How much do you earn?

[pete252]

I work as a site manager for a big building company and it is no surprise that the big earners seem to be the self employed building tradesmen or self employed IT people.

For those young persons out there...

In the IT department to become self employed you have to be really good at the job, pretty clever, and focussed on making yourself be indispensable to your contractors.

In the building industry you have to work alongside some pretty awful people for a few years, then the benefits come. The work can be hard at times but if you are prepared to graft then the rewards come, eventually you don't have to graft - you become a sub-contractor. Bricklayers, Plasterers, and Joiners tend to earn the most. Between 100 and 175 pounds per day is the norm.

As a site manager this year I earned about 30K plus decent car and including petrol (before tax - and the taxman really stings you for the car and fuel). Which is OK, this year was a good year. My site labourer probably earns about the same if he does an occasional Saturday or Sunday.

Comments welcome.


Pete

[g_wizkid]

$250 (us dollars) a month, which where I am means I can live comfortably, but I've no chance to save for anything. The price you pay for livin abroad.

[AJ_007]

$250 (us dollars) a month, which where I am means I can live comfortably, but I've no chance to save for anything. The price you pay for livin abroad.

So what do you do for a living?

[Jamin Eone6]

i earn on average £1500 a month (thats after tax) as a security guard

[TAR]

Im a plumber, but i dont get the ' 70 grand ' that the papers say we get........wouldnt get out of bed for it !!!

[scruff1963]

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35k last year.
wage slip before xmas was upto 25k
Just a factory worker. Being paid to much has done me no favours they are doing a phased shutdown by xmas next year the plant will be shut and I will be flipping burgers for 5.20 an hour :-(
They will ship the work to china where they are on £10 a month not an £10 hour + shift rates and bonuses. They announced the shutdown then gave use a 3% pay rise ???.
Have Fun
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[Nikki]

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35k last year.
wage slip before xmas was upto 25k
Just a factory worker. Being paid to much has done me no favours they are doing a phased shutdown by xmas next year the plant will be shut and I will be flipping burgers for 5.20 an hour :-(
They will ship the work to china where they are on £10 a month not an £10 hour + shift rates and bonuses. They announced the shutdown then gave use a 3% pay rise ???.
Have Fun
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work abroad to india is what im worrying about with my job.

[junglizt]

26-30k and thats including fiddling the expenses errrr i mean my bonuses haha

- car , fuel tax