To ask what YOU think a high salary is?

[minimummies]

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.

@minimummies

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

You have no clue. No clue at all .

Shop workers
Care assistants
People working in hospitality
A whole lot of admin jobs
Library assistants
Teaching assistants
Factory workers

Do you know what the minimum wage is and how many people actually earn this ?

Surely it kind of depends what you do? 30k in a job you love in an organisation can be a high salary whereas 30k in a company where you have to sell your soul and work with wankers may feel very low?

For me, in my area and social circle, 40k+ feels like a high wage, for either sex. I'm in my thirties, and most people I know well enough to know their wages make less than 25k, working full-time, years into their jobs.

The only person I know (whose wage I know) that makes 6 figures is in his 60s have spent his career working in tech and finance. I'm aware it's common in some jobs much younger, but it's generally out of my experience.

50k high
20k to 30k normal
10k to 20k what most people earn

£100-£120kish? Am in London though so my view is skewed by that.

I used to think £40-50k was beyond my wildest dreams when I was a full time accounts assistant on £18k and in council housing.

I'm now married and my DH earns £47k and to me, right now, that feels like a very middle of the road median wage. I'm older now, have a bigger house and have more outgoings so it's completely relative.

I really think it depends on your situation.

I just got a promotion and now earn 28k I consider that to be well paid idk 🤷‍♀️

I work on power lines in all weathers and I know two people who have been seriously injured whilst working who were on the same or less than that.

The vast majority of key workers are on low wages it's not easy to make a living and I don't value my life or anyone else's based on the amount of money they earn

My DH, in London, in his 50s, Oxford degree, earns 22k full time shift work.

As a full time TA I earn just over 1k a month before deductions. That's 12k a year for a keyworker job 🤷‍♀️

Is that your whole income though, or does it get topped up with any UC?

Incomes at the lower end of the scale can be misleading as tax free UC can improve the overall position a lot.

@Dogsarehairy Payscale for headteachers outside London attached. Note £117k is maximum. Average is £56k for headteachers. Appreciate primary pays less.

There are 32 secondary headteachers in my city of 250,000. So yes, very, very unlikely to meet anyone on £100,000 and "almost" unheard of.

Someone on that salary round here would almost certainly be in their 50s too.

Yorkshire. I would consider an individual income of £65,000 net + high

@NommyChompers. All the FT GPs and FT dentists that I know are.

Over 100k
I think it depends on the earning power of what you're familiar with.

I think this is all relative really and one factor that needs consideration is where you live. Me and my partner earn a joint income of around £100k in the West Midlands and are therefore are able to afford a four bed house in a nice area.

We were living Henley on Thames before and our deposit and combined income would have got us a two bed flat. Getting out of the south east has meant that our combined income has got us a lot further in life before the age of 30.

Anything more than me 🤷🏼‍♀️

I’d like to know the answer too - genuinely without being goady! Most of my uni friends are on graduate schemes with a starting pay of 28K and will finish with 40K once qualified.
I’d consider >80K to be high. 60K is the point beyond which taking on additional job responsibility (and stress) would make me reconsider.. I can live very well on that

100k above is a good salary.

"What do you think is a high wage for say a woman in their 30's?!"
40K plus.

"Would you say differently for a man?"
No.

I'm on £27416 to be exact; NHS nurse with a degree and 5 years experience, will be going up to £30615 in April, which is the top of the pay scale for a band 5 nurse. I'll be happy with that. Won't consider it "low", but unfortunately houseprices around me are quite high compared to other areas. If I lived somewhere with more affordable housing I would probably think £30k plus was a high salary.

In my social circles 30k is a decent salary. A high salary i think 50k+?

Also why are people posting degrees/qualifications/expérience without actual job titles...those don’t matter, the sector does!

£35-40k is high where I am.

We all know wages are completely fucked up in this country ...a TA could not afford to have a child in nursery and work.
A better wage does not make one a better person or member of society.

This is all a bit shit really isn't it?

Well a disabled person determined by a medical professional as unfit for work receives under £6000 per annum on social support - talk of £35k being low and £75k merely being acceptable disgusts me when we have people living in genuine poverty.

What a marketplace, this is.

@minimummies

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

Blimey I think it's pretty normal/reflective of majority for FT.