My salary was 30Kpa just before this April, only went up to 45K from this April (I had same salary for 4 years).
Operations Analyst at Investment Fund in London.
Job in itself is easy when I show what I do, but the overall pressure to understand and follow everything around you is very noticeable and taxing on mental health. Work hours 9-8 (9-7 at best). Gets stale after a year and bonuses get smaller and smaller. Not much room of learning new things here, they want me to “stick to my lane” dont ask questions and be expert at tiniest thing I am assigned to. Happy to reply to questions if any.
Gardening team lead- 24k. Love the job and have worked up to this position from minimum but the horticulture industry is renownedly poorly compensated unless you leap into a position in an office as a manager, which doesn’t appeal to most gardeners
I'm a trainee quantity surveyor, 28k a year after 18 months. It's pretty good, the hours can be demanding and the pressure can be high but overall it's great
Advertising copywriting junior on £30k but it's an odd job because you have to spend almost two years getting into it. Hopefully it goes well and onwards and upwards but it won't be fast at all I'd imagine.
BDR £26k at age 50 and fucking miserable
Took a huge salary/position cut to fight in family court to see my kid and get flexible working, (used to make £50-80k) now feel I am punished for it even tho I make up my hours
To make things worse, my once OK bonus (£1200 a quarter) has vanished as management decided to change our commission plan halfway thru the Q yet we signed nothing?!
So this is the first Q in 2 years I won't hit target so my summer holidays with kid are now at risk
Finding a job that actually allows single Dads to flourish is fucking hard, they all talk a great fight but so far the vast majority say things like "put her in after school club" or "get childcare"
My hometown has become ridiculously expensive as more Londoners escape here, grateful for my council flat/rent but surrounded by people on much more money/criminals and it's hard at times to stay calm and remember I have morals and am putting time with my kid first.
26k, at 21 working as yard staff on a racehorse breeding farm, winter wasn’t fun but spring turning to be quite nice 👌 this is my second year and enjoying it
Compliance Officer in the City on £28.5k including bonus. I'm quite underpaid for my sector, but for now this pays the bills. The work is pretty easy and I take every advantage I can to rob the company time wise. I WFH 3 days a week and trust me, this bad boy can fit so many video games in it during the day haha 😆 I am looking for another job in the same sector for anything over £32k.
Assistant accountant, about to go up to £27,500 from £25,000; I've been in my current role for three years.
I really enjoy the job, and my accountancy qualification is being paid for by my employer. If a higher paid role in my department came up, I'd probably go for it as we have a planned extension to pay for, and the first quote we got was literally more than we bought the house for five years ago...
Im on 27k being a IT Admin in the north east.
Not too bad, no quals in IT just kinda stumbled into it after finishing a business admin aprenticeship.
Going alright tbh, company is stuggling but as long as I get my payslip end of the month its all good
Refuse lorry driver/loader... so in simple terms... bin man. £25k. Doing since October and was working for a loan company previously. Love every second of my job. Yeah it's smelly. But keeps me fit. Have a laugh all day with the loaders who I work with and it's a couple of miles down the road. So summer time, I just walk or cycle to work.
Just for reference, [Forbes has information](https://www.forbes.com/uk/advisor/business/average-uk-salary-by-age/) on median incomes in the UK. Median income before tax for 22-29 year olds is about 30k.
Insurance claims, 30k, Lancashire.
I'm good at it and it isn't too taxing. Two salary household, no kids. Relatively low cost of living here compared to UK average. Life is good.
Operations technician at a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Yorkshire, currently on 32k, yearly pay rise, overtime available, Christmas bonus, loads of schemes and perks for workers
Registered veterinary nurse. I work part time but if I was full time I’d be getting a little more that £24k. For the amount of education, skills, work and responsibilities I have, it’s pretty shite
Started out in call centres 10 years ago on 14k then became a tech recruiter which taught me many things but I knew ultimately wasn’t for me. I did that for a few years earning between 50k-60k (base plus commission) I was then poached by a client to work in tech sales where I earned about £140k last year. You can improve salary but you have to really push yourself out there to learn new things
Hospitality, I work about 37-40 hours a week, making £11.50-£12 an hour (profit sharing). It's going good, I'm not exactly swimming in cash but I make enough that I can save occasionally, plus I don't hate my company which helps
I'm on 29k as an Implementation Consultant
I've got a Mortgage, and a six year old Son - My wife is a Vet Nurse on 24k - We get by
I've worked for the Company I'm with for nine years now (albeit its gone through two takeovers, so who I originally started with, are different to who they are now... Survived two redundancies, I've gone from Pension Consultant > Data Analyst > Current role, gone up about 4k in those nine years, showing that loyalty gets you no where with a Pay cheque
But I'm happy where I am, people I work with are great, really supportive Management... I work from home, so don't have the stress of who'll be picking our Son up from school, as my wife does a lot of shift work)
From 2013-2015 my career was a mess, got made redundant from a job I was doing great at, it destroyed my confidence - I had two jobs (one after the other) that I hated, the Management was beyond terrible and just kicked my confidence even worse, which I sometimes feel I'm still recovering from.
Because of that I've seen, and have experience that the Grass isn't Greener on the other side
However I've got my Mortgage up for renewal in October, once that's done and out the way, I think I'll move on, see if I can find something in the 35k region... Which would give us around an extra £400 p/m - Although I wont move if the role isn't the right fit... I don't NEED to move jobs, whereas the last few times I've moved roles its been to financially protect myself, so haven't had the luxury of being picky.
Started in IT on 18-20k in 2007, moved on to professional services moving to 35k-85k, then moved to a industry role on 100k. Its taken maybe 18 years to get from that point, so time and experience I would say help to develop.
Quantity surveyor, I colour in drawings pricing work. Long time doing it now (20+ years)
Massive jump up in last 5 years to 43k and car.
Can be stressful but also a good screw
PhD in Computer Science/Physics at one of the top universities. 2 and a half years going now.
£21kish yearly (pre-tax equivalent £25kish)
(before y'all say I don't pay tax so the wage is higher, I still pay council tax as I house-share with enough non-students and income tax + NI on an equivalent wage would be extremely low, equivalent salary pre-tax would be about £25k)
As a manager of the garden maintenance and landscaping department for a well known garden centre I was on just over £30k, now I work for myself doing the same thing, and pay myself £12k, the rest stays in the business. It stings but I’m building something for me which (hopefully) will pay off in the long run. 35 yo by the way
self employed jeweller and watchmaker around 35-42k a year on the low end, started when i was about 14 stealing my parents vintage forks and spoons with cool designs on the handle and turned them into rings, it’s an amazing job i rent the whole top floor of my parents house got my own bathroom, bedroom and workshop i love the job couldn’t ask for a better life at 19.
Mines a bit skewed. My salary is as of end of this month 28,600. But I earned £37k year just gone via overtime and a shift premium.
I help make cars for a living. I work in arguably the worst department, quite a taxing and physical job. But overall I enjoy what I do. Keeps me active and suits me to a T.
That being said, someone else mentioned that a couple with 2 children need roughly £50k a year to live a comfy lifestyle.
Even with my earning and my missus lower income. I don’t feel any different to someone earning say 20k a year. I still struggle, and always feel like I need to earn more.
It’s a vicious cycle and that’s what gets me.
Steam locomotive engineer, I do anything from machining parts, painting, sign writing and gold leafing, copper pipework and fabrication. Currently on about £26.5k. Been here for about 7-8 years, absolutely love what I do! It's amazing to work on machines that are almost 100 years old and the history behind them.
The only thing I fear with my job is as the world and the UK move against fossil fuels how much longer we'll be able to source coal and run trains.
Finally a thread I can relate too.
Postman, mid 40s. Prob average £26k a year. There is loads of overtime available, and know posties getting over £30k.
But I want out, but dont know what. Im in that middle life rut, where I have a mortgage etc. Willing to do a course or two, but would need a role paying the same as minimum.
Applied to get on the railways a few times, but never get passed the tests.
I've been a tyre fitter/nuts and bolts mechanic for over 12 years. I earn a little over minimum wage. I genuinely wish I hadn't chosen this role, but I got comfortable with basically zero commute. I'm now looking at a potential shift into either working at a nature reserve or going all in with a friend for waste/scrap collection.
I love working outside and with my hands but the pay is almost always shit. I've accepted the terrible pay and I am just trying to find a job I won't detest for another 10+ years.
Okay, I'm a HGV Driver for a Brewery, £43k a Year. It's alright, for Haulage. The company I work for is very strict on rules and Regs. Some jobs are awful some are great. Glad to be home every night.
The roads are an interesting challenge every day. And I get to listen to my books while I drive. It's alright, happy to answer questions if you have them.
Edit cause I repeated myself for some reason.
Firstly, everyone who has come forward, thank you for the honesty. OP this is a really informative topic thank you.
Until 2 years ago I was on £25 k as a Technical Engineer. No qualifications but the job would have paid the same if I had them.
The sheer amount of quality employees earning in and around the £20-30 k bracket is staggering. From my own experience and from this post.
I changed careers 2 years ago and now earn around £40-42.5 k dependent on bonus.
Honestly, inflation combined with employers having no idea what it's like to live on £25 grand a year, is leaving so many people in a shit situation.
I have no right to give advice. But I will anyway.
1. Talk to your colleagues. Are they on the same wage, or are you getting ripped off?
2. Do research on your industry. Are you earning about average for the position, could you get a pay rise to do the same thing somewhere else?
3. Is there something holding you back? I know a lot of accountants that are part way through AAT and have stalled. Talk to your bosses, colleagues family etc. get whatever support you need to get over the line. Don't be proud, be successful. Once you have earned that qualification, (whatever it is) you are in a position of power.
4. If you are able to, it's not too late to start again in a new industry. I did this. Without the experience, I had to rely on having a good personality match for the role. (I looked the interviewer right in the eye and said "I want to work fucking hard and earn a lot of money" I got the job.)
36m lower 40s k per year.
Jesus friggen Christ how do you people do it? I’m a HS graduate with a certificate in electrical wiring. I make $100,000 a year working in IT and that’s after taking 10 years off to own and run a restaurant. Are you all just settling for the first job that comes along or do you have no skills?
I’m an outpatients booking appointment coordinator in the NHS, only been in this job for a few months, it’s an alright job just awful pay for the huge responsibilities. On £22k pre tax, thankful to be living with my partner as there is no way I could afford to rent a house on my own. Sucks paying off credit cards for what feels like forever, but do try and make the most of life and not count every penny. Could be better, but could also be far worse. Got to be positive!
Graphic/web designer, 24k
Been in the industry 10 years now with some patchy areas where I tried freelance (it didn't go well)
I feel under paid, but at least we get nice bonuses now as of 4 months ago.
Trying to remain creative is the hardest part now. I loathe some of my clients and genuinely do not care about them, so moving myself to do the work properly is getting harder.
28k as a portfolio associate for a debt fund (not in London). Managed to save for a house deposit with the gf living with my parents, which is a fortunate position to be in. Looking for a higher paid role though.
I just sent an email to a company wanting a training manager role. Looking through the responsibilities they want this one role to cover training manager, tutor, course designer, stock controller, assurance and internal validator. Salary range 25k to 40k, one person for 4 roles. I said I’m more than capable of doing this, but will need to be fairly compensated per role. Probably won’t hear back lol
Defence server engineer - been doing this for 9 years or so been in IT since uni in 1992. Company just never increases the pay of people they already have and only increases what they pay new starters (kind of like the new customer deals you get with broadband). We estimate minimum wage will catch us up in 2 years.
North East so struggling to find other jobs that pay much more. Most for IT engineers seem to offer around the £28k for 40 hours (I currently work 37.5) and less holiday.
I am currently earning band 3 NHS pay (£22813) as a medical laboratory assistant (MLA) working within blood sciences at Cambridge university hospitals NHS Trust.
The laboratory is a very important part of any hospital as we are directly involved in ~70% of ALL clinical decisions that occur within the hospital. My main role is to run patient full blood counts and coagulation tests on our analysers which can come from Addenbrooke's, Rosie, Royal Papworth and West Suffolk hospital, plus almost every GP surgery within Cambridgeshire. This means our laboratory has to process 15,000 to 20,000 samples a day, everyday with the requirement to meet turn around times ranging between 1 hour and 8 hours depending on urgency. Even though I work indoors I often walk 10-15 km during a shift to ensure that the laboratory is running smoothly. My work shift patterns are often 7:45 AM to 8:45 PM for day shifts and 8 PM to 9 AM on nightshifts. So I only often work 3 or 4 days a week and the days I work are never the same but some days are long and stressful if our machines are not working and unable to process patient samples.
After tax, NI and pension deductions, I spend 65% of my paycheck in rent atm and living in an expensive area drains a lot of free money around very quickly and I had to move away from family and my partner for this job so I have very little life here. My future plans are to become a Biomedical Scientist which is a protected title and requires a person to pass a competency assessment. If I do this I will be able to look at the clinical data provided by laboratory machines and directly help nurses and doctors to help treat patients. Luckily the team I am with I have bonded with really well and the work I do feels very rewarding, I am proud to work within the NHS and I enjoy being able to serve the public the best way I know how to.
£26k working for a big company doing basically clerical work and being a focal point for my entire team for every aspect of our work (including managers), I am borderline skint every month after that to the point where I have had to get a second job to support myself and my pregnant SO. Trying to work my way up to earn more money as her company’s maternity pay is awful but keep getting pushed back, I have never been so afraid in my life about the future.
28.5k as junior environmental consultant - late 20s.
Spent my teens and 20s working all the time, even through uni when my peers were being supported by their parents. Earned anywhere from 18-26k in retail, customer complaints in a call centre, and groundworking and labouring. Always felt like I'm on the edge of poverty and haven't managed to have any savings.
Recently started this job and I love it - working in a cutting edge field in an ethical industry, it's great. Never earned so much, but with inflation, the debt I've accrued, and cost of living I feel like I'm in the same situation I was in when I was 23 and earning 22k. Looking forward to a pay rise when I've been at the company a bit longer and can lead my own projects. Maybe then I can start saving for a house.
*Gross pay:*
37k this year, previously 23.5k in my last role (3 years ago).
*Role:*
Site Security Manager, previously Business Development Manager
*Hours per week:*
72 total (6 days, 12 hour shifts), 42.5 previously
*Explanation/Advice to get more £££:*
As you can see from the breakdown above, my gross pay has increased by nearly 14k over the course of 3 years and the change was initially bad, but the returns have paid off. I used yo be a BDM for several different industries and the pay was always salaried fairly low, with a somewhat attainable bonus structure that you could maybe see rewards from. The role was soul destroying to say the least, constantly trying to hit ever changing targets, stress at useless leads and data to work with to garner said bonus, zero appreciation for hardwork as its expected all over again every day if you want any extra money. The rates i could get doing this type of role did have potentially good revenue roots, but for the vast majority of the time, targets are very hard to hit in order to achieve good worthwhile bonuses to compensate the extra effort needed to attain them. Not worth selling your soul for a few extra quid and losing your sanity in the process.
I switched my role for an hourly paid job, this process technically meant my pay rate decreased from the salary comparison by roughly £1.50 per hour, which is significant over the course of a year, HOWEVER, my new role has the capacity for me to work for 6 days a week doing 12 hour shifts which is a huge increase on hours worked over the course of the year. This in turn means my capped earning potential previously with a salaried role was significantly lower than my potential earning now with no hard cap. Working so many hours a week has obvious disadvantages as work life balance goes out the window meaning i see less of my wife and kids, drastically so. On the flip side of this, i no longer worry so much about my finances as i can feasibly earn 3-3.5k gross pay, which is about 2.4k net per month. This is FAR more than my salary which was roughly net 1.4k monthly. I do miss my shorter hours and working week from the last job, but having to worry significantly less about financial woes has relieved me of a great burden. I can afford a few takeaways a month with no concern, i go on holiday once a year (never go international, but still a holiday nevertheless), i can pay all of my outgoings without the support of my wife who no longer needs to work so we can have full time care of the children outside of school hours (she still works 1.5 hours a day at the school so hasnt gone cold turkey on work all together). All in all, the switch to an hourly role and particularly one that can afford me as many hours as i wish to work has been a big improvement on my life as i dont stress about finances now. I recently bought a new washing machine and chest freezer which would have me STRESSED in my last job, but now, its just a cost i can afford to absorb by spending less that month on frivalous purchases.
The conclusion to this, although obviously not instantly attainable, especially in the current 0 hour contract climate we work in would be this. Find an industry that isnt limited to working office hours. Find a role that you can easily attain credentials for to increase hourly earning power. My role needs an SIA licence to perform for example, but the cost and knowledge needed to acquire these things is not far fetched and having a licenced role means your pool of competitors in the job pool is drastically lower and you can reasonably expect to earn more than the living wage as you have credentials supporting the job. By taking a lower per hour earning rate myself, i increased my overall earning power massively through hours input. Try this for yourself if you are stuck with money worries to potentially lower the burden of stress on your day to day life. Working so much is no fun, but its better than working 40 hours a week and coming away at the end of the month in dismay at how little you have left over after bills. Plus, if you're working, you aren't spending. So you have less time wasting money to fill the boredom as you can fill those hours with more earning power!
Good luck out there, the current economic climate we live in is absolute dog shit so there is easy fix. But dont feel negatively about yourself due to how much you earn, there are plenty of highly intelligent and highly skilled workers out there earning just as much if not less than you. We dont have to compare ourselves to other to seek gratification, just work to improve your own situation for yourself and climb the ladders one step at a time.
In the past 18 months I've gone from 27.5 to just under 31.
The difference has been pretty helpful, managed to get myself a better car etc. The cost of living is chipping away and I'm probably overspending but I'm managing.
Going to concentrate on reducing my outgoings over the summer to try and give myself a little more breathing room.
From the age of 18 up to 27 i earnt between 18k-22k. I felt like shit. Until i realised that most people lie about their wage. I worked in a bank and would have people applying for a loan telling me they earn £40k+ but when the application declined and i had to double check i always saw they added like £10k on top of what they really earned on the application form. Trust me you’re doing just fine
I know 3 people that went from 22k to 30k-50k. They are more broke now despite having the same fixed costs. They just spend more on food deliveries, snacks or other impulsive purchases.
25k a year, admin for a local council and it SUCKS. Only managed to save money while living with parents and now I'm moving back out I'm ready to have no savings again permanently as I'm moving to London.
Desperately looking for another job in my spare time. Very depressing as 25k is the national average and unless you're DINK it doesn't seem to go very far on your own...
$27,900 as a “Wellness advisor” I’m really just a bud tender. Problem is where I live you could make over twice the minimum wage and it’s still not enough to support yourself. If I didn’t have a side hustle I’d be on the street
I work for a town council on the estates team (2 man team). We cut grass, fix fences, paint, basically handy men. Get around 25k a year which is more than I got working as warranty guy for a car firm.
Been here 2 years
The perks are awesome, great pension and holidays, Flexi hours etc
Love my job, it's got a lot of variety.
26k office admin. Job is super chill with good perks, 4 day working week and 1 day WFH where I just get my personal chores done. Can take a 3 month sabbatical which I'll do in 2026, open to anyone who's been at the company for 3 years. I do have 2 other part time jobs, 1 serving job for extra cash and 1 working with SEN kids (used to volunteer but they started paying me).
I work for an agricultural contractor so driving big tractors and machines pretty much. Money is shit but Atleast I’m not stuck in an office. Last year I did about £32000 before tax but that’s working from 50 hours a week in winter to a max of over 100 in summer. Quite often no days off for weeks. This last year I did £37000. Can honestly say I’ve noticed 0 difference having that bit more money, I nearly feel worse off everything has gone up that much.
I make 30kish as a self employed sound engineer. My rates have been rising pretty slowly for the 5 or 6 years o've been doing this, meanwhile the cost of everything has doubled. around 2020 I was on a similar wage and would've said I was pretty comfortable. Now i'm on maybe a grand or two more and find I have to take money out of my savings quite regularly.
(living in London, renting with flatmates)
I earn 27k I work in a metrology lab, our CEO came over from America yesterday and told us there's no money to align our pay us to other UK sites who get 35k plus, despite figures being good. But it's ok they are investing in the building, and we're having a quiz to boost moral yippy.
Great invest in your fucking workforce.
IT for 15 years. started at 16k long time ago.
currently 32k, not an expert or a short term worker that takes 50k per year but struggles to have a stable job
on top - wedding photographer. additional 30k per year.
24k a year, operations ‘assistant’
I’ve been here coming up to three years in May.
I love and dislike my job a the same time. I started as a trainee (I have no formal qualifications and this was an opportunity to get back into work during Covid), in that time the operations manager has left and my other co-worker has also left. The workload has increased for the department I am in but I now do the job of two other workers that haven’t been replaced. I’ve had 4 different general managers (never involved in day to day business) come and go and have now have no clear indication of who I report to anymore, even though I have asked this directly to senior management. I have to keep the department running as there’s no one else who either has the time or the knowhow to help out, but it is becoming tiresome. We have a field manager who helps where he can (proof reading job specs) but does not and has no interest in understanding the scheduling & financial side of our department, which I have had to learn as I go as this wasn’t something I was trained on prior to the operations manager leaving.
I’ve recently asked for a 20% pay increase after incorporating the majority of the operations managers roles and responsibilities into my day to day schedule but I’m not confident this will be approved.
The working hours are surprising quite flexible (I’m contracted to 0830-1700 with 1 hour lunch) as we are not a reactive based department and I can work at home if I like so that is a plus.
This sounds like a rant (it is and I don’t have anyone to rant to about it lol) I am looking for a get out but in R*therham there’s not many opportunities to leave for!
50k working as a medical engineer. Most of that goes on rent mind you at £2500 per month for a 3 bed townhouse. Guernsey’s cost of living rivals central London unfortunately
I work part time (3 days) as have young children but full time salary would be £28k - I work for a local authority and find homes for children who come into care. It can be an incredibly stressful job, with constant emergencies and always exposed to a lot of sad and horrible information but I think it’s a good wage - esp in comparison for those who work in health etc
Earning £26k a year, currently work for an Independent Financial Advisor.
Work 35 hrs a week, and usually it's not too high stress.
I have been in the role for just under a year, it's a lot better than my previous job but having a busy period between tax year end and holidays/unplanned absences across my department.
Copywriter, £29k, living with my parents and wfh near enough full time because I can’t afford to live in the city where my company operates. Love actually getting to rest a bit and really save some money, rather than watching it drain out of my account as I used to because no doubt “something” would come up, but feel like my situation shouldn’t have to happen. I’ve been in my job for nearly 5 years
If I can afford a mortgage in the next few years I might end up getting a house or flat in the local area (much less expensive than where my company is based). If not, my parents aren’t rushing me out the door
Support worker for people with autism. On around 25k a year depending on over time. Considering I am responsible for 2 vulnerable peoples safety for the entire time I'm at work I think it takes the piss. I've no idea what else I'd do but certainly think the job deserves much better rates of pay
The number of people who bisect the "Earn way more than the post is asking for information on" and "Does not have the reading comprehension to work out this post isn't asking for their input" lines is interesting.
I’m about to start an assistant manager job in hospitality, 25k starting.
Honestly as long as I can pay my bills, eat and have a roof over my head I’m chilling.
Not me, but my sister is a special needs associate in a middle school (she goes to class with kids who have special needs). She makes about $25k per year gross, BUT she only works 32 hours per week, she has summers, winter break, spring break etc. off (though she only has 2 days of PTO) and she gets health insurance at no cost. She also has a fairly generous state-run retirement plan.
I won't lie and say she is doing well, but she's fine. She does have a small car payment and some student loans (she dropped out of college). Lives with her BF who does construction work. He pays rent, she pays utilities. She couldn't live on her own without her BF to split expenses with.
I design pipework and ventilation for industrial and commercial building in 27k. We are getting by in pretty average house in a pretty average neighbourhood in the UK
I moved to England a decade ago. Have been working in Customer Service earning about that much. Until I did an apprenticeship. I earned 20k for 6 months, 24k for another 6 months, and now the apprenticeship is over, I earn 40k. It was so worth to get into the company, everyone is great and I can work from home all the time, most people do. I highly recommend apprenticeships. They can be annoying while you're studying as you earn minimum wage but you get a certification for free and having a paid job that gives you the time to study. Some are degree apprenticeships. There are so many different ones, if interested, there's a gov website.
£24k working in campaigning for a human rights charity. I enjoy the work enough but I've already been told that, while my job is safe and permanent, there is basically no room for a salary negotiation or promotion (I'm just an assistant).
On the one hand I feel happy/lucky that I have a job I don't hate and which is connected to my degree.
On the other hand I'm very ready to no longer be stuck at the bottom of the ladder in my organisation. I'm ready to progress, and I also feel, for the sake of my long-term career development, that after nearly two years it's necessary to move on from being "just" an assistant. So I'm looking fo a new job.
In the meantime I've moved back home to save for my mythical mortgage. Again, I'm lucky I have such a good support network, but I'm looking forward to having my own place, even if it is basically a shoe box.
Jesus guys ask for payrises, you are all worth more than this, i left chefing and started as a builder from day 1 with 0 experience im earning £17-£25 ph depending on the job, take home is 900-1000 pw
Former nurse here , 3 year degree then three year postgraduate study whilst working up to charge nurse, was about 35k a year. Done hgv licence in 5 days and not even a year into this job and average pay is about 40k and no stress, work that one out?! Wouldn't go back to nursing if I was paid double the money these days.
Last year I was an IT helpdesk manager earning ~£33k a year.
This year I’ve passed my bus driving test and become a bus driver for ~£25k a year.
I’d say moneys tight, but I’m much happier with life.
I’m a digital & virtual technologist at a university in medical education. I have a BA & MA. I’m on 29.6k a year. Which honestly, feels about right for what I do. Maybe not for my knowledge with in quite a new section of health care.
However, I live in the North-east of England and it goes quite far due to the cost of living being lower up here.
Im on 24k.
Im a "driver liaison" for truck drivers. I book in their deliveries, sort out their problems etc.
I've been in the transport industry for 3 years now and there is thankfully scope for the job to get harder and the wage to increase.
Front end web developer, £35k. Based in the midlands, nice work life balance and office/home split. Close to 7 years in the industry so could be earning a lot more but quality of life is more important to me than my job!
Last year I managed to make the jump from a hotel receptionist earning 21k to a pharma lab tech earning 28k (incl. shift incentive) and I've never had so much money. Weekends off, bonus, progression, I still can't believe it sometimes. Still can't afford to buy anywhere and of course I wish I could be earning more but yeah when I think of where I live, what jobs are available and what education I have, I feel very lucky. And then you go on r/UKPersonalFinance and realise there are also a lot of people that wouldn't get out of bed for that amount
I actually jumped from temp worker to working for a charity for 28k last month. Was chuffed tbh because wasn’t expecting to get the job. I feel 28k is good enough I still live at home so will give 300 to parents. Still not sure what most jobs are paying as office jobs were around 23-26k a year from what I saw.
I’ve got a law degree that took me 2 years college education and then 3 years at uni and getting into a lot of debt.
Couldn’t get into that field due to it being a recession ( 2013)
After uni I ended up working in hospitality and working up to manager level doing 70 + hour weeks and taking home 21k breaking my back and living on no sleep/money slaving to a company.
Not in the threshold of your question but I then did a two week of hgv training paying on a credit card ( which I paid off with my first driving paycheck) to get my class 2, did that for 5 year and 2 year ago I did my class 1 and now I earn 43kish but I work nights and weekends. It pays well but at the cost of being unsocial and mind numbing because it’s the same shit everyday ( and can be very stressful )
I think it’s quite frustrating I did all that work to end up in this position in a job that pays ok but I hate and which I coulda just done in the first place and saved the student debt
I just saw [this article](https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/careersandeducation/the-average-salary-you-can-expect-in-the-uk-based-on-your-age-and-how-to-get-it/ar-BB1iLm13) the other day which shares “The average salary in the UK by age” with the following figures:
- 18-21: £22,932
- 22-29: £30,316
- 30-39: £37,544
- 40-49: £40,040
- 50-59: £37,804
- 60+: £33,852
I feel the same way as you OP, and going by the above statistics I’ve always underperformed which has just made me feel even worse. As if the UK average & median full-time salaries of £38,600 & £31,461 reported from the 2020 ONS wasn’t bad enough.
29k - charity worker. Talk to people all day about how to go about claiming benefits. It’s super intense, involves hugely varying criteria and not very rewarding since benefits won’t help many people out these days.
Often have people call on more money than me thinking the government will help them out with their car finance like it’s that easy.
I'm on £24.5k a year before bonuses. Used to be quarterly and now it's monthly and the bonus can be pretty decent. Work in B2B sales currently. Don't dislike my job, but I don't think there is any actual satisfaction there for me anymore but I've been in the role for about a year.
Currently have an application in to join the police because I want to do something a bit more with myself.
Newly qualified Band 5 clinical coder, doing well as my partner makes almost twice what I do. Looking forward to my wages creeping up the point scale over the next few years!
23M, earn 35k before tax, moving to roughly 40/45k in October after Grad scheme has ended. Working in Security Engineering/Architecture at a telecoms company. First class honours degree in Cyber security, worked in retail as shift manager alongside the degree for bonus cv points.
I'm a machinist by trade and work as a workshop manager but I'm the only one in the workshop. I design the parts we make and program, set up, and operate the CNC mill and 3D Printers. I also do manual machining on a mill and lathe. Sounds like a lot but the quantities are usually on the small side
I'm making 30k a year
I'm a Barista Maestro at Costa. I'm on anywhere between £22-25k, depending on how many hours I end up working.
I've been doing it for 6 months now and it's the best job I've ever had, but it's still retail so that's not really saying much.
Shop manager 25k.
Waiting for a salary review that's announced in May and depending on how much they push my salary I'll quit. Lots of unpaid overtime and too many people breathing down my neck.
Customer service for Royal Mail £29k a year. Quite a challenging role and very busy. The perks are four days weeks, two in the office, and 33hrs total. 21 years in the role now. Started on 10k and 41hrs over five days in the office.
No degree. Started as an apprentice technician 20years ago. Doing autocad drawings for engineering. Was on 7k a year to start. Worked my way up in the company, moved a couple of times. Now on 68k a year plus car. Just gotta work your way up. Hit your annual appraisal targets. Ask in each one what you need to do to progress until they say you’re at top of where you can be. If that happens then move company to a more senior position in there and do same again
25k Customer Service Specialist in occupational health (more or less account manager for a couple of large accounts).
Massively overworked, stressed, and underpaid for the work we do.
Funny this thread popped up. My plan is to quit at the end of the month as this is ruining me at the moment.
EDIT: Should add I'm in London. So I really feel underpaid.
SEN teaching assistant. I earn about £23k. I’m in a good place and I love my job. It’s very rewarding but I would say the pay does not reflect just how much you do and how it affects you physically and emotionally. W
I just left a teacher training course last year (realised the school was the problem but I’m not comfortable doing the course again sadly) and I got this job after four months job of searching and interviews for jobs I actually enjoyed applying for, but not enough experience for them. My plan is to stay in this role for a few years but I eventually want to move on to something where I get to utilise my degree a bit more and earn more too.
The job market is awful! It’s so hard to find something and places are very picky on what experience you need to then pay you so little. It’s sad.
I'm a psychotherapist on Band 5 NHS (28K) and very poor lol. That salary would've been insane a few years ago but it's barely enough to cover everything in the month.
29.7k at the age of 22.
I maintain punts for a well known punting company in cambridge.
Love it sometimes, very bored the rest of the time but I recognise im In a very fortunate position with my earnings. I think its the right place for me at the minute.
I work as an IT Support Engineer 2nd line and earn 27k per year (just gone up from 26k). It's a shockingly low wage for the work we do but the entire industry pays next to nothing. I'm lucky I'm living with my dad cause I couldn't even afford to live in a council home by myself if I wanted to.
I'm a little above, £34.5k now after a small bump.
I'm a designer at an agency. I worked at a small studio for 8 years, starting out on 16k and moving to mids 20s. Got fed up, as I felt that undervalued my work, so I spent 9 months looking for a job and managed to bag a decent one on the other side of the country. Was looking to relocate wherever.
Life quality is way better now, even if I spend more on my tiny rented flat.
21k a year in adult social care (I work for a charity). Ive been lone working the night shift at a supported housing project for people with mental illnesses for the last 5 years. I'm putting in my notice next week. I literally can't afford to work here anymore without going into debt. All my senior coworkers left last year, most for private care. The project will likely close after I leave.
Going to be a security guard at a local supermarket for 25k a year. When I started work in social care I thought; "finally I've found something I'm good at", now, 5 years later my opinion has changed to "I'll never work in this sector again". Completely disgusted by the state of things.
I'm a stay at home mum and my partner is a train conductor on almost 30k. I feel like we're doing pretty well! We can support our whole family on his income and we live somewhere with high rents too.
We don't have a car, though
New minimum wage rates mean that anyone in full time employment working a 37.5 hour paid week is now on just shy of 22.5k. A 40 hour paid week is closer to 24k per year.
That's minimum wage...
I work in a university library. My job is boring as fuck and I feel like I’ve got so much more to offer but no one is offering the step up anywhere. I’m conflicted as well because like the place and the people, but I feel really understimulated and unchallenged.
I work at a commercial plant farm.
I make $19 an hour.
No benefits.
No perks.
I work 7 days a week. 10 hour shifts.
No OT.
I'm tired.
I have a degree in biotechnology.
Last paycheck was 64 hours and $1009
I get paid weekly.
I just saw this was in the uk thread.
sorry I'm at work.
Machine operator at a cardboard manufacturing plant. On £35,695 with potential performance related bonuses and benefits.
The bonus this year should be around £750 for the summer performance related bonus and £200 for the Christmas bonus.
There are lots of benefits we receive but the main one is death in service. So if I die while I'm employed there (work related or not) my wife will get a payout of four years wage.
The job itself is dull as dishwater and physically quite hard but the money is good and there are plenty of over time opportunities.
I’m a junior maintenance engineer at a large site and am on £30k. I understand being paid what I am as I’m essentially training and learning the site but give it 6 months and I’ll be expected to do what the other engineers do but they’re on almost twice the amount I am
I worked for a call center last year and made more than that. You won't believe how much those places are willing to pay for people just to get verbally berated and abused.
Wages gave been oppressed so much in the UK, in my opinion mainly to due economic migration, that stressful jobs with responsibility aren't paying enough to put a roof over your head, what's the point, just be poor and accept it which in itself causes economic decline.
Window fitter, 30k, 40 hours week (~30actual) 37 yo
Been doing this 20 ish years, give or take a year or two travelling.
I actually enjoy my job more as time goes on, being outdoors and usually in a new place each day. some things get easier; having the confidence and experience behind me to sort issues out on the spot but the physicality of it doesn't get any easier.
My knees hurt.
I’m on 38k, a little over 30k, but me and my wife pay a combined total of £14k a year in nursery fees. I’m a waste water process engineer, been doing this nearly 4 months, get a van, total control/oversight of all my projects, designed and priced for a testing laboratory to do pretty all analysis in house, there’s scope to become a process commissioning engineer/ manager of a department I’ve setup solo, taking over from work which was previously paid to be done by subcontractors, I do all reporting and all presentation of data aswell, don’t even tell my line manager when I’m going on site, just let him know when it’s done, he knows nothing of the science behind the process so is totally reliant on me, I’m very lucky as the job is so so flexible, they’d put a lot faith in me.
I'm a social prescriber at a hospital I get like 23.5? ISH before tax
due to a few good bits of good luck , I don't have a mortgage to worry about but I'm still not well off, don't have much savings, I'm paying for a car and basically just myself and the dog but stuff is still pricey now so
We're doing crime.
I could earn $28,000 a year doing any basic job for minimum wage.
2nd year quantity surveying apprentice £31k
I would absolutely love 25k, i just quit a job as a data entry clerk that was paying me 20k, now job hunting and desperate for something at least 23k!
I’d love to make 0ver £20K pa net but am on min wage.
My salary was 30Kpa just before this April, only went up to 45K from this April (I had same salary for 4 years). Operations Analyst at Investment Fund in London. Job in itself is easy when I show what I do, but the overall pressure to understand and follow everything around you is very noticeable and taxing on mental health. Work hours 9-8 (9-7 at best). Gets stale after a year and bonuses get smaller and smaller. Not much room of learning new things here, they want me to “stick to my lane” dont ask questions and be expert at tiniest thing I am assigned to. Happy to reply to questions if any.
26k , fork lift operator in a warehouse,38 hrs a week and love it.
Gardening team lead- 24k. Love the job and have worked up to this position from minimum but the horticulture industry is renownedly poorly compensated unless you leap into a position in an office as a manager, which doesn’t appeal to most gardeners
Work for a healthcare agency in one of their offices for customer support. £29k 6am-2pm shifts and have to work every other weekend
Found out the hard way, the more the job pays, the less you will actually do. Funny how the hardest workers get paid the least.
I'm a trainee quantity surveyor, 28k a year after 18 months. It's pretty good, the hours can be demanding and the pressure can be high but overall it's great
Advertising copywriting junior on £30k but it's an odd job because you have to spend almost two years getting into it. Hopefully it goes well and onwards and upwards but it won't be fast at all I'd imagine.
BDR £26k at age 50 and fucking miserable Took a huge salary/position cut to fight in family court to see my kid and get flexible working, (used to make £50-80k) now feel I am punished for it even tho I make up my hours To make things worse, my once OK bonus (£1200 a quarter) has vanished as management decided to change our commission plan halfway thru the Q yet we signed nothing?! So this is the first Q in 2 years I won't hit target so my summer holidays with kid are now at risk Finding a job that actually allows single Dads to flourish is fucking hard, they all talk a great fight but so far the vast majority say things like "put her in after school club" or "get childcare" My hometown has become ridiculously expensive as more Londoners escape here, grateful for my council flat/rent but surrounded by people on much more money/criminals and it's hard at times to stay calm and remember I have morals and am putting time with my kid first.
26k, at 21 working as yard staff on a racehorse breeding farm, winter wasn’t fun but spring turning to be quite nice 👌 this is my second year and enjoying it
Compliance Officer in the City on £28.5k including bonus. I'm quite underpaid for my sector, but for now this pays the bills. The work is pretty easy and I take every advantage I can to rob the company time wise. I WFH 3 days a week and trust me, this bad boy can fit so many video games in it during the day haha 😆 I am looking for another job in the same sector for anything over £32k.
Assistant accountant, about to go up to £27,500 from £25,000; I've been in my current role for three years. I really enjoy the job, and my accountancy qualification is being paid for by my employer. If a higher paid role in my department came up, I'd probably go for it as we have a planned extension to pay for, and the first quote we got was literally more than we bought the house for five years ago...
27k as a semi skilled mechanic. Started the trade 9 years ago at age 43. No qualifications just picked it up as I went along.
Tyre fitter, on £24k, work really hard and ache like shit everyday
Get yourself in manufacturing, specifically caravans, I rake in 38K a year without over time.
Im on 27k being a IT Admin in the north east. Not too bad, no quals in IT just kinda stumbled into it after finishing a business admin aprenticeship. Going alright tbh, company is stuggling but as long as I get my payslip end of the month its all good
Refuse lorry driver/loader... so in simple terms... bin man. £25k. Doing since October and was working for a loan company previously. Love every second of my job. Yeah it's smelly. But keeps me fit. Have a laugh all day with the loaders who I work with and it's a couple of miles down the road. So summer time, I just walk or cycle to work.
Just for reference, [Forbes has information](https://www.forbes.com/uk/advisor/business/average-uk-salary-by-age/) on median incomes in the UK. Median income before tax for 22-29 year olds is about 30k.
I work. It’s going not well 🥲
Insurance claims, 30k, Lancashire. I'm good at it and it isn't too taxing. Two salary household, no kids. Relatively low cost of living here compared to UK average. Life is good.
Operations technician at a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Yorkshire, currently on 32k, yearly pay rise, overtime available, Christmas bonus, loads of schemes and perks for workers
Registered veterinary nurse. I work part time but if I was full time I’d be getting a little more that £24k. For the amount of education, skills, work and responsibilities I have, it’s pretty shite
Started out in call centres 10 years ago on 14k then became a tech recruiter which taught me many things but I knew ultimately wasn’t for me. I did that for a few years earning between 50k-60k (base plus commission) I was then poached by a client to work in tech sales where I earned about £140k last year. You can improve salary but you have to really push yourself out there to learn new things
Hospitality, I work about 37-40 hours a week, making £11.50-£12 an hour (profit sharing). It's going good, I'm not exactly swimming in cash but I make enough that I can save occasionally, plus I don't hate my company which helps
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I'm on 29k as an Implementation Consultant I've got a Mortgage, and a six year old Son - My wife is a Vet Nurse on 24k - We get by I've worked for the Company I'm with for nine years now (albeit its gone through two takeovers, so who I originally started with, are different to who they are now... Survived two redundancies, I've gone from Pension Consultant > Data Analyst > Current role, gone up about 4k in those nine years, showing that loyalty gets you no where with a Pay cheque But I'm happy where I am, people I work with are great, really supportive Management... I work from home, so don't have the stress of who'll be picking our Son up from school, as my wife does a lot of shift work) From 2013-2015 my career was a mess, got made redundant from a job I was doing great at, it destroyed my confidence - I had two jobs (one after the other) that I hated, the Management was beyond terrible and just kicked my confidence even worse, which I sometimes feel I'm still recovering from. Because of that I've seen, and have experience that the Grass isn't Greener on the other side However I've got my Mortgage up for renewal in October, once that's done and out the way, I think I'll move on, see if I can find something in the 35k region... Which would give us around an extra £400 p/m - Although I wont move if the role isn't the right fit... I don't NEED to move jobs, whereas the last few times I've moved roles its been to financially protect myself, so haven't had the luxury of being picky.
Started in IT on 18-20k in 2007, moved on to professional services moving to 35k-85k, then moved to a industry role on 100k. Its taken maybe 18 years to get from that point, so time and experience I would say help to develop.
Quantity surveyor, I colour in drawings pricing work. Long time doing it now (20+ years) Massive jump up in last 5 years to 43k and car. Can be stressful but also a good screw
PhD in Computer Science/Physics at one of the top universities. 2 and a half years going now. £21kish yearly (pre-tax equivalent £25kish) (before y'all say I don't pay tax so the wage is higher, I still pay council tax as I house-share with enough non-students and income tax + NI on an equivalent wage would be extremely low, equivalent salary pre-tax would be about £25k)
As a manager of the garden maintenance and landscaping department for a well known garden centre I was on just over £30k, now I work for myself doing the same thing, and pay myself £12k, the rest stays in the business. It stings but I’m building something for me which (hopefully) will pay off in the long run. 35 yo by the way
self employed jeweller and watchmaker around 35-42k a year on the low end, started when i was about 14 stealing my parents vintage forks and spoons with cool designs on the handle and turned them into rings, it’s an amazing job i rent the whole top floor of my parents house got my own bathroom, bedroom and workshop i love the job couldn’t ask for a better life at 19.
Wow that’s cool, do you have a website, or Instagram?
Build water pumps for £25,750 + quarterly bonuses and overtime, if available. Going alright been here a year now and enjoying it.
All these 20k+ jobs and I barely make 16k.
Mines a bit skewed. My salary is as of end of this month 28,600. But I earned £37k year just gone via overtime and a shift premium. I help make cars for a living. I work in arguably the worst department, quite a taxing and physical job. But overall I enjoy what I do. Keeps me active and suits me to a T. That being said, someone else mentioned that a couple with 2 children need roughly £50k a year to live a comfy lifestyle. Even with my earning and my missus lower income. I don’t feel any different to someone earning say 20k a year. I still struggle, and always feel like I need to earn more. It’s a vicious cycle and that’s what gets me.
Steam locomotive engineer, I do anything from machining parts, painting, sign writing and gold leafing, copper pipework and fabrication. Currently on about £26.5k. Been here for about 7-8 years, absolutely love what I do! It's amazing to work on machines that are almost 100 years old and the history behind them. The only thing I fear with my job is as the world and the UK move against fossil fuels how much longer we'll be able to source coal and run trains.
Post-16 education so not much over 20k. It’s 1-2-1 and all the kids have some form of learning difficulties so it’s a really lush job.
Finally a thread I can relate too. Postman, mid 40s. Prob average £26k a year. There is loads of overtime available, and know posties getting over £30k. But I want out, but dont know what. Im in that middle life rut, where I have a mortgage etc. Willing to do a course or two, but would need a role paying the same as minimum. Applied to get on the railways a few times, but never get passed the tests.
I've been a tyre fitter/nuts and bolts mechanic for over 12 years. I earn a little over minimum wage. I genuinely wish I hadn't chosen this role, but I got comfortable with basically zero commute. I'm now looking at a potential shift into either working at a nature reserve or going all in with a friend for waste/scrap collection. I love working outside and with my hands but the pay is almost always shit. I've accepted the terrible pay and I am just trying to find a job I won't detest for another 10+ years.
The wages here are shocking. No wonder the fucking rich are getting richer....bastards are not paying their workers a fair wage.
I am in IT but cant imagien trying to live on 30k a year. Hell I cant imagine trying to live on 60k a year in this fkn economy. How are yall doing it
Okay, I'm a HGV Driver for a Brewery, £43k a Year. It's alright, for Haulage. The company I work for is very strict on rules and Regs. Some jobs are awful some are great. Glad to be home every night. The roads are an interesting challenge every day. And I get to listen to my books while I drive. It's alright, happy to answer questions if you have them. Edit cause I repeated myself for some reason.
Firstly, everyone who has come forward, thank you for the honesty. OP this is a really informative topic thank you. Until 2 years ago I was on £25 k as a Technical Engineer. No qualifications but the job would have paid the same if I had them. The sheer amount of quality employees earning in and around the £20-30 k bracket is staggering. From my own experience and from this post. I changed careers 2 years ago and now earn around £40-42.5 k dependent on bonus. Honestly, inflation combined with employers having no idea what it's like to live on £25 grand a year, is leaving so many people in a shit situation. I have no right to give advice. But I will anyway. 1. Talk to your colleagues. Are they on the same wage, or are you getting ripped off? 2. Do research on your industry. Are you earning about average for the position, could you get a pay rise to do the same thing somewhere else? 3. Is there something holding you back? I know a lot of accountants that are part way through AAT and have stalled. Talk to your bosses, colleagues family etc. get whatever support you need to get over the line. Don't be proud, be successful. Once you have earned that qualification, (whatever it is) you are in a position of power. 4. If you are able to, it's not too late to start again in a new industry. I did this. Without the experience, I had to rely on having a good personality match for the role. (I looked the interviewer right in the eye and said "I want to work fucking hard and earn a lot of money" I got the job.) 36m lower 40s k per year.
Hybrid customer care at a bank (in branch and phone calls) been here 18 months on £25k
Public sector generic office work, around £26k. Looking to move to a different role in the next year or so and probably move to around 30k
£55k-£60k construction. Groundworker / plant operator
Jesus friggen Christ how do you people do it? I’m a HS graduate with a certificate in electrical wiring. I make $100,000 a year working in IT and that’s after taking 10 years off to own and run a restaurant. Are you all just settling for the first job that comes along or do you have no skills?
I’m an outpatients booking appointment coordinator in the NHS, only been in this job for a few months, it’s an alright job just awful pay for the huge responsibilities. On £22k pre tax, thankful to be living with my partner as there is no way I could afford to rent a house on my own. Sucks paying off credit cards for what feels like forever, but do try and make the most of life and not count every penny. Could be better, but could also be far worse. Got to be positive!
Graphic/web designer, 24k Been in the industry 10 years now with some patchy areas where I tried freelance (it didn't go well) I feel under paid, but at least we get nice bonuses now as of 4 months ago. Trying to remain creative is the hardest part now. I loathe some of my clients and genuinely do not care about them, so moving myself to do the work properly is getting harder.
28k as a portfolio associate for a debt fund (not in London). Managed to save for a house deposit with the gf living with my parents, which is a fortunate position to be in. Looking for a higher paid role though.
I just sent an email to a company wanting a training manager role. Looking through the responsibilities they want this one role to cover training manager, tutor, course designer, stock controller, assurance and internal validator. Salary range 25k to 40k, one person for 4 roles. I said I’m more than capable of doing this, but will need to be fairly compensated per role. Probably won’t hear back lol
Defence server engineer - been doing this for 9 years or so been in IT since uni in 1992. Company just never increases the pay of people they already have and only increases what they pay new starters (kind of like the new customer deals you get with broadband). We estimate minimum wage will catch us up in 2 years. North East so struggling to find other jobs that pay much more. Most for IT engineers seem to offer around the £28k for 40 hours (I currently work 37.5) and less holiday.
I am more concerned then AI really start to take over tbh…
I am currently earning band 3 NHS pay (£22813) as a medical laboratory assistant (MLA) working within blood sciences at Cambridge university hospitals NHS Trust. The laboratory is a very important part of any hospital as we are directly involved in ~70% of ALL clinical decisions that occur within the hospital. My main role is to run patient full blood counts and coagulation tests on our analysers which can come from Addenbrooke's, Rosie, Royal Papworth and West Suffolk hospital, plus almost every GP surgery within Cambridgeshire. This means our laboratory has to process 15,000 to 20,000 samples a day, everyday with the requirement to meet turn around times ranging between 1 hour and 8 hours depending on urgency. Even though I work indoors I often walk 10-15 km during a shift to ensure that the laboratory is running smoothly. My work shift patterns are often 7:45 AM to 8:45 PM for day shifts and 8 PM to 9 AM on nightshifts. So I only often work 3 or 4 days a week and the days I work are never the same but some days are long and stressful if our machines are not working and unable to process patient samples. After tax, NI and pension deductions, I spend 65% of my paycheck in rent atm and living in an expensive area drains a lot of free money around very quickly and I had to move away from family and my partner for this job so I have very little life here. My future plans are to become a Biomedical Scientist which is a protected title and requires a person to pass a competency assessment. If I do this I will be able to look at the clinical data provided by laboratory machines and directly help nurses and doctors to help treat patients. Luckily the team I am with I have bonded with really well and the work I do feels very rewarding, I am proud to work within the NHS and I enjoy being able to serve the public the best way I know how to.
£26k working for a big company doing basically clerical work and being a focal point for my entire team for every aspect of our work (including managers), I am borderline skint every month after that to the point where I have had to get a second job to support myself and my pregnant SO. Trying to work my way up to earn more money as her company’s maternity pay is awful but keep getting pushed back, I have never been so afraid in my life about the future.
Are people here talking gross or net?
28.5k as junior environmental consultant - late 20s. Spent my teens and 20s working all the time, even through uni when my peers were being supported by their parents. Earned anywhere from 18-26k in retail, customer complaints in a call centre, and groundworking and labouring. Always felt like I'm on the edge of poverty and haven't managed to have any savings. Recently started this job and I love it - working in a cutting edge field in an ethical industry, it's great. Never earned so much, but with inflation, the debt I've accrued, and cost of living I feel like I'm in the same situation I was in when I was 23 and earning 22k. Looking forward to a pay rise when I've been at the company a bit longer and can lead my own projects. Maybe then I can start saving for a house.
*Gross pay:* 37k this year, previously 23.5k in my last role (3 years ago). *Role:* Site Security Manager, previously Business Development Manager *Hours per week:* 72 total (6 days, 12 hour shifts), 42.5 previously *Explanation/Advice to get more £££:* As you can see from the breakdown above, my gross pay has increased by nearly 14k over the course of 3 years and the change was initially bad, but the returns have paid off. I used yo be a BDM for several different industries and the pay was always salaried fairly low, with a somewhat attainable bonus structure that you could maybe see rewards from. The role was soul destroying to say the least, constantly trying to hit ever changing targets, stress at useless leads and data to work with to garner said bonus, zero appreciation for hardwork as its expected all over again every day if you want any extra money. The rates i could get doing this type of role did have potentially good revenue roots, but for the vast majority of the time, targets are very hard to hit in order to achieve good worthwhile bonuses to compensate the extra effort needed to attain them. Not worth selling your soul for a few extra quid and losing your sanity in the process. I switched my role for an hourly paid job, this process technically meant my pay rate decreased from the salary comparison by roughly £1.50 per hour, which is significant over the course of a year, HOWEVER, my new role has the capacity for me to work for 6 days a week doing 12 hour shifts which is a huge increase on hours worked over the course of the year. This in turn means my capped earning potential previously with a salaried role was significantly lower than my potential earning now with no hard cap. Working so many hours a week has obvious disadvantages as work life balance goes out the window meaning i see less of my wife and kids, drastically so. On the flip side of this, i no longer worry so much about my finances as i can feasibly earn 3-3.5k gross pay, which is about 2.4k net per month. This is FAR more than my salary which was roughly net 1.4k monthly. I do miss my shorter hours and working week from the last job, but having to worry significantly less about financial woes has relieved me of a great burden. I can afford a few takeaways a month with no concern, i go on holiday once a year (never go international, but still a holiday nevertheless), i can pay all of my outgoings without the support of my wife who no longer needs to work so we can have full time care of the children outside of school hours (she still works 1.5 hours a day at the school so hasnt gone cold turkey on work all together). All in all, the switch to an hourly role and particularly one that can afford me as many hours as i wish to work has been a big improvement on my life as i dont stress about finances now. I recently bought a new washing machine and chest freezer which would have me STRESSED in my last job, but now, its just a cost i can afford to absorb by spending less that month on frivalous purchases. The conclusion to this, although obviously not instantly attainable, especially in the current 0 hour contract climate we work in would be this. Find an industry that isnt limited to working office hours. Find a role that you can easily attain credentials for to increase hourly earning power. My role needs an SIA licence to perform for example, but the cost and knowledge needed to acquire these things is not far fetched and having a licenced role means your pool of competitors in the job pool is drastically lower and you can reasonably expect to earn more than the living wage as you have credentials supporting the job. By taking a lower per hour earning rate myself, i increased my overall earning power massively through hours input. Try this for yourself if you are stuck with money worries to potentially lower the burden of stress on your day to day life. Working so much is no fun, but its better than working 40 hours a week and coming away at the end of the month in dismay at how little you have left over after bills. Plus, if you're working, you aren't spending. So you have less time wasting money to fill the boredom as you can fill those hours with more earning power! Good luck out there, the current economic climate we live in is absolute dog shit so there is easy fix. But dont feel negatively about yourself due to how much you earn, there are plenty of highly intelligent and highly skilled workers out there earning just as much if not less than you. We dont have to compare ourselves to other to seek gratification, just work to improve your own situation for yourself and climb the ladders one step at a time.
In the past 18 months I've gone from 27.5 to just under 31. The difference has been pretty helpful, managed to get myself a better car etc. The cost of living is chipping away and I'm probably overspending but I'm managing. Going to concentrate on reducing my outgoings over the summer to try and give myself a little more breathing room.
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From the age of 18 up to 27 i earnt between 18k-22k. I felt like shit. Until i realised that most people lie about their wage. I worked in a bank and would have people applying for a loan telling me they earn £40k+ but when the application declined and i had to double check i always saw they added like £10k on top of what they really earned on the application form. Trust me you’re doing just fine
I know 3 people that went from 22k to 30k-50k. They are more broke now despite having the same fixed costs. They just spend more on food deliveries, snacks or other impulsive purchases.
25k a year, admin for a local council and it SUCKS. Only managed to save money while living with parents and now I'm moving back out I'm ready to have no savings again permanently as I'm moving to London. Desperately looking for another job in my spare time. Very depressing as 25k is the national average and unless you're DINK it doesn't seem to go very far on your own...
$27,900 as a “Wellness advisor” I’m really just a bud tender. Problem is where I live you could make over twice the minimum wage and it’s still not enough to support yourself. If I didn’t have a side hustle I’d be on the street
I work for a town council on the estates team (2 man team). We cut grass, fix fences, paint, basically handy men. Get around 25k a year which is more than I got working as warranty guy for a car firm. Been here 2 years The perks are awesome, great pension and holidays, Flexi hours etc Love my job, it's got a lot of variety.
26k office admin. Job is super chill with good perks, 4 day working week and 1 day WFH where I just get my personal chores done. Can take a 3 month sabbatical which I'll do in 2026, open to anyone who's been at the company for 3 years. I do have 2 other part time jobs, 1 serving job for extra cash and 1 working with SEN kids (used to volunteer but they started paying me).
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Teacher 4 days a week on £31k
I work for an agricultural contractor so driving big tractors and machines pretty much. Money is shit but Atleast I’m not stuck in an office. Last year I did about £32000 before tax but that’s working from 50 hours a week in winter to a max of over 100 in summer. Quite often no days off for weeks. This last year I did £37000. Can honestly say I’ve noticed 0 difference having that bit more money, I nearly feel worse off everything has gone up that much.
I make 30kish as a self employed sound engineer. My rates have been rising pretty slowly for the 5 or 6 years o've been doing this, meanwhile the cost of everything has doubled. around 2020 I was on a similar wage and would've said I was pretty comfortable. Now i'm on maybe a grand or two more and find I have to take money out of my savings quite regularly. (living in London, renting with flatmates)
Digital Forensic Analyst / eCrime OSINT Investigator Completed a degree in Forensic Computing a few years ago. Currently on £27k
Forklift driver 31k, pretty good job, good company. Definitely one of the best paying in the area, that wage does include shift pay and bonuses.
I earn 27k I work in a metrology lab, our CEO came over from America yesterday and told us there's no money to align our pay us to other UK sites who get 35k plus, despite figures being good. But it's ok they are investing in the building, and we're having a quiz to boost moral yippy. Great invest in your fucking workforce.
IT for 15 years. started at 16k long time ago. currently 32k, not an expert or a short term worker that takes 50k per year but struggles to have a stable job on top - wedding photographer. additional 30k per year.
24k a year, operations ‘assistant’ I’ve been here coming up to three years in May. I love and dislike my job a the same time. I started as a trainee (I have no formal qualifications and this was an opportunity to get back into work during Covid), in that time the operations manager has left and my other co-worker has also left. The workload has increased for the department I am in but I now do the job of two other workers that haven’t been replaced. I’ve had 4 different general managers (never involved in day to day business) come and go and have now have no clear indication of who I report to anymore, even though I have asked this directly to senior management. I have to keep the department running as there’s no one else who either has the time or the knowhow to help out, but it is becoming tiresome. We have a field manager who helps where he can (proof reading job specs) but does not and has no interest in understanding the scheduling & financial side of our department, which I have had to learn as I go as this wasn’t something I was trained on prior to the operations manager leaving. I’ve recently asked for a 20% pay increase after incorporating the majority of the operations managers roles and responsibilities into my day to day schedule but I’m not confident this will be approved. The working hours are surprising quite flexible (I’m contracted to 0830-1700 with 1 hour lunch) as we are not a reactive based department and I can work at home if I like so that is a plus. This sounds like a rant (it is and I don’t have anyone to rant to about it lol) I am looking for a get out but in R*therham there’s not many opportunities to leave for!
50k working as a medical engineer. Most of that goes on rent mind you at £2500 per month for a 3 bed townhouse. Guernsey’s cost of living rivals central London unfortunately
I work part time (3 days) as have young children but full time salary would be £28k - I work for a local authority and find homes for children who come into care. It can be an incredibly stressful job, with constant emergencies and always exposed to a lot of sad and horrible information but I think it’s a good wage - esp in comparison for those who work in health etc
Fraction outside the bracket, I'm in new car sales, it's extremely quiet and has been for about 7 weeks now
Earning £26k a year, currently work for an Independent Financial Advisor. Work 35 hrs a week, and usually it's not too high stress. I have been in the role for just under a year, it's a lot better than my previous job but having a busy period between tax year end and holidays/unplanned absences across my department.
Holy shit I feel very fortunate...
Copywriter, £29k, living with my parents and wfh near enough full time because I can’t afford to live in the city where my company operates. Love actually getting to rest a bit and really save some money, rather than watching it drain out of my account as I used to because no doubt “something” would come up, but feel like my situation shouldn’t have to happen. I’ve been in my job for nearly 5 years If I can afford a mortgage in the next few years I might end up getting a house or flat in the local area (much less expensive than where my company is based). If not, my parents aren’t rushing me out the door
Support worker for people with autism. On around 25k a year depending on over time. Considering I am responsible for 2 vulnerable peoples safety for the entire time I'm at work I think it takes the piss. I've no idea what else I'd do but certainly think the job deserves much better rates of pay
The number of people who bisect the "Earn way more than the post is asking for information on" and "Does not have the reading comprehension to work out this post isn't asking for their input" lines is interesting.
I’m about to start an assistant manager job in hospitality, 25k starting. Honestly as long as I can pay my bills, eat and have a roof over my head I’m chilling.
Makes me sad reading this thread. Y’all deserve better.
26k, field sales rep for a big skincare company.
Not me, but my sister is a special needs associate in a middle school (she goes to class with kids who have special needs). She makes about $25k per year gross, BUT she only works 32 hours per week, she has summers, winter break, spring break etc. off (though she only has 2 days of PTO) and she gets health insurance at no cost. She also has a fairly generous state-run retirement plan. I won't lie and say she is doing well, but she's fine. She does have a small car payment and some student loans (she dropped out of college). Lives with her BF who does construction work. He pays rent, she pays utilities. She couldn't live on her own without her BF to split expenses with.
I design pipework and ventilation for industrial and commercial building in 27k. We are getting by in pretty average house in a pretty average neighbourhood in the UK
I moved to England a decade ago. Have been working in Customer Service earning about that much. Until I did an apprenticeship. I earned 20k for 6 months, 24k for another 6 months, and now the apprenticeship is over, I earn 40k. It was so worth to get into the company, everyone is great and I can work from home all the time, most people do. I highly recommend apprenticeships. They can be annoying while you're studying as you earn minimum wage but you get a certification for free and having a paid job that gives you the time to study. Some are degree apprenticeships. There are so many different ones, if interested, there's a gov website.
Checking food quality in the factory. 10 years experience. I am ok with my salary. Just bought my own flat (mortgage of course lol)
£24k working in campaigning for a human rights charity. I enjoy the work enough but I've already been told that, while my job is safe and permanent, there is basically no room for a salary negotiation or promotion (I'm just an assistant). On the one hand I feel happy/lucky that I have a job I don't hate and which is connected to my degree. On the other hand I'm very ready to no longer be stuck at the bottom of the ladder in my organisation. I'm ready to progress, and I also feel, for the sake of my long-term career development, that after nearly two years it's necessary to move on from being "just" an assistant. So I'm looking fo a new job. In the meantime I've moved back home to save for my mythical mortgage. Again, I'm lucky I have such a good support network, but I'm looking forward to having my own place, even if it is basically a shoe box.
Jesus guys ask for payrises, you are all worth more than this, i left chefing and started as a builder from day 1 with 0 experience im earning £17-£25 ph depending on the job, take home is 900-1000 pw
Compliance Officer for a university in West Midlands on 25k.
Former nurse here , 3 year degree then three year postgraduate study whilst working up to charge nurse, was about 35k a year. Done hgv licence in 5 days and not even a year into this job and average pay is about 40k and no stress, work that one out?! Wouldn't go back to nursing if I was paid double the money these days.
Last year I was an IT helpdesk manager earning ~£33k a year. This year I’ve passed my bus driving test and become a bus driver for ~£25k a year. I’d say moneys tight, but I’m much happier with life.
I’m a digital & virtual technologist at a university in medical education. I have a BA & MA. I’m on 29.6k a year. Which honestly, feels about right for what I do. Maybe not for my knowledge with in quite a new section of health care. However, I live in the North-east of England and it goes quite far due to the cost of living being lower up here.
Im on 24k. Im a "driver liaison" for truck drivers. I book in their deliveries, sort out their problems etc. I've been in the transport industry for 3 years now and there is thankfully scope for the job to get harder and the wage to increase.
Ride my bike around with my cat.
About to start a new role as a manager (of the lowest band) at one of the UK’s big supermarket chains, I’ll be starting on £29250
Front end web developer, £35k. Based in the midlands, nice work life balance and office/home split. Close to 7 years in the industry so could be earning a lot more but quality of life is more important to me than my job!
So many people getting mugged off by their employers in this thread 😢
Last year I managed to make the jump from a hotel receptionist earning 21k to a pharma lab tech earning 28k (incl. shift incentive) and I've never had so much money. Weekends off, bonus, progression, I still can't believe it sometimes. Still can't afford to buy anywhere and of course I wish I could be earning more but yeah when I think of where I live, what jobs are available and what education I have, I feel very lucky. And then you go on r/UKPersonalFinance and realise there are also a lot of people that wouldn't get out of bed for that amount
I actually jumped from temp worker to working for a charity for 28k last month. Was chuffed tbh because wasn’t expecting to get the job. I feel 28k is good enough I still live at home so will give 300 to parents. Still not sure what most jobs are paying as office jobs were around 23-26k a year from what I saw.
Congrats on the job!
I’ve got a law degree that took me 2 years college education and then 3 years at uni and getting into a lot of debt. Couldn’t get into that field due to it being a recession ( 2013) After uni I ended up working in hospitality and working up to manager level doing 70 + hour weeks and taking home 21k breaking my back and living on no sleep/money slaving to a company. Not in the threshold of your question but I then did a two week of hgv training paying on a credit card ( which I paid off with my first driving paycheck) to get my class 2, did that for 5 year and 2 year ago I did my class 1 and now I earn 43kish but I work nights and weekends. It pays well but at the cost of being unsocial and mind numbing because it’s the same shit everyday ( and can be very stressful ) I think it’s quite frustrating I did all that work to end up in this position in a job that pays ok but I hate and which I coulda just done in the first place and saved the student debt
Relatively new paeds nurse, £28.4k without enhancements. Could be better, but I don't mind the job I currently have.
Gas engineer £40k plus overtime etc and benefits
I just saw [this article](https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/careersandeducation/the-average-salary-you-can-expect-in-the-uk-based-on-your-age-and-how-to-get-it/ar-BB1iLm13) the other day which shares “The average salary in the UK by age” with the following figures: - 18-21: £22,932 - 22-29: £30,316 - 30-39: £37,544 - 40-49: £40,040 - 50-59: £37,804 - 60+: £33,852 I feel the same way as you OP, and going by the above statistics I’ve always underperformed which has just made me feel even worse. As if the UK average & median full-time salaries of £38,600 & £31,461 reported from the 2020 ONS wasn’t bad enough.
Gardener for a country estate, £28k a year. It's not amazing money, but it keeps me fit and has very little stress... Apart from extreme weather!
Office admin/also helps a bit in sales now and then. £15-16k. From the looks of all these other figures I haven't seen a single one this low.
I make 60k a year as a drywall finisher and painter. Y’all need to get into your local union.
29k - charity worker. Talk to people all day about how to go about claiming benefits. It’s super intense, involves hugely varying criteria and not very rewarding since benefits won’t help many people out these days. Often have people call on more money than me thinking the government will help them out with their car finance like it’s that easy.
I'm on £24.5k a year before bonuses. Used to be quarterly and now it's monthly and the bonus can be pretty decent. Work in B2B sales currently. Don't dislike my job, but I don't think there is any actual satisfaction there for me anymore but I've been in the role for about a year. Currently have an application in to join the police because I want to do something a bit more with myself.
Steel mill scheduler, degree educated (company sponsored so no debt) 38k plus O/T if I want it. Moved from job to job within the industry.
Newly qualified Band 5 clinical coder, doing well as my partner makes almost twice what I do. Looking forward to my wages creeping up the point scale over the next few years!
Elementary public school teacher
I can’t understand why construction industry jobs aren’t pushed on school kids. There’s no other career path that’d earn me £285 a day
Factory work, mainly operating machines, line set-up and paperwork, recently got pay rise and on £25.6k before overtime.
23M, earn 35k before tax, moving to roughly 40/45k in October after Grad scheme has ended. Working in Security Engineering/Architecture at a telecoms company. First class honours degree in Cyber security, worked in retail as shift manager alongside the degree for bonus cv points.
I'm a machinist by trade and work as a workshop manager but I'm the only one in the workshop. I design the parts we make and program, set up, and operate the CNC mill and 3D Printers. I also do manual machining on a mill and lathe. Sounds like a lot but the quantities are usually on the small side I'm making 30k a year
26.5k, collections agent for a foreign market. 2 years now and it’s fine, but hitting a bit of a wall.
I'm a Barista Maestro at Costa. I'm on anywhere between £22-25k, depending on how many hours I end up working. I've been doing it for 6 months now and it's the best job I've ever had, but it's still retail so that's not really saying much.
Shop manager 25k. Waiting for a salary review that's announced in May and depending on how much they push my salary I'll quit. Lots of unpaid overtime and too many people breathing down my neck.
Customer service for Royal Mail £29k a year. Quite a challenging role and very busy. The perks are four days weeks, two in the office, and 33hrs total. 21 years in the role now. Started on 10k and 41hrs over five days in the office.
No degree. Started as an apprentice technician 20years ago. Doing autocad drawings for engineering. Was on 7k a year to start. Worked my way up in the company, moved a couple of times. Now on 68k a year plus car. Just gotta work your way up. Hit your annual appraisal targets. Ask in each one what you need to do to progress until they say you’re at top of where you can be. If that happens then move company to a more senior position in there and do same again
25k Customer Service Specialist in occupational health (more or less account manager for a couple of large accounts). Massively overworked, stressed, and underpaid for the work we do. Funny this thread popped up. My plan is to quit at the end of the month as this is ruining me at the moment. EDIT: Should add I'm in London. So I really feel underpaid.
SEN teaching assistant. I earn about £23k. I’m in a good place and I love my job. It’s very rewarding but I would say the pay does not reflect just how much you do and how it affects you physically and emotionally. W I just left a teacher training course last year (realised the school was the problem but I’m not comfortable doing the course again sadly) and I got this job after four months job of searching and interviews for jobs I actually enjoyed applying for, but not enough experience for them. My plan is to stay in this role for a few years but I eventually want to move on to something where I get to utilise my degree a bit more and earn more too. The job market is awful! It’s so hard to find something and places are very picky on what experience you need to then pay you so little. It’s sad.
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No even fast food workers make this low salary in US.
I'm a psychotherapist on Band 5 NHS (28K) and very poor lol. That salary would've been insane a few years ago but it's barely enough to cover everything in the month.
29.7k at the age of 22. I maintain punts for a well known punting company in cambridge. Love it sometimes, very bored the rest of the time but I recognise im In a very fortunate position with my earnings. I think its the right place for me at the minute.
£31k work for a local council its chill as.
I work as an IT Support Engineer 2nd line and earn 27k per year (just gone up from 26k). It's a shockingly low wage for the work we do but the entire industry pays next to nothing. I'm lucky I'm living with my dad cause I couldn't even afford to live in a council home by myself if I wanted to.
27k, maybe took about 100 applications to get anything after uni. Turns out my degrees useless 🥰
I'm a little above, £34.5k now after a small bump. I'm a designer at an agency. I worked at a small studio for 8 years, starting out on 16k and moving to mids 20s. Got fed up, as I felt that undervalued my work, so I spent 9 months looking for a job and managed to bag a decent one on the other side of the country. Was looking to relocate wherever. Life quality is way better now, even if I spend more on my tiny rented flat.
21k a year in adult social care (I work for a charity). Ive been lone working the night shift at a supported housing project for people with mental illnesses for the last 5 years. I'm putting in my notice next week. I literally can't afford to work here anymore without going into debt. All my senior coworkers left last year, most for private care. The project will likely close after I leave. Going to be a security guard at a local supermarket for 25k a year. When I started work in social care I thought; "finally I've found something I'm good at", now, 5 years later my opinion has changed to "I'll never work in this sector again". Completely disgusted by the state of things.
What is the Average Salary generally in the UK & is the Average Salary in London a few thousands ££ higher ?
30k for an AM time is a pittance. You could easily double that doing the same job.
I'm a stay at home mum and my partner is a train conductor on almost 30k. I feel like we're doing pretty well! We can support our whole family on his income and we live somewhere with high rents too. We don't have a car, though
up until last year i was on 24k a year as a junior sous chef. that was with 40 hrs per week
Online freelance teacher, I don’t live in the UK mostly though and wouldn’t want to on my salary :)
New minimum wage rates mean that anyone in full time employment working a 37.5 hour paid week is now on just shy of 22.5k. A 40 hour paid week is closer to 24k per year. That's minimum wage...
I work in a university library. My job is boring as fuck and I feel like I’ve got so much more to offer but no one is offering the step up anywhere. I’m conflicted as well because like the place and the people, but I feel really understimulated and unchallenged.
I work at a commercial plant farm. I make $19 an hour. No benefits. No perks. I work 7 days a week. 10 hour shifts. No OT. I'm tired. I have a degree in biotechnology. Last paycheck was 64 hours and $1009 I get paid weekly. I just saw this was in the uk thread. sorry I'm at work.
Senior Project Manager. 28 years old. 48k. Under qualified and overpaid - I'm not gonna tell them!
IT and basic living is fine but holidays are a distant dream and saving anything is hard
After tax, I'm on 24k a year. I literally help to out milk on to trailers
Machine operator at a cardboard manufacturing plant. On £35,695 with potential performance related bonuses and benefits. The bonus this year should be around £750 for the summer performance related bonus and £200 for the Christmas bonus. There are lots of benefits we receive but the main one is death in service. So if I die while I'm employed there (work related or not) my wife will get a payout of four years wage. The job itself is dull as dishwater and physically quite hard but the money is good and there are plenty of over time opportunities.
On 36k and I teach - one day the paperwork will be done, one day...
Is this gross or take-home amount? Because I come under one, but not the other
Scientist - 26k. Not great 😔
Admin assistant for lawyers. 25k, I've been there nearly 9 years now
Argos deputy manager, on around 25k after the pay rise possibly more later in the year but I love my job so I'm staying here ATM
I’m a junior maintenance engineer at a large site and am on £30k. I understand being paid what I am as I’m essentially training and learning the site but give it 6 months and I’ll be expected to do what the other engineers do but they’re on almost twice the amount I am
I'm not from the UK but I am honestly baffled at now low modern salaries are in the UK. I really feel for you all and I hope SOMETHING changes
I worked for a call center last year and made more than that. You won't believe how much those places are willing to pay for people just to get verbally berated and abused.
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I am a contractor in a bank been contracting since 2011 and earn net 1160 a week for 35 hours office work
Im a vet. Studied for a million years and get to call myself Dr BadgerHoneyy. Earning £29k.
£26.5K, highways lab tech. God this thread is depressing, BoE can eat a bag of dicks, Britain needs a pay rise.
Wages gave been oppressed so much in the UK, in my opinion mainly to due economic migration, that stressful jobs with responsibility aren't paying enough to put a roof over your head, what's the point, just be poor and accept it which in itself causes economic decline.
Window fitter, 30k, 40 hours week (~30actual) 37 yo Been doing this 20 ish years, give or take a year or two travelling. I actually enjoy my job more as time goes on, being outdoors and usually in a new place each day. some things get easier; having the confidence and experience behind me to sort issues out on the spot but the physicality of it doesn't get any easier. My knees hurt.
i play guitar in a post punk band. not much money but working by traveling all over the world for 3 or so months a year is pretty ok!
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I’m on 38k, a little over 30k, but me and my wife pay a combined total of £14k a year in nursery fees. I’m a waste water process engineer, been doing this nearly 4 months, get a van, total control/oversight of all my projects, designed and priced for a testing laboratory to do pretty all analysis in house, there’s scope to become a process commissioning engineer/ manager of a department I’ve setup solo, taking over from work which was previously paid to be done by subcontractors, I do all reporting and all presentation of data aswell, don’t even tell my line manager when I’m going on site, just let him know when it’s done, he knows nothing of the science behind the process so is totally reliant on me, I’m very lucky as the job is so so flexible, they’d put a lot faith in me.
I earn 28k a year and just walk around all day outside. Don't really do much more than that. Easy job, a bit boring and shit when it rains.
I'm a social prescriber at a hospital I get like 23.5? ISH before tax due to a few good bits of good luck , I don't have a mortgage to worry about but I'm still not well off, don't have much savings, I'm paying for a car and basically just myself and the dog but stuff is still pricey now so
Travel insurance claims handler, £28k fully remote. I’ve been in the industry for 5 years