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FemaleEngineer · 2022-10-26T19:47:12+00:00

I keep seeing this term from media and on MN threads. I have no idea what this actually means? I think I'm pretty ordinary. Then again, we're all unique in our own way. AIBU?

OnomatopoeiaFlea · 26/10/2022 21:21

Celebrityskint · 26/10/2022 21:15

so... I think £26k is a perfectly normal salary. Lots of people I know earn this or less.

on mn there seems to be some sort of weird idea that a normal salary / mid earner is at least £50k.... which for many people.. it isn’t.... especially outside of london and the south east

of course there will be some outliers earning over £100k: but on some threads, people seem to think they need to earn at least that to have a decent standard of living

Might be normal but it’s not average

that poster was claiming it’s an average salary

when it’s far below that

OnomatopoeiaFlea · 26/10/2022 21:22

Leemoe · 26/10/2022 21:18

I would hope that most ordinary people don't get a kick out of being unnessecarily nasty.

@OnomatopoeiaFlea congratulations you have reached a most extraordinary level of cuntery.

Jesus Christ there are some sensitive Sally’s on here tonight

Freespirit42 · 26/10/2022 21:29

Actually the last time I checked the average salary was 25 k The median average salary is therefore often lower than the mean average salary and is a more accurate measure as it excludes the small number of those with a much higher salary than average. For example:

The median average salary for all workers in the UK is £25,971.
The mean average salary for all workers in the UK is £31,447.
The median average salary for full-time workers in the UK is £31,285.
The mean average salary for full-time workers in the UK is £38,131.

so don’t worry op you are quite average on these figures.

Leemoe · 26/10/2022 21:29

@OnomatopoeiaFlea and one seemingly alliterative arsehole.

Freespirit42 · 26/10/2022 21:30

Them figures were on this page www.avtrinity.com/uk-average-salary

UnTrussworthy · 26/10/2022 21:32

I’m not hurt by the fact I may live in an area where I don’t quite peak the sort of day a Londoner.

I don’t mind that @OnomatopoeiaFlea like to point that out.

im a bit annoyed that my toddler woke up and kept me away from their latest reply that was removed by MN, but we roll with it.

OnomatopoeiaFlea · 26/10/2022 21:35

Freespirit42 · 26/10/2022 21:29

Actually the last time I checked the average salary was 25 k The median average salary is therefore often lower than the mean average salary and is a more accurate measure as it excludes the small number of those with a much higher salary than average. For example:

The median average salary for all workers in the UK is £25,971.
The mean average salary for all workers in the UK is £31,447.
The median average salary for full-time workers in the UK is £31,285.
The mean average salary for full-time workers in the UK is £38,131.

so don’t worry op you are quite average on these figures.

So for full time workers it’s as expected over the 31k.

Thanks for stating the obvious though

Dibbydoos · 26/10/2022 22:01

Out of nearly 8 billion people, there is one 1 of you.

We are all unique.

The rich and famous think their different and some non rich or famous people might agree, but they are no different from the rest of us. However the media et al like to pamper the rich and famous, so the term ordinary people is therefore those of us who are neither rich nor famous.

Endlesssummer2022 · 26/10/2022 22:07

Based on what I’ve seen in the media, I think it means working class white people who live in the Midlands and North.

Endlesssummer2022 · 26/10/2022 22:09

Based on what I’ve seen in the media, I think it means working class white people who live in the Midlands and North.

Forgot to add that these people have 2/3 kids and the grandparents live in the same town.

PeaceX · 26/10/2022 22:11

I identify with being ordinary tbh, but not in a low self-esteem way. I'm luckier than some people in some ways.

PeaceX · 26/10/2022 22:12

omg, i even earn 31,700 per annum

TabithaTittlemouse · 26/10/2022 22:15

Ordinary is different things to different people.

My ordinary and your ordinary are probably quite different.

Calandor · 26/10/2022 22:34

Most people who are not very rich, very well known or very talented/genius.

I'm an ordinary person. I'm intelligent, have several degrees, successful career, quite pretty, but still totally normal. Few people know me, or of me and I have no means to make enormous change in the world.

So I'm ordinary.

Calandor · 26/10/2022 22:35

I've also travelled much of the world - thanks to my job - that doesn't make me any less ordinary.

Terftrain · 26/10/2022 22:38

It just means “not the metropolitan elite”, you know those twats who look down on others.

smooththecat · 27/10/2022 00:04

Reluctantadult · 26/10/2022 20:55

Guessing 2.4 children family, earn £29,600, house £256,000... These are UK averages, apparently. Probably vote Conservative even though policy wise they sit with Labour. That one's my interpretation!

I thought that 1.9 children was the average now.

smooththecat · 27/10/2022 00:05

Also, I guess average is not the same as ordinary though…

smooththecat · 27/10/2022 00:12

Ah sorry, the birth rate is 1.6 , it has been declining for 10 years. Surprised the Tories aren’t making more of that in their growth dirge. It hasn’t been 2.4 children since the early 1960s. The is England/Wales data only.

smooththecat · 27/10/2022 00:13

Early 1970s NOT 1960s

HeddaGarbled · 27/10/2022 00:19

Is it an alternative to “hard-working families” for commentators who recognise the politicisation in that terminology? So, an attempt to find a less loaded description for the general populace.