To ask what you do if you earn £18-22 per hour?

[pokeball]

£18-£22 per hour is about £35-40k per year.

If this is your hourly rate can I ask what you do?

I have a feeling there will be a whole spectrum of jobs from shop supervisor to cleaner to call centre to teacher to nurse.

Purely asking out of curiosity to see the range and possibly the education level you'd need to earn this. Maybe say if you have a degree or not.

Management in civil service, £26 ph, no degree I left school then started in an entry level role in civil service and worked my way up to where I am now. I am early 30’s

When I earned that I was an operational manager for a small charity

Cleaner. £21ph

Now I know why nurses are going on strike

@sarge89 why is it upsetting? You get 13 weeks off a year. You’re paid if you’re off sick. You have a regular income and the option of a union and a pension.

Gardener. Though part time. No formal qualifications though debating getting some. Just a lifetime of experience.

Mental health research in the NHS, degree needed

Well this is depressing. I am a doctor, not newly qualified either - 3 years post-grad experience, for want of a better term, though much longer than that overall due to somewhat protracted career path. I earn… just over £17 an hour.

😑

It’s also worth noting here that the hourly rate of a self employed person is not comparable to the hourly rate of an employee. No workplace pension, no holiday pay, no sick pay, responsible for all NI etc.

I hired a fresh graduate with 6 months relevant experience on a 6 month contract for 35K a year. All training provided from scratch. They can earn a lot more with a few years' experience.

Compliance work.

Communication Support (British Sign Language). I work a 20 hour week and if I worked full time I'd earn more than the person I support.
No Degree.

Copywriter/journalist.

I have a masters degree.

You're the second experienced doctor on here, I am gobsmacked! The media (and the government) portrays doctors as if you're all on 6 figure salaries! Crazily underpaid considering your qualifications and responsibilities! (As are all medical and care staff)

This country is disgraceful, definitely in need of a nation wide wage correction.

Nurse in the private sector.

Veterinary surgeon. So please remember that next time you think we are all rolling in it! Obviously have a degree.

This was kind of the point of the post to perhaps find the extremes of either end - A cleaner in demand at £20 per hour and a doctor with degree level education and years of experience at the other on £17.

It's mind blowing.

I fully support any nurse / Doctor / NHS STRIKE - You all deserve so much more.

Yes this is a good point. What rough percentage would you remove to equate a self employed hourly rate to an employee person?

It's illuminating isn't it.

Conveyancing solicitor.

Self employed? I'd be interested to know what we would need to discount this by to equate your hourly rate to the experienced doctor. (Who will get holiday and sick pay type benefits).

I support you and your nurse colleagues in strike action. You are worth so much more.

I earn more than that now as a senior lecturer, but was in that range as a university lecturer. Requires a degree and usually a PhD.

@pokeball for a rough quick calculation you will need to deduct:

10% on profits over £11k for NI,
20% on profits over £12k for tax,
plus expenses.

IT. No degree, no A levels and no maths GCSE

£45k

Is there a rough calculation to account for say paying yourself for four weeks holiday per year? So I guess the hourly rate would have to be higher to enable this. Not sure if that makes sense. (I think some care work does this)