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!

Own a successful company and make sure my team are paid well and take home less myself than most on here!

Unless you’re a planner then it’s pretty pants pay for what we do 😂

Maintenance planner on the railway 30k

Editor, freelance, about £30-35k a year. I could earn more but I'm fundamentally a bit lazy finding it advisable to take regular screen breaks

Customer success manager £46K

Social worker - 50k per year. Children's safeguarding. 4 years qualified and did a BA in social work. However my friend earns similar and had a psychology degree and did the step up to social work program where you qualify and do asye in 2 years and get paid while doing it.

Do you work for a bank? I didn’t know Business Analyst can earn so much.

Business development for a professional services firm. 105k. 15 years’ experience and I have an Economics degree.

Customer service supervisor for Transport for London (London Underground) (It's like a shift supervisor) on Zone 1 stations. £64k. No qualifications, just learned on the job.

Senior Procurement Manager (IT) £75k + bonus + car allowance + medical insurance and still on final salary pension scheme. I mainly WFH (not in London).

While these threads are interesting I find the disparity in salaries shocking!

edited to add 25 years experience and started off with a engineering degree. But my colleagues in procurement come from all sorts of backgrounds.

Not to burst your bubble but graduate roles are very hard to come by even for recent graduates. Also psychology is one of the most popular degree subjects so you’re not exactly unique.

Hi OP have you considered working as a Statistician in civil service? I'm on 45k at top of HEO grade. WFH most of the time, I'm a carer and my employer has been v supportive. Your psychology degree will have had enough stats on it if it was BPS accredited.

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Clinical psychologist. Nearly 60k.

Contract work. As a permanent employee, I would be getting around £80k, as a very good contractor I can earn around £750 a day - but you need a good track record.

I have worked in finance, Aldermore, Lloyds, Santander and Nationwide, but currently working for London Insurance Market (specialist insurance companies).

I have also worked for local councils, telecoms and shipping.

Deputy Headteacher- 91K

Complaints handling. £46k
Feel a bit stuck. The grade above me has a lot of staff turnover. In any case you hit the higher rate tax band so are increasingly working for the taxman.

University Admin (Manchester) - £35,000 after 25 years in the job at the same University...

People here either stay forever or leave within a year!

Social worker, retrained in my 40s. £49,000.

@Tulipvase 0.9, M6. No UPS unless SLT in my academy trust. I lead a subject but pay progression is non-existent.

£65k, Finance Manager. No degree, no professional accountancy qualifications.

Head of Clinical Services for a private healthcare provider 94k plus private medical insurance and bonus. I have bern nursing for nearly 40 years. Currently responsible for 2 clinics and 2 hospitals.

Event Manager in secondary education £33k

I used to do new homes sales for a big builder and made £55k though. No qualifications needed, it’s more about the person.

Freelance Price Checker/Merchandiser. Have a degree in Sociology. Changed careers after I had my kids, now 16 and 18. Earned £27,000 last year

Executive assistant -£54K

Software developer, 130k, WFH with unlimited annual leave. Thank my lucky stars every day, but fearful of redundancy as happens a lot and AI is getting really good (happened last year when I was earning a bit less)

What industry? I'm a bid manager on £62k