What was your first jobs pay rate?

[AB]

The Leaper said:

Swerni,

My hourly charge rate was the responsibility of my employer and was their gross income...my annual package was very much less!

R.

Same here!!

Although £250 an hour, not £400+ I'd be very happy to see even a small proportion of that!

[BevR]

Age 21 out of University it was £18k, that was also only because I had previously worked for the Institute as part of an industrial placement scheme in my undergraduate degree (would otherwise have been £16.5k). After a year I left to do a PhD at £13.5k (tax free stipend, works out roughly similar) and subsequently a post-doc at £29k.

Currently looking to move out of academia, might well have to take a pay cut in the current market as it is flooded with molecular biology PhD's.

[Sump]

This thread makes me

[AB]

Sump said:

This thread makes me

Means very little overall as some of us finished school at 16 in 1954 and some of us graduated into London based financial roles in 2007 before the market went tits up.

Makes for interesting reading though!

[briangriffin]

Mr Classic said:

Found out the scales of pay for my job today, and was wondering if any other fields of work can match it.
1st Year of Apprenticeship: £10.5k
2nd Year of Apprenticeship: £12.5k
3rd Year of Apprenticeship: £14.5k
Graduate Apprentice: £19k (For 6 months)
Then Starting on £27k

This is P/A 37hr weeks with no option of overtime/flexi.

What industry?

1st Year of Apprenticeship: £8k
2nd Year of Apprenticeship: £10.5k
3rd Year of Apprenticeship: £12.5k first half up to about £28k second half.
Then Starting on about £40k not including overtime and other perks.

[johnxjsc1985]

its not where you start but where you finish.The main thing is you keep on moving onwards and upwards. Sometimes a little sometimes a lot.Sometimes backwards too

[STW2010]

Straight from a Chemistry degree in 2004 I was on £15.5k.

I went back to uni shortly after starting that role to start an MSc and secured a bursary of fees plus £12k tax-free.

[driverrob]

AB said:

Means very little overall as some of us finished school at 16 in 1954 and some of us graduated into London based financial roles in 2007 before the market went tits up.

Makes for interesting reading though!

Very true. Time is a major factor. My first paid job was Christmas 1962, delivering post. Hourly rate was 1s 1d but I put in over 80 hours so one happy schoolboy.
My first full time job after graduating was at £1k p.a.
Worked for 34 years, built up a decent pension and was able to ease off at a lower salary for the last few years, having paid off the mortgage.

Earn it while you can, guys.

[jonnydm]

Was about to put what I got out of uni but then I remembered that I had a paper round at about 13. Iirc it was between £10-25 a week depending on if there were leaflets to include.

Think I 'invested' some of that on those coloured wristbands that were popular around the time and sold them to others.

Did some cash in hand bar work at about 16, that was £7 an hour and then telesales at 18 which paid something like £230/week inc. commission.

[Chilli]

First job straight of school at 16 (1988) was 5,500. Wouldn't pay for a weekly shop these days

[z4RRSchris99]

£250pw in 2007 - my rent was £180pw

fun times.

[C0ffin D0dger]

Can't remember the exact figures but roughly £14k in 1994 after graduating from Uni with an Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree.

[Matt Harper]

1975, age 16 - apprentice screen printer - 16 quid a week.

[eddo]

Apprentice diamond setter Easter 1969,, £1 .10s a week. 2 sausages, chips and beans, 2 slices , mug of tea, cost 2 bob. Privates paid for Light and bitter.

[mike9009]

Straight out of Uni into an engineering role in 1995 based in Yorkshire. Basic was £14300 plus overtime and some bonuses.

Not bad really - I have ignored paper rounds and part time summer jobs in this as I can't remember what they paid - all I remember is they paid for my beer tokens and running a Formula 3 hovercraft!

Mike

[Mr Classic]

briangriffin said:

What industry?

1st Year of Apprenticeship: £8k
2nd Year of Apprenticeship: £10.5k
3rd Year of Apprenticeship: £12.5k first half up to about £28k second half.
Then Starting on about £40k not including overtime and other perks.

Aeronautical engineering- mechanical apprentice. Seemed like a better choice than uni because I actually enjoy doing things and knew I will have a wage at the end of it most likely

[Maxwell90]

I started my apprenticeship in September on a salary of 24.5k plus private medical, pension and shares which I think is pretty good compared to other jobs I applied for. Only downside was I had to move to Aberdeen during the week.

[MitchT]

Graphic Designer. Started in 1994. Got my bus fares paid for! Every job I looked at wanted someone with two years' experience so I basically offered to work for nothing so I could get something on my CV!

Do I win?

[tfin]

MitchT said:

Graphic Designer. Started in 1994. Got my bus fares paid for! Every job I looked at wanted someone with two years' experience so I basically offered to work for nothing so I could get something on my CV!

Do I win?

Luxury.

I had to pay my first employer for the privilege of going to work.

[Mr Classic]

Maxwell90 said:

I started my apprenticeship in September on a salary of 24.5k plus private medical, pension and shares which I think is pretty good compared to other jobs I applied for. Only downside was I had to move to Aberdeen during the week.

What industry are you in?!