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Just out of interest how old are you and how much do you get paid?

ironlady2022
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Hi personal question I know but would like to see what people around my age are earning and if they are satisfied with the level of income?
I am 27 and earn £30k per annum
I am 27 and earn £30k per annum
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Age 53, earn about £8000, outgo about £7000, result, happy0
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Wow is that £8k per month?0
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Im 44, my income varies, Im self employed, but around £5000 or so.
Ive worked in jobs where Ive earned 5 times as much and been thoroughly miserable, so the lack of income doesnt bother me that much.0 -
paulineb agree money isn't everything but the talk of salary is soya boo in this country. I'm just mega curious.0
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56 - £31k plus £13k pensionThis is a system account and does not represent a real person. To contact the Forum Team email forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com0
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Starting work at 22 - £3500 pa
At 28 - £9000 pa
At 32 - NZ$ 56000 pa (at the time, around £20000)
At 40 - contract rate £330 per day
At 48 - c£36000 pa
Now, at 54, after a career change - £27K when working full time
I'd say £30K at 27 is not bad, some will be earning more (and a few a great deal more) but a lot will be earning less.0 -
25 - between 15k and 16k a year, I work contracts, so not always in work. I'm also based in London. But if I were to work all the time at my current rate, it'll be more like 18-20k I'd earn. I'm hoping I move up the career ladder this year, instead of being stuck on the bottom rung!0
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I'm 43 next week. As I'm currently ill, I work whatever hours I feel able to from home at £35 per hour.
Previous to that, I earned
£8500 as an Admin Officer in a Job centre
£11,000 as a trainee software engineer
£26,000 after payrise to a senior software engineer
£35,000 after switching companies
£110,000 after starting my own company
£benefits after losing my company and getting sectioned
£30,000 as a project manager
£40,000 as an iPhone developer
£45 per hour as a full time contract iPhone developer
£55,000 as a permanent iPhone developer0 -
I am 29 (30 later this year).
I am a qualified Teacher, not working as one.
I work in outreach.
I earn just under £12000 per year, for 29 hours (4 days) per week, 39 weeks per year (paid only for the weeks I work plus 5.6 weeks holiday, so 44.6 weeks a year).
The FTE of my salary is about £17000.
I am a mum of one toddler (newly ish single), so I don't work in jobs that pay up to my earning potential. I have had previous employment earning 20+ thousand per year (pro rata if part time) and now that I need to work full time again because I am single and struggling in a mortgaged house, the jobs I am applying for have salaries anything from 15k to 26k and range from term time only to all year hours. The salary often depends on whether private company or LG. I currently work in LG.November 1st 2013
Lloyds TSB Mastercard: £5800 making minimum payments plus monthly overpayment between £100 and £300
Virgin (MBNA) on 0%: £5658 making minimum payments at 1%
Snowball calculator predicts a debt free date of December 2015 :j0
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