What is your family's monthly take home money?

[reefqueen]

So following on from a popular thread about what us women earn, I am genuinely interested in how much net income families bring in each month?

This is not talked about in real life but I think it is so interesting and I am nosy

So how much money does your household bring in each month? Is it from work or benefits or both? And where in the uk are you?

I'll start:
Me, DH, 2x DC, South East. Money in each month is £3,900. This includes 2 salaries and child benefit.

I hate boasting, but £14,000 per month take home.

I still budget to within an inch of my life and spend £60 per week feeding my family of 5 and 2 dogs (and that includes lunches)

@Oakenbeach

Why is that “boasting”

You’re stating a fact.

£1,200 per month.... but we still have at least 3 foreign holidays a year and drive new Audis.

@Workreturner

But boasting is when you crow about facts

If they weren’t facts, I wouldn’t be boasting, I’d be lying!

@Oakenbeach - what do you do?

Around 5450 a month take home but I pay 18% into my pension and i also pay a student loan of 9% of anything over 19k (ish?) which comes out before I get paid. Student loan will be paid off by feb 2019 (fingers crossed!)

Who’s crowing?

Seriously. People have been asked a question and they are responding.

I totally get that some jobs are going to pay more than others, but am shocked at the level of inequality.

We all know that the UK is very unequal, and this thread really confirms it. It is not right that some people are sleeping on the streets, losing their homes, going to food banks, while others have more money than they could possibly need.

For me it is the mark or an uncivilised society.

Of course some jobs are going to earn a lot - but if there is that much money floating around (which there obviously is), then more of it than currently should be redistributed at source. Not in the form of handouts, but investment in our economy / industry / infrastructure etc...

Nobody should be starving or on the streets.

No one ever says “20k & I don’t budget, live a life of luxury, etc”

I’m more suprised by the amount of tax credits some people seem to get & whilst I understand it’s certainly unfair that CM isn’t taken into account.

The other face of the UK

Who’s crowing? Seriously. People have been asked a question and they are responding.

There’s a massive bias towards the very highly paid on this thread (and I am one before you think I’m posting because I’m sour... though nothing like the amount I posted)...

Why are they more likely to post? Because it makes them feel smug and self-satisfied of course. Have some basic self-awareness will you!

Why haven’t lower paid people posted in the same volumes? Because it makes them feel shit, even if it’s an anonymous thread.

Of course someone posting on here that they have take home pay way above the average is boasting. Otherwise, why do so!

What do people think is crowing though? I think we’re incredibly well off taking home over 3.2k a month, it’s a huge amount (and luckily for us) our mortgage is only £422. The reality is we both earn pretty average (some would say low) wages to get about 1600 each left after deductions really. Is this amount crowing? Hardly.

roughly £19,700, just myself, DH and DS who is 2 in our family.
Gosh that seems a lot written down but it generally seems to disappear quite quickly with a chunky mortgage

About £8,000.

DH fulltime and I’m self employed.

Two people retired £2,000 per month, no mortgage, no benefits or credits.

3000, single income family.

I can't believe some of the amounts on here. I'd love to know what people's occupations are. I'd maybe consider retraining!

Gosh that seems a lot written down

£19,700 per month seems a lot 😂😂

Jesus Christ. I earn £1,106 quid a month.

Seriously. Can someone tell me what area of work to go into to get anything more 😂😭

I get 85,000 per month.

It might sounds a little on the high side... but don’t be fooled!... I don’t have much left once the Ferraris, the butler, the helicopter, and ski chalet in Whistler are taken into account!

We all know that the UK is very unequal, and this thread really confirms it. It is not right that some people are sleeping on the streets, losing their homes, going to food banks, while others have more money than they could possibly need

^ this

I’m in the drug trade so 45k a month doesn’t go far as I have high security costs.

wondering1101

I hope you’ve worked out that what I wrote was bollocks, like a fair proportion of the posts in this thread I imagine.

Yes I have @Oakenbeach .

The thing is knowing someone else’s salary doesn’t really help anyone. Some will earn more, some will earn less. Some are struggling, others are not. There is no point comparing yourself to others here. Some will be lying, some in debt, some working insane hours etc. Surely most people know from looking at their surroundings and their lifestyle compared to others where they sit on the financial scale.