Earnings

[buttons]

since you are all getting mortgages before you're ancient, how much are u guys earning?! yearly, monthly and/or hourly

i assume most of you wouldn't like to say, so my question is, why do u think it's a bit of a taboo to talk about your earnings or savings? people are happy to show they got dolla (with their clothes, cars etc) but it's not a question you're supposed to ask!

[lawrawrrr]

My second job pays £7 an hour and I charge around £15 an hour for freelance stuff (although I always end up settling for fixed-rate projects of £20). I don't really feel comfortable discussing my main salary because it is really taboo I guess but yeah it's just save as much as possible

[Cerys]

I USED to earn 5.50 an hour before i got dropped l o l

the man earns £18000 a year tho so i am safe its all good

[Inseriousity.]

£10 an hour.
I have no problem talking about it, it just rarely comes up in conversation. Tbf I am a bit of a weirdo who tends to ignore social rules or taboos I don't agree with. Perhaps I'm not the best person to answer that question but it seems to me that those earning a low amount feel inadequate to their peers earning more who feel embarrassed and afraid that they're showing off (much better to do it subtlety like you say rather than looking like you're rubbing someone's face in it).

[FlyingJesus]

I charge around £15 an hour

winx

I DO NOT EARN

[Samantha]

I earn £6.89 an hour, should be around £5700 a year, but I never stick to my contracted hours so it's above that. I'm not sure why it's taboo, my boyfriend doesn't tell me how much he earns, but when we work in the same place and have a sister who used to be on the same wage as him I can figure it out; I know it's less than me because of him being college age. However, I don't really see how much I earn as that important yet, as long as I gain experience and can apply that in the future, I just know I will be more cautious of it when I'm moving out or anything like that.

[Joe]

I AM UNEMPLOYED but want a job soon at uni

[Mark]

£8.25 an hour, varying hours so it varies in a year.

[Alkaz]

Currently on £19,000. Should be getting a pay rise this month and a promotion in March where I'm hoping for £24,000!

[Drew]

Not sure why it's not socially acceptable to ask, but I've never had any issues disclosing how much I'm earning. A few weeks ago, one of my mentors wanted to ask if I was paid an hourly rate at work but she just asked "Hourly rate?" and I thought she was asking how much I was paid per hour. I told her "$30" and she freaked out so much and kept apologising afterwards hahaha

But yeah my part time job pays AU$30 per hour which is roughly £15 per hour. I do some freelance design work too and usually get paid AU$20 per hour for those (£10 per hour). I don't really care about how much I'm earning at the moment because I want the experience, so as long as I'm doing work that I'm proud to put on my resume I'm happy