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.

I’m not even remotely suprised you earn that much, actually I would have thought it was more. What’s most suprising is people who don’t believe it and think it’s people lying. These threads are important precisely because they show the reality of salaries and hopefully can inspire people to know that as a women they can earn serious money

Marketing exec at professional services firm £35.5k

Welfare role in Higher education, £32k a year before deductions for a 37 hour working week.

Generally in pharma there are lots of directors. In some pharma companies they are senior individual contributors. In others they have a couple of reports. Hierarchy goes director, senior director/executive director, VP, SVP, board level. In some cases 5 management layers from the board. Despite that, it's a role that can be very competitive to get

To be honest Pharma, despite being some of the riches companies with some of the highest profit margins, with some of the best educated workforce, are some of the worst payers in my experience.

I work with some very senior people in pharma and they earn about a 1/3 of what other industries pay. I can never tell DrXXXX this, but it's true. Once you get beyond a certain level it's not the salary that matters, it's the LTIP's.

I think that's the trouble, loads of people have PhDs so to set yourself apart can be challenging. I've also found there to be a lot of politics behind promotions, which means that relationships matter, which means that it enables prejudice more than a purely merit driven organisation. Would the poster have had to sacrifice as much to get to director level, if that were male? I think men have to sacrifice things to get to VP level though

"big professional services firms"

Does this mean accounting or some other professional service? Legal services for companies, business consulting? I'm curious about this extremely well paid sector.

It's not just that there are women out there who earn a lot of money, it's that women on MN earn quite a bit more than the average. It's very obvious from any thread discussing what to buy eg Style and Beauty. It would be difficult to be lying all the time consistently across different threads so I do believe the high earners
I think if you live in an area that's not so rich, it can be difficult to believe as it just doesn't chime with what you see around you.

@Gwenhwyfar yes absolutely you’re right. Big professional firms like accounting, auditing, law, corporate real estate, management consulting etc

the firms make a lot of money (and therefore pay well) cos they charge other big companies mega bucks for those services

This sounds interesting...

What does your job entail

My degree was petroleum engineering with a master's in offshore engineering. Basically I deal with the design, construction and installation of structures on the seabed or surface when developing an oil field although more recently I have been working on renewables (wind turbines).

My thoughts exactly... At the end of day we need nurses more than business consultants. Very upsetting.

Completely this. Women should be talking about salary more. I left my last role after finding out I was paid significantly less than men at the same grade.

Now 72k, plus 10-15% bonus, PMI and good pension contributions from my employer. Contracts (not a lawyer)

unfortunately business consultants etc are high value to private companies because they make the company more money

however, overall In society, of course the nurses, teacher roles etc are more important overall to society. The Gov needs to get a grip on those important roles and pay properly

I'm a teacher so I'd be very happy with higher pay, but you also have to remember that there are a LOT of teachers and nurses out there, so decent pay for each isn't an easy thing.

@DillonPanthersTexas are you US based? … is the clue in the name 😁

my BIL is in the same industry and struggling to get back to the U.K. - Florida based right now.

Thanks. It's a totally unknown world to me.

"There probably is quite a widespread range of jobs on this site, this thread is proving that. People in all different industries and sectors. Yet some on here think most of us are extremely well paid. That's just not going to be true. Some will be sure, but not the majority."

You obviously don't pay attention to other topics if you don't think well off people are over-represented on this site. Just have a look at Style and Beauty and see which brands and shops are recommended, how you to have to specify that 'you have a budget' otherwise you'll get suggestions for dresses that cost hundreds and bags that cost thousands. And on the health boards, a lot of 'go private' and all the questions about private schools.
The average on MN isn't the average in real life.

Nanny £34k

I am qualified as an early years teacher but nannying is much easier and more pleasant...

As little as I can get away with for 150k + but I am a freelancer with 30+ years' experience.

Cement truck driver - £40k plus bonuses.

I could've made much more had I stayed in Sales but I love having almost zero stress. I know 99% of the places I visit and spend most of the day cruising to Spotify/ebooks, chatting on hands free, or drinking coffee and having some banter whilst being loaded.

To earn £40k-ish in an office I'd have to probs manage people or at least project a 'professional image'.

Public sector administration supervisor. 25 hrs a week. 16k.

Absolute bollocks money for the shit I have to put up with!!

Should also add DH is on 45hr week for 29k. In SE too. Doesn't go far!!

Manufacturing / engineering - around 50k with bonus, perks add another 5k

Operations Manager 60k.

North west based so that goes far.

Social worker
£41 per hour
Come out with £42k after deductions