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.

Workplace strategy 45k. Pretty poorly paid for the industry really but it’s scary to move right after mat leave.

I thought vets were rolling in it

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.

My top clients don’t have mortgages. They live in >£3.5m houses unencumbered.

Comms manager: 85K + car alliance + min 15% bonus

But I'm going to say what I say on all these threads, which is that for HR, marketing, communications, legal and regulatory, the vertical you are in is crucial. Highly regulated industries - utilities, healthcare, telecoms, insurance, finance - will pay much, much more than FMCG or transport

Production Lead - recently changed roles.

£48.5k basic
£6k shift pay
£5k bonus
Just shy of £60k

Marketing manager in a niche discipline - £40k + bonus.

Salaries in marketing seem to vary widely, but compared to some of the roles recruiters are contacting me with lately, I’m being underpaid by about £10-15k.

@premiumbudget you obviously failed to read the word nurse next to the word vet.

When have you ever seen a nurse 'rolling in it'?

Structural Engineering Director 85k + bonus

Money tips that worked for us....

2 current accounts "bills" and "spending"

Wages go into spending.

Transfer bills money (same amount every month) as soon as paid

All regular costs (mortgage, CTax, utilities, mobile, netflix, car, insurance etc) come off by direct debit off bills account

Agree a weekly allowance for general everyday costs (food, petrol, entertainment, allowance for small clothes - kids t shirts, socks etc, not big costs like trainers or winter jackets) leave 4x (or 5 for a 5 week month) this weekly amount in the account, transfer anything extra into a savings account.

Here's the bit that really worked for us - take the week's money out in cash on a Sat. Pay wherever possible by cash, if you use the card card (online payments etc) take the equivalent cash out of your weekly allowance and put it in a safe place - ours is a jar in the kitchen

Next week take out your weekly allowance minus whatever is in the jar. By the end of the month you'll still have money in your account to pay the card balance and you'll have as much money in week 4 as you did in week 1

We found the physicalness of seeing cash and using cash made keeping track of money much easier.

We ended up 100%using cards during the pandemic when cash was a bit of a no-no and it was a disaster trying to keep track of it all.

This sounds interesting...

What does your job entail?

@premiumbudget that is sadly an untrue (but common) belief 😫

Vets can expect to start on around £30k, and most won't earn over 60k through their career.

Vet nurses can expect to start on around £18-22k, and most won't earn over £30k through their career.

Yep! Was going to comment similar. It's vet surgeons that are "rolling in it", presumably?
I used to be friends with a vet nurse and she was very poorly paid and struggling financially.

I’m sure people who are struggling will really be able to learn from someone who has a household income of 85k or more if dual income.

Media relations £53k. Taken ten years to get here from minimum wage.

£68k - HR. Plus benefits ( £8.5k car allowance, 20% bonus, 10% pension contributions, PMI)

I question my sanity daily and if I should stay in the HR profession, but then I remember I’m paid a wage I never thought I’d ever earn!

SEN teacher- 45k

Workforce Planning, 53k for 0.8FTE.

@HellsAngel81 the wage is a joke isn’t it.

I am a veterinary nurse. Qualified 15 years, additional qualifications in behaviour (masters) and also qualified in emergency care and advanced imaginging (CT)
I manage a team of around 30 nurses/students/auxiliaries each day as well as train new nurses.

Im on £13/hr 🙄

Criminal investigator. Modern slavery and human trafficking. &42k just awarded a 2% pay rise.. I will try not to spend that whole £840 (annually before tax ) too recklessly!

£70-80k. Work in construction. People turn their noses up at construction as if it's for school drop-outs or misogynistic guys with bum cracks. I am in management and had to do a degree and chartership qualification for it. A lot of my colleagues went to Oxbridge. I'm not even high up in my field, some of my directors are on £250k. It's good money but long hours. I wish more young people were taught about construction careers at school instead of all pursuing marketing careers.

What...... Learning to split out your bills and regular money........

Being offered some advice to use cash rather than card as its easier to keep track........

Think its pretty sound advice..... And advice that I used 25+ years ago when I was a single parent on a low income.

Don't judge my ability to understand what it's like to have financial worries because I earn 85k in my 50s......

Exactly. I wouldn't tell my family and friends so I certainly wouldn't tell a bunch of nosy Internet strangers

About £32k per year for a 4 day week.

Student support in HE.
I used to earn about £20k more when I was a manager, but I'm sure I'm more stressed and exhausted by work now.

Primary teacher - around 40K.