What salary are you on?

[alazuli]

My other thread about negotiating job offers got me thinking. I'm so terribly British I don't really know what even my friends are on. But I'm interested to find out what the average on here is and if mine fits in. So here's my salary history.

First job: £16k
Second job: £12k, left on £19k (took a pay cut for a more interesting job)
Third job: Started on £25k, leaving on £35k
New job: £38k

I'm in the media.

What's yours?

For a number of years: £15-22k in admin roles, during which time I did my degree at night school.

Since graduating, 'grown-up job' in the civil service: started on £31k, after 18 months moved to same job in a different department with a better pay offer - now £35k.

I'm far more comfortable than I'd ever expected to be, although as a single parent in London with considerable childcare costs I definitely still have to budget sensibly.

Realistically I think this is about as much as I will earn at least until my child/ren leave home - I don't think I could take promotion without reducing my hours to maybe 0.6-0.8 (full time at that grade whilst doing everything at home would be, for me, a recipe for nervous breakdown IMO) so while I plan to progress further, effectively my actual salary won't reflect that.

Twogunslingers 60k is very standard for an NQ city lawyer. In fact that is now pretty low for a US firm, but it depends when eurochick qualified.

Just noticed it was 2002, so yep, about right. I qualified into a US firm 8 years later onto £80k.

Qualified last year, US firm in the city. We've recently started getting paid in $, but it's around £124000 , which is the standard NQ salary for US Firms these days.

Social worker. I earn £30k. I spent several years working for a charity, only went back to working for the LA 4 years ago. My pension is rubbish. If I want to earn more then I need to be a senior social worker, which I might do in the next year,haven't fancied it so far.

I love my job but don't think I get paid enough and it is demanding. Working conditions aren't great either. I do get a laptop and a phone but didn't until 2 years ago. We hot desk and sometimes you get to the office and all the desks are taken, so you end up trying to write a report with your laptop balanced on your knee. My colleagues are great though. And I do feel my job has value, that I'm making a difference (most of the time!.)

£47k as a teacher of shortage subject, no management responsibiliy. 50+ hour weeks but 13 weeks holiday and good pension so swings and roundabouts.

£80k + circa £15k bonus, property. Full time.

@bahumbuggle yes solicitor in London. Money would be significantly lower outside of London I believe. Not sure how much worse off I'd actually be though because long hours mean I need to live within a half hour commute of work which means even a reasonable 1 bed flat would cost about £400k so whereas whilst I know property can be expensive in other places I don't think it's THAT expensive

Started teaching on about £22k and climbed to £34k over 8 years. Now work part time, self employed as a tutor and earn about £17k for approx 15 hours a week, term time only.

Midwife. Full time salary is about 37k I think. But I'm part time so get 3/5th....but then shift enhancements on top.

15k

Call centre adviser - 14k
Customer service complaints adviser - 17k
Customer service admin - 18k
Customer service team leader - 20k
Then manager -25k pay band rise to 30k then increase in duties to 35k
Customer service manager 38k
Operations manager 40k

Had a baby and became disabled so keep losing my job and then getting a similar one, similar salary but struggling to establish myself and progress again. Yes it was discrimination each time and yes I got a payout, but still can't get career back on track.

Earning potential now limited as I probably only have 10 more years of working life left before I become too disabled to work (condition is progressive).

Just under 14k. This is the most I've ever earned and I've never been happier!

people who work part time on a good salary - what do you do?? it's my dream to work a 3 day week.

£25,000 for P/T 16 hours a week

Oil & Gas Engineer

I took a paycut for my current NHS admin job, bottom of band at nearly £17k. I love my job and I am able to study for a qualification (paid for by my employer) and I get a good pension. Plus the commute is small.

40k account manager. With car and bonus. Shit bonus

Zero as a sahm

19 hours a week £8600 pretty shabby but love my job :-) must get a second proper one!!

16k for 30 hours as an HR Administrator. Bloody crap salary for what the role involves.

About 40k tax free as a teacher overseas, plus rent is covered on family accommodation (large villa) & 3/4 of school fees paid. Various other perks & low cost of living.

£32k Doctor.

Teacher - 42k as head of small department plus approx 4k as a team leader for SQA exam marking. Love my job but no potential for salary increase without moving to a bigger school or seeking further promotion.

I'm a band 6 in the NHS, making about £29000. I started my first professional job as a band 5 in 2009 and I think I was making £22000 then. It's increased pretty steadily with annual pay increments and when I got my band 6 job it was just like another increment.

I'm an accountant and earn exactly the right amount to keep my two preschoolers in nursery