already and starting to suspect it's just DM journos sniffing again.

What is professional services? Every other poster seems to work in it? I'm local authority IT on £26k, not junior, jobs in the authority pay between £19k and £60k - which is head of service type level, then you're into chief exec territory, and there's only 1 of those per council. Most are on the same as me across disciplines. That's a lot of people NOT earning shit loads.

@DillonPanthersTexas oh where abouts?
In my last job I used to deal with the offshore industry.

Senior game developer. £75k plus other bonus stuff.

@HalfBrick where are you in the U.K.? Senior in IT, surely that’s underpaid (ignoring the pension upside that you benefit massively from).

CEO of our council earns well
over 6 figures

RN - very specialist in the private sector with some self employed work and casual NHS work - last year I earned just under 100k. In the current tax year I’ve stopped the NHS work and am gradually reducing other work commitments - I’m expecting to earn around 60k this year.

HR & Operations. £54k for 3 days a week and I work from home and set my own hours.

I’m 43 and worked up to this from starting as an office junior, I have a degree in business and a HR qualification.

I love the flexibility of always being home for the kids.

This makes zero sense.

Are you really saying that if you had more money you wouldn't be on MN?

@HalfBrick think management consulting, law, audit, accountancy. That sort of thing.

@weirdlynormal yes the ceo earns loads here too, but the majority of the hundreds under him don't. All local authorities have similar pay, regional public sector. And the final salary pension days are looooooong gone.

More than I need and I'm incredibly grateful for that fact. Comparison is the thief of joy, I just don't understand these threads at all

Mostly they seem to be about tempting posters to say they don't believe women can be high earners.

You get a career average pension @HalfBrick In a career with below inflation payrises (like now) you can earn a better pension this way.

I work for a tech company as a Content Designer, just under 60k. Work from home. No benefits to speak of but best job I’ve ever had.

What do you do? Systems admin / database management / hardware / DevOps? Do you have any languages, e.g. SQL or Python?

If you're on £26k, you're woefully underpaid and need to start looking elsewhere. Our baby IT analysts - so basically fresh out of uni, with no experience - start on £35k.

Stewardess (like hotel housekeeper) on an offshore Oil platform, £36.5K on a rota working 3 weeks straight then having 3 weeks off.

I'm sure some people exaggerate but there are a lot of women on here who are very highly educated and clearly have good jobs.

@SofiaSoFar can I ask for your tips and advice re: business consultancy? I’ve just received my MBA results and received a high Merit. Business consultancy was one of the recommendations from the career review I had and I’d like to pursue that.

I find this stuff quite inspiring, which is why I post on threads like this.

I wonder if Justine ever posts on these threads.

International HR currently on a posting overseas.
School fees plus a gross salary of around £150,000.

Feel very blessed and lucky. Am also a single parent.

Global Finance Director £130k basic + car + bonus + usual benefits plus on a massive retainer at the moment.....left school minimal O levels...did BTEC (loved them) did degree as I worked...worked full time since 18 and pretty flippin chuffed with myself looking at my upbringing x

Just wow

'Junior job' according to HR, first time heard anything like it at my age - paid £20,400 for partial remote/shift working and a role lasting 12 months so little danger money?

Other employers round here want you to attend workplace for 18-19.5k for more intense work between 8-6 with no actual sign of remote.

Projects in professional services, £65k. I dropped out of school with no GSCEs and worked my way up.

Corporate governance paralegal. Approx 100k.