What salary are you realistically expecting to earn?

I expect to earn at least £52k pa straight out of uni.

Do you think my bubble will burst, or is it unrealistic?

What do you think?

I just looked through all the links on that page and I can't find anything mention those four.



In all likelihood you will be slaving away on almost little sleep and being bored out of your mind on £100k as well. It's pretty much a bell curve of salary:slavery.

There is nowhere that is going to pay a new graduate near that amount. New grads are risky enough without paying them such huge salaries. The vast majority of degrees will start you out on about 18k-25k, with the higher end ones reaching around £30k.

If you have an S&T/Prop Trading offer in hand, then it's completely realistic. Your total comp could be in £60-70k

Solicitor. Hope to earn approximately 40k while training and 100k once qualified.

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Use the arrow keys to the left of the pictures.

Or here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9441915/Graduate-jobs-top-10-starting-salaries.html?image=6
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9441915/Graduate-jobs-top-10-starting-salaries.html?image=8
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9441915/Graduate-jobs-top-10-starting-salaries.html?image=9
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/universityeducation/9441915/Graduate-jobs-top-10-starting-salaries.html?image=10

It was a bit of a loaded question to highlight the inaccuracy of the information in this thread.

That is roughly (+/- 2k) what my starting salary is in my offer letter. My job starts next week.

So, clearly there is somewhere that is willing to pay someone that kind of money as a fresh graduate.

I get completely different slides to the ones you've linked but okay.

All but law and investment banking are "around £30k", like I said. Neither IB nor law are near £52k though. Regarding law, it seems only the London firms pay particularly above average (http://targetjobs.co.uk/career-sectors/law-solicitors/310759-how-much-will-you-earn-as-a-trainee-solicitor) with £23k to £36k outside of London (which is certainly well above average, but nothing spectacular for what most people expect).

IB, expectedly, is ridiculously high, but then again they have some of the highest stress levels of the population, and not even for any good reason (other than, obviously, to make money).



What is roughly +/-2k?

That's the case.

It was a loaded question aimed at the guy who said that we should all wind our necks in and stop being "unrealistic".

People who encourage other people to not be ambitious drive me crazy.

I get completely different slides to the ones you've linked but okay.

All but law and investment banking are "around £30k", like I said. Neither IB nor law are near £52k though. Regarding law, it seems only the London firms pay particularly above average (http://targetjobs.co.uk/career-sectors/law-solicitors/310759-how-much-will-you-earn-as-a-trainee-solicitor) with £23k to £36k outside of London (which is certainly well above average, but nothing spectacular for what most people expect).

IB, expectedly, is ridiculously high, but then again they have some of the highest stress levels of the population, and not even for any good reason (other than, obviously, to make money).



What is roughly +/-2k?

That's completely incorrect. Please stop commenting on something you clearly know nothing about.

The total comp for IB grads in London this year is between £50,000-£54,000. Last time I checked the average of this range is £52,000. Which, surprisingly, is close to £52,000.....

I can't speak for law though, I don't know as much about it.

So then why are you giving me links that contradict that and claim they support your argument?

If you are aiming for city firms, then that sounds realistic for the training salary. 100k once qualified is a bit high, but 2 years+ PQ and 100k would be more accurate, just not straight away PQ. (I'm not sure if that's what you meant though).

Anyone know the average wage for a science teacher at secondary school (including sixth form) some 10 years after getting your PGCE?

So then why are you giving me links that contradict that and claim they support your argument?

You are correct. I meant 100k after 2-3 years experience. On qualifying, I am hoping for a salary of around 65k assuming I a 'make it' at a city firm.

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I think that you will find that I didn't provide you with any links. That was another user.

So, I hope that answers that question....

Is expecting a starting salary of 28k ok for software engineers?

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Solicitor. Hope to earn approximately 40k while training and 100k once qualified.

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