I want a better paid job in my 50s.

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My career has been caried to say the least. I am an ex English teacher now an AHP.
I have 2 degrees 2.1 and 1st a PGCE and a PGCERT but I have some to realise that in my 50s I want better pay ...ive done the rewardinvg to society thing and now I want financial reward.
I do have a bit of brain fog and anxiety down to perimenopause but xan manage this with hrt.
My department atm is quite busy, toxic and not too many chances for progression.
I am definately not interested in private healthcare. Been there. Done that. Dreadful!

I’m sort of the same…in my 40s, Oxford degree plus MSc, currently a secondary SENDCo. I really like teaching but I’m drowning in parental meetings and an overloaded brain/life. But I’ve been at my current school nearly two decades and feel stuck. I want a pyjama job!!

It is worth considering whether what you lose in NHS employment contributions will be worth the increased salary elsewhere.
I’ve moved into the third sector and employers contribution dropped from £250 to £100.

I have read somewhere, possibly MSE, that a job in teaching or NHS is worth about 30£k extra a year. This is because of the defined benefits pensions, amazing sick pay, generous holidays and death in service benefits to nominated partner or spouse.
so you may not have quite so much in your pocket now, but you will have once you retire. Or get sick. So this may be worth a lot of research to check if Martin Lewis did say this, or if I imagined it.

What sort of income are you aiming for?

Over 50k but preferably 100k ( very unlikely tbh). It feels vwry demoralising to have 300£ come out of wages to be told it's a great pension when I calcukate now I will get1500pa in pensions now if i retire and about 13 000 pa in 20 years...woop wopp.
Mum never madw it to retirement and I could do with 300pa now . Not opting out but if I had a higher paid job would I not be able to save more?

Have you had a look at jobs that could give you that? Try chatgpt or similar to find roles that make that with your qualifications/ experience.