How much has your salary increased in last five years

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Just realized that I've been with my employer for five years - checked our salary scales and in that time my salary has increased by 20k. On the one hand, feels like I should feel richer but on the other with prices going up as well as interest rates on our mortgage, it feels like we are no better off now. Changing employers won't help as we are on nationally negotiated payscales. How much have your earnings gone up in last 5 five years?

From 40 to 85 in the last 5 years. But I was very junior then and now in my early 30s.

How have people been getting these huge pay rises, mines gone up 5k????

New jobs and promotions. The longest I have ever stayed put in a role is 3 years. I change roles on average every 2 years.

Mines gone up 80% (FTE salaries as it gets muddly otherwise), or 115% including pension contributions.

That includes 3 promotions in that time, so you've happened to ask at a time my salary will have increased the most. I doubt there will be that many 5 year periods with 3 promotions in them in my career.

£7k through col increases and promotions.
In terms of my income compared to family i’m doing well but compared to others my £25k a year is pittance

My salary has gone down by around 3k, compared to what I was earning 5 years ago, and 6k from its peak during that period.

Same, i’ve had to change my lifestyle and jobs a couple of times, but am £55k better off per year.

Due to going full time and 4 promotions (well applying and getting the job) my pay has gone up £25k If I get the promotion I'm applying for its another £9k.

I earn exactly the same. I'm self employed though.

Earned 20k in 2018, now earn 33k. Same organisation, two promotions.

I didn't have a pay rise for over 5 years. And have only got an increase because I'm leaving my current place. It is no where near £50k etc. it works out at around 25% but I started work fully underpaid and will still be underpaid. Just slightly less underpaid.

Such an interesting question so I decided to look this up. I am a teacher at the top of the pay scale for class/subject teachers known as UPS3. In 2017/18 this was £38633pa. This year (22/23) I am on £43685. So in 5 years my salary has increased by £5052.

Around £20k but I've had quite a few promotions.

That’s quite an increase. I recently left lecturing. Hadn’t had a pay increase for a decade.

In a few months (when I get my increment) I will have doubled my salary from 2016 so up about £22k - that's obviously a bit more than 5 years but was when I bought my house and was stretched to the max on my original wage. That's only through moving jobs though- if I'd stayed in my old job (civil service) the pay has gone up about £1.5k in total over those 7 years which is shocking really.

About £55k but because I've changed roles several times not because if in role pay increases.

I've gone from working 4 days a week to working FT and have had 2 promotions. So I now earn £25K more, most of which I've put in my pension.

Base salary has gone up by £22k. Benefits incl. pension have gone up by £9k.

Still at same grade but I moved firms. Just over a decade ago I was earning £50k less. I changed firms three times in that time, getting a promotion or negotiating hard on starting salary before accepting the role. I'm broadly happy with what I earn now so don't plan on changing firm again for the foreseeable future.

The best advice I was given by a female mentor just over ten years ago, is that staying put is the quickest way to see your salary stagnate - and that if money is important to you then you need to be prepared to move to get it.

I’ve more than doubled my salary in 5 years to around £160k by moving jobs and getting a promotion. Annoyingly, my old employer wouldn’t give me a pay rise but then massively increased the salary when advertising for my replacement.

About 28k. I went from an unqualified role in the NHS (band 3) on 19k to a specialist role (band 7) on 47k. If I'd stayed in the original job my wage would have increased about 7k. I'm in London and these numbers include the high cost area supplement.

About 7k.
And I got promoted in that time as well

1.5 - 2% per year so about £2000 over 5 years. Local govt. Big whoop.

Technically £5k (was £25k, now £30k, one job change).
Actually -£1k, as I'm going back at 80% of full time after maternity leave.

Public sector salaries are pretty pants, but my occupational maternity & pension are good. I'm also being funded to do ICAEW ACA through work, so that's another valuable benefit.

Down £10,000 moved job due to long COVID.

£20k. That's come from changing jobs and taking a promotion. I don't work any more hours, anyone who thinks 38 hours a week is part-time needs to give their head a wobble.

none, it went down because we couldn’t manage my current role with children and so I had to take a pay cut to get more flexibility but generally still have the same role and responsibilities but less pay. I have the luxury of being able to have school holidays off if I need to.