What is your job title and how much do you earn?

[worldshottestmom]

As per title. What do you do and how much do you get paid?

I'll go first; SAHM. £0 pa.

I have a degree in Psychology, but I have never done anything with it as I fell pregnant not long after graduating. But soon, ill have enough time to go back to work full time and I honestly cant wait! I just feel at this point in my life im not sure if I want to pursue a career directly related to my degree.

So, i'm asking you fellow mumsnetters what you do, so I can get a feel of whats out there with accurate salary / hourly rate reflections.

If anyone also has any advice on what other things I could do with my degree, id be very appreciative! I have heard a lot about recruitment / HR roles being fond of Psychology graduates, but job advertisements for those roles always require experience. I also graduated in 2018 which does NOT work well in my favour, but a degree is a degree and im sure it'll help with some roles (or at least I hope so lol).

Thanks!

I am senior cabin crew (long haul only) I earn a little over £26k a year.

Recruitment Account Manager £60k.

I started off 18 years ago on the reception desk. and progressed through the ranks as follows:

Receptionist (£10k per year)
Recruitment administrator (£12k)
Trainee Recruiter (£14k)
Recruitment consultant (16k)
moved to a new company to be an onsite Recruiter on £21k
Then went to another new company to be an In-house recruiter (26k)
Promoted to in-house principal recruiter (£35k)
Team Leader (£39k)
And then finally Recruitment manager (£45k) where I’ve been for 8 years. I’ve received a small annual increase each year which has brought me to £60k currently

Looking at my pay progression I feel like I had more money when I earned £26k (circa 2015) than what I do now!

I could progress to senior manager but not sure if I want it to be honest. I feel comfortable and settled, I think I value my wellbeing over taking on anymore responsibility and stress

If you're in England have a look at the association of educational psychologists info on their Web page, best central source and route for applications. Teaching is good experience and even better if you've worked with sen but you'll also need either an undergraduate psych degree or to do a conversion masters in psychology to be able to apply.
I work in Scottish context so bit different to here, less private work and more local authority. I do enjoy my job but it is like any public sector role, resources are tight and need are high so it can feel frustrating and stressful at times. You also miss out on some of the more rewarding front line practitioner stuff, much less opportunity to spend time building relationships with kids and seeing progress over time. Usually if things start going well I'll disengage so we really only see the problems quite often. Always interesting though! Good mix of casework and strategic / development work.

Company Director £250k UK based business but lives overseas. No degree and 20 years ago was on min wage and UC

Own my own vet practice. Take home c. 48k pa. My cousin who works in telesales thinks this is hilarious, she earns 3 x as much. You'd need to pay me 100 x as much to do her job! But, yeah, vets just care about money and we're all raking it in....

An entry level role on a graduate scheme does not require heaps of work experience though. OP should decide what she wants to do, do any necessary qualifications, then apply for her first job in that field. Like everybody else. Her age should not be a hindrance. She’s only late 20s/30.

Grad schemes are the most competitive though - you’re up against the best of the best there, candidates who have likely done juicy internships or have worked previously ie offer more than a degree. I mean, most universities encourage their students to get some exposure to work as best practice so it ups the baseline expectations across the board.

in OP’s shoes it’s probably easier to get a smaller employer to take you on as opposed to via a grad scheme. But I’m only saying that as someone in my 20s who has done well at work and have friends/family in different places. The market is simply brutal to those who don’t have experience and entry level jobs rarely accept entry level experience.

I'm in the US. I'm an Administrative Law Judge. It's hourly, I earn about $120K.

I mean jobs for graduates, not necessarily the competitive graduate schemes. They are not closed off to someone just because they graduated a few years ago instead of last summer. At my (super competitive) graduate scheme, we had a couple of career changers who were mid to late 20s. It’s really not uncommon to start a graduate career over the age of 23. 🤷‍♀️

How can the airline get away with paying you so little

😂😂

I manage a small team of 10 market research analysts in the public sector. Salary is £68K full-time but I work 4 days so earn £54k

I am old though and hoping to retire in the next 3-4 years as I am finding it increasing stressful, and the work more meaningless.

120k pa for 20hrs a week as a clinical psych, but I'm not in the UK. It goes a lot further where I live. For context, my annual salary is 50% of the value of my home, which is a 6 bedroom house in a nice neighbourhood. I really love what I do, but I wouldn't want to do more hours. It can be draining.

You‘re 28.
Way back when exactly?
Where are you based that women‘s liberation movement is so far behind? Serious question.

There‘s something quite disingenuous about this thread. Quite journalistic when you look at the responses or just collecting survey data. Odd.

By luck I suppose It was an internal opportunity, I knew nothing about Fleet compliance but have sat my TM CPC course and plan to go freelance within the next few years .
I company I work for has given me several different role opportunities and when asked I have taken them all . Sorry I can’t be of any real help .

Payroll Manager, outer London, £50K plus 15% bonus. Have you considered work in HR? Plenty of entry opportunities with your degree.

Thanks for that, I've got TMCPC too but I feel very stuck where I am and don't think it'll actually get me moved up. Might have to venture into private sector at some point

That should've said £36k not £26k. It was late and I was tired , apologies x

Currently about 20 people. Funding situation is a little precarious though, so not sure the job will still be here in a year or two!

I think the biggest elephant in the room is how AI will affect many industries and knowing which ones will be best avoided for the younger generations. It's going to be a real challenge. Going into a well paid job doesn't necessarily mean job security long term.

I was in an admin role at a consulting firm for several years and was on approx £55k when I left. You can earn heaps more if you want to get to more senior positions. I became a funeral arranger after Covid and was on approx £23k full time. Rubbish money, but much more job satisfaction. I'm now early retired due to circumstances on £19,200 per year private pension, but that'll go up in a few years to approx £31,173 when state pension kicks in. I also get some income from interest on savings.

Public sector wages are all standardised and in the public domain. NHS staff are all banded and these higher sums are all band 7 or above. Entry grade is band 5 which is about £30K. Majority of qualified workforce is band 5 or 6. 7s are highly sought after and come with a huge level of responsibility.

Im a band 7 SLT (psychology degree first, then SLT). I worked 20 years to get where I am as a clinical lead. I teach and train juniors, manage entire hospital caseloads, develop services, write policy, recruit, manage staffing, have extended scope to do things doctors used to do, see all the complex cases etc.

@brainexplorer where are you based? I’m a clinical psychologist too and nowhere near that salary! Although I work less hours than you

Tax Manager - £55k (+ up to 5% bonus) with no degree and 7 years experience. I’m in a big city but not in London.

I am also a HR advisor. Part time so on around 26k. Would be around 36k if full time

I was having a career crisis around five years ago, had been stuck in admin jobs for years despite having a degree. I found a very poorly paid HR admin job in a college that offered the CIPD qualifications alongside the role. I stayed there for nearly three years, got the qualifications then moved on to my current job, been here two years now.