How much did you earn in 1993?

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I was reading a book set in 93 and the lead character is said to have a salary of £55k a year. It’s obviously suggested to be good, but I’m curious as to what that relates to in real terms.

1993 I worked in the Civil Service earning £7400 a year.

I'd just qualified as an accountant with one of the (then) big eight. I was on £25k ish.

£9000 - gap year admin job in a publishing house between A levels and university.

I was earning £8k a year in a bog standard admin job, my newly(ish) qualified teacher friend was earning £16k and I remember being about her complaining about having no money.

Call centre operative jobs were about £12 in my company

It was around that time I first heard the concept of people in their 20s 'earning their age' ie £23k at age 23 etc but the only people I knew who actually achieved that worked in IT (high paid sector at that time)

I was on £2.18 an hour as a part-time lifeguard!

That was rubbish! 1988-1993, my Saturday/holiday job as a lifeguard was about £4.65/hour. I had Pool Bronze though, which may have meant I was on a bit more than those with just Brinze Medallion, I can't remember. I got £7/h for teaching swimming, and £3.65 or so working as a Saturday library assistant. Most local shop and waitresses jobs were around £3.25 - £3.50 an hour.

£5 a week delivering papers.

Whatever change I could find down the side of the sofa. I was 8.

I was on about 90 a week, working in admin. i sacked it off to earn better money shaking farts out of duvets in hotels on the continent.

Basic office job
£400 per month

£27k. I was 25 and hadn’t gone to university. Worked in the City. Was about to have a big pay increase as was changing role/area.

Full time

11,000 pounds plus BUPA and 4 free holidays abroad a year for me with another person.

It was London and it didn't go far. I had to work in a pub to make ends meet.

DH had been to university & was older. Worked in City too, £90k with up to 100% bonus.

About 10k and I thought I was doing pretty well.

I had a Saturday job and earned £3.60 and hour.

About £1 a week pocket money 💰

I don't remember my yearly wage but in 1994 I was earning £640 a month.

My rent on a 2 bed in London was £230 a month.

Child benefit plus income support was £61.25 a week.

Ah the book character sounded like he had a similar career to Lizziestwin and her husband working in the city.

I think about 28-30k a year, I had been doing that particular job for about 12 years by then, and was a graduate. It was a reasonably good salary, as far as i can remember!

I was in what was considered a well paid job then, about £25k, so £55k was an amazing amount

In 1993, I was a YTS and on £35 a week.

About £7000 civil service. I thought i was very well off!

I'd not long been made redundant and was on 12.5k in my new job but had dropped from about 15k pre redundancy. Senior level admin job.

it's about £97k now according to the inflation calculator.

18 years old on £7K a year