How much do you earn? Poll results/discussion

[Deleted User]

macavity wrote: »

what jobs pay l/m/n i wonder...........;)

I'm in band L - I work as a lawyer.

To be honest I don't see why people keep their earnings secret; it's just a number. When I was a student I happily told people I was poor and now I'm working I don't mind telling people my salary.

One thing is sure though; people within companies not telling each other their salaries allows companies to get away with paying some people a lot less than they deserve. Where I work, most people are on a published grid so there's much less angst.

Debt_Free_Chick

macavity wrote: »

what jobs pay l/m/n i wonder...........;)

They won't be advertised in the local paper or the job centre :rotfl:

More likely to be advertised in a magazine relative to the profession or through agencies that specialise in hiring for a specific profession. Or the Telegraph, today and the Sunday Times.

jennyred

I agree - I have no problems with people knowing how much I earn or what I do - have worked hard to get where I am.

basic PAYE - F - approx 24k
with overtime/enhancements - I - 39k
joint basic - J - 49k
joint with overtime/enhancements - K - 66k

me - prison nurse
OH - RAF engineer

PasturesNew

ringo_24601 wrote: »

What kind of sites do you run Pastures? I keep thinking i should do some webby earning.. what with my ninja html skills

Have previously lots of dosh making sites, but it's time consuming and now a bit boring

If I had £1 for every time I was asked this .....

I actually put a site together to answer this (can't link from here though). It started off as a list so I could keep on top of the things I was doing/trying and the things that I thought were worthy of further investigation. Then my mates wanted access to it... and now it's quite large!

But the bottom line is: any site can make money. Any idea can make money. The key is to keep doing it! Like you say "it's time consuming and now a bit boring". It certainly is, that whole building phase - when you're not even sure if you're doing it right. Then the whole waiting to see if it makes money phase.

So, all you have to do is: pick something that appeals to you - keep at it. Then repeat 10x. Once you've tried/stuck at 10 things, you'll have found about 3 that make YOU money. Then ditch the 7 that aren't and find some more things to try! My theory is I'd rather have 10 things that make me £100/month each, than one that makes £1000. It's more stable.

PasturesNew

gandalftheking wrote: »

for the guys who've ticked £500,000 ++, who are you and can you teach me to do it! lol.

Or, if they're male, they can marry me and I can be a housewife.

[Deleted User]

Well I am in band D as I am a pensioner .But I can live o.k. on what I have I have a roof over my head that is bought and paid for and food enough in the cupboard to eat I am quite satisfied with my lot

Fran

Isn't the poll a bit meaningless unless it relates to the standard of living that the income gives the person who votes?

Another person voting the same amount as me might be using the same money for a luxury holiday or yacht or some "luxury" because they have inherited income or income from their partner where I might be using the same money to exist and pay bills.

[Deleted User]

ok.. paranoia alert off.. I'm in band H and due to move up to band I as soon as I get my next payrise in Sept....

Cheers PasturesNew... My OH's dad sells lots of gadgety crap, i might think about an online shop of some kind

vicky_kidder

I'm at F at £24,500 which will go up to £25,000 in october. I don't think it's too bad (seems to be around the average in the poll) as I am have just finished university!

Obi.

Fran wrote: »

Isn't the poll a bit meaningless unless it relates to the standard of living that the income gives the person who votes?

Another person voting the same amount as me might be using the same money for a luxury holiday or yacht or some "luxury" because they have inherited income or income from their partner where I might be using the same money to exist and pay bills.

~24,500 personal, £40k joint.

I agree to an extent about how this doesn't really reflect quality of life, yet at the same time it's interesting (as I think someone already said) to see that "high earners" use the site as well as us FTBs/DFWs/SAHMs and all the other various acronymised groups.

I have found in my various lifestyles (student/gap-year student/full time/part time/high/low wages... all involving a fair amount of debt) that people tend to spend to their means... or a little bit over. Saving money is not just the preserve of the poor but the frugal minded business men (and women) too! I'd like to fall into the latter group one day!