What jobs get what salary?

Pheonix10 wrote: »

Definitely rare as hell I'd say. Maybe 1000 people of the population on it. Its hardly a wage you stumble across.

Tacitus Kilgore wrote: »

Construction, 50k, 50hr office time a week, midnight phone calls, all night emails and a soul destroying amount of stress and pressure.

As much as I dislike what I do and how I do it, I consider myself very fortunate - I don't know how people get by on 20k a year.

john343 wrote: »

This young fella is doing alright, 37k and only 23...

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/spending-money-diary-ireland-engineer-3-4931179-Dec2019/

Heres Johnny wrote: »

I worked as financial advisor for 3 years and was privvy to every aspect of people's finances and after meeting approx 2 people every day (2 couples mostly so up to 4 people a day) I can categorically state that the posts here are extremely unrepresentative of what people earn. Most people I met had pensions, mortgages college funds, life insurance so we are not talking about people that were struggling.

In 3 years I met 2 or 3 people with the kind of figures being bandied about here. The vast, vast majority of people I met, generally between 30 and 45 years of age were in the 40-60k bracket.
The only ones outside that were a few very strong IT lads and a couple in financial services.

It's the reason houses built for the masses around Dublin are priced in the 350 to 450k bracket.... 2 salaries x 3.5 times lending limits tops out at...... You do the maths.

Don't believe any of the tripe being written here.
They're anonymous boards posters. Ask any of your friends or family what they earn and they won't tell you.

johndaman66 wrote: »

I'll bite...

I left a job in Fund Administration just over 8 months ago. It was a relatively senior technical non people management role. As I was leaving my annual remuneration package was approx. €43k, including health insurance and a small employer contributed pension. Granted it was outside the Pale/ Cork but that salary was after over 15 years experience in the sector. It was also a job that would probably end up killing me in the end it was getting so insanely stressful but that's another story.

Eight months ago I moved into a new sector, Personal Financial Advisor (outside of the banks/ building societies). It is very much a job where your take home pay is determined by how much commission you earn. A basic salary of €30k and to put it crudely after that the more you sell the more commission you earn with apparently the sky being the limit. I was told by the hiring manager that with a half good year in the first year I could easily expect to take home €70k to €100k. Reality of the matter is that unless something changes dramatically over the next few months it will be much much closer to €30k and I mean much much much closer to €30k (if not €30k). It will be pretty much the same scenario for many of the new guys I work beside if not some of the more seasoned guys also.

Central bank regulation requires that when selling certain financial products to individuals a fact find is completed. This is essentially a synopsis of their income, expenditure, dependents etc. - to ensure that the can afford and actually require the product. I would take these with a pinch of salt as invariably some will be generous and more will scale back the figure. However and interestingly, the picture I'm building up is that tradesmen - builders, plumbers, electricians seem to be taking home savage pay. Many would seem to be doing nixers too on the side too which appears to be very lucrative if what I am being told is to be believed. Some of these guys are very young and recently qualified too.

Many people who work what I would have considered to be well paid and respected professions don't seem to do as good by comparison - teachers, solicitors, accountants etc.

This all makes me think I should have steered clear of what would seem to be an underpaid, stressful and under respected financial services industry from the start

maninasia wrote: »

For that kind of heavy load I'd advise you to switch into either another company or industry , now. You'll very likely get more money and less stress.

Deleted User wrote: »

Shur, you're fine, you know it all.

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Shur, you're fine, you know it all.

markodaly wrote: »

My very very first job paid 1.65 per hour, old Irish pounds. This was the early 90's.

My first 'real' job in IT paid me 13K a year, that was after a degree and a masters....

Roll on the guts of 25 years, I make 600 per day, as an IT contractor/consultant. The guts of about 140k a year.

Most people who earn good money, have gone through the mill to earn it.
It is not as common as people think for people to land into well paid jobs, despite the often used stereotype of about the private school D4/D6 set. My mother and father were not auctioners for Sherry Fitz, or accountants for the Big4, I had to get where I am the old fashioned way. A little bit of luck, some good decisioning making and of course, perserverance and drive.

agoodlife wrote: »

41 year old pilot. I work for a large American company flying one of their corporate jets. Been with them for the last 14 years. I work a week on/week off. Live in Ireland but employer pays for my commuting to and from work.

Basic salary: €146,000
Bonus: €25,000 (every February)

Usual perks - pension, 6 weeks paid vacation, health insurance etc.

Major downside - I’m away from my family for about 160 nights a year. Hotels get boring pretty fast. But my kids don’t know any better and this is what they are used to. My wife is incredible. I miss plenty of family events. Although, my employers are very good if I need personal time off, I get it without question. Recently my father passed away and I was at home for that. So that’s what’s really important I suppose.

I enjoy my job but could be just as happy doing something else. Money isn’t everything but it takes the sting out of being poor though. Definitely it makes life easier. I’ll do this until I’m 50 and then go part time.

It can be expensive to train as a pilot (maybe €70k plus) but it’s a great investment. There’s a big shortage of experienced pilots, particularly out in the Far East. Pay is good from the beginning and increases quickly when you become a Captain. I’d recommend it.