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To ask what YOU think a high salary is?

625 replies

minimummies · 06/02/2021 21:49

Going off the back of the salary thread and the savings threads. A lot of people are aghast at the wages and say that ppl are lying!

What do you think is a high wage for say a woman in their 30's?!
Would you say differently for a man?

I think anything over 100k is a high wage for either. 25-35k would be low imo and anything in the middle would be a good salary.

OP posts:
Abouttimemum · 06/02/2021 22:02

I’m considered a high earner for my region and I’m on 35k. Over 50k I’d consider really high. Over 100k is rich. Many, many people work full time and earn under 20k. DH is manual and earns 25k, which I also consider a good wage.
It’s all relative.

Meatbadger · 06/02/2021 22:03

What is the point of this thread? From a quick Google you can easily see that most people don’t earn upwards of £25k.

AgeLikeWine · 06/02/2021 22:04

In London, £100k.

In the rest of the U.K., £70k

00100001 · 06/02/2021 22:04

£35k+ high
22-35k - normal

NotImpossible · 06/02/2021 22:05

I'd call 50k+ high. Anything over 25k sounds pretty decent to me.

I have never earned anything near that figure.

ShopTattsyrup · 06/02/2021 22:05

In my head (late 20s outside of London etc.) for an individual of any sex or age:

Up to about 30k - fine, normal.
Up to about 40k - good, decent.
Up to about 50k - very good.
Over 50k - high earner.

Marinaloves · 06/02/2021 22:06

I earn a decent amount
I think over 60k is high and I live in London
All those people saying oh I earn 250k
I mean ffs

ellenpartridge · 06/02/2021 22:06

I'd consider something like 80k+ to be high for someone in their 30s

JM10 · 06/02/2021 22:06

Do people seriously think you have to be on 100k, 200k, 250k to have a good salary?! You three clearly live in a differ6world to most of the rest of us.

I honestly can't believe that anyone thinks any role under 25k is extremely low and probably would need to be part time.

SchrodingersImmigrant · 06/02/2021 22:06

@Meatbadger

What is the point of this thread? From a quick Google you can easily see that most people don’t earn upwards of £25k.
Raising people's blood pressure when they think it's not a pisstake, but real
00100001 · 06/02/2021 22:07

@minimummies

Under 25k to me would be extremely low and I would expect it to be a part time role if I'm honest.
... extremely low/part time? Confused

How much do you think most people are paid? Honestly OP, you're very ignorant.

00100001 · 06/02/2021 22:08

@Lifeinaonesie

Anything over £200k
So of you earned £195,000... You wouldn't consider that a high salary?? Confused
GCAcademic · 06/02/2021 22:08

Boring. Just get on with it, OP, and tell us how rich you are. We all know that's the point of the thread.

HappyTimeTunnelDinosaur · 06/02/2021 22:09

I think 50k+ is pretty decent for an individual, but 100k + is high to me. Most primary teachers will start on around 25k, so I don't think its especially low. Imagine how little TA's get, even if full time. I think you need to be more realistic and understand that wages vary massively.

Ginfordinner · 06/02/2021 22:10

The average salary in my not very affluent South Yorkshire town for office work is "extremely low" according to the OP.

Anything over £50k (not in London) is a high salary to me.

HairyToity · 06/02/2021 22:10

My FTE salary is 33k. My husband's is 40k.
Outside of London I would call a high salary 50k plus.

I'm not a big spender though, and appreciate others will think differently.

Gcnq · 06/02/2021 22:10

These sorts of threads are just horrid.

Look, the majority of workers in the UK are earning 30K or less despite how much effort and hard work they put into it. The minority earn more.

What are these sorts of threads supposed to prove?
50K per year to most people will be double their wage but they're too busy working to pontificate and argue about that on Mumsnet through their latest Smartphone.

LittleMissMoggy · 06/02/2021 22:10

A few years out of date, but 2019 £50k was top 10%. Some people are so out of touch, £30k would be beyond the reach of so many in this country.

wellthatsunusual · 06/02/2021 22:11

I'd consider over about 60k to be high. But there's no way I'd consider 35k to be low. Where I live that's a standard salary for a professional job like an accountant or whatever.

Waxonwaxoff0 · 06/02/2021 22:11

£50k is a high salary to me and goes far where I live in Derbyshire. My ex husband earns this and has a 4 bed house and multiple holidays a year.

My income is £2k per month after tax and pension and I live comfortably on that.

Marinaloves · 06/02/2021 22:11

Over 50k is London is good
Why do people think that no normal earning people live in London
There are 11 million people
Do you really think they all earn over100 k

Original poster
minimummies · 06/02/2021 22:11

I am not rich at all....I wouldn't consider myself a high earner if that's what you think. This is JUST my opinionI am well aware that a lot of ppl in the U.K. are on very low wages yeah.

OP posts:
firstimemamma · 06/02/2021 22:12

I count £40k as a high salary.

The comment about salaries under 25k made me laugh. When I started out as a teacher I was on a little over £22k a year and was in school by 7:45am each day, worked 50-60 hours a week including weekends and holidays, I had student TAs under my wing from the word go, students with special needs and lots of stress and work to do from home.

wellthatsunusual · 06/02/2021 22:13

@minimummies

Under 25k to me would be extremely low and I would expect it to be a part time role if I'm honest.
Are you really that clueless?
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