Is 26.7k a good salary for a single person?

[Bethditto1]

Who lives on their own.. this is in the Civil Service, this is for a person with no children.
Based on 37 hours. I think it's quite poor, just curious to know what people think?

Are you an AA?

Depends on age, for a 21 year old, especially outside of London yes it's a good salary. For a 40 year old it's pretty poor.

Sorry, an AO?

What part of the country do they live in with this salary? Do they live with parents or by themselves in rented accomodation or are they house sharing?

Is this a starting salary for the Civil Service role that will go up fairly quickly or is this the average salary for the role?

It's not much above minimum wage which is about £23.5k.

It depends on your experience level.

It’s barely above minimum wage now - but, for an entry level role it would be reasonable.

It’s not far off minimum wage.

I think age and stage in career are important factors here too

Depends on the role and your responsibilities.

AO.
Have a mortgage, it is an entry level role, EO is around 30k and HEO around 34k I think in my department

And sorry forgot to say im 35.

Role is full time call centre role in the Civil Service, no bonuses etc. Available.

Depends where they are in the country?

Would be fine for someone in a house share, entry level. I think you’d struggle to rent a house/flat alone on it.

You said it yourself: it’s an entry level role.

it’s the civil service, it comes with stability, decent pension and decent leave entitlements. You can climb up the grades reasonably quickly if you are good.

Not on Mumsnet, no. In the real world it's not a bad starting salary but you'll find plenty of people raise a family on this.

I'm in the North of England in a major city. AO in London is around 30k I believe.

If it’s for yourself, you can work out if it covers your current outgoings?

The other CS benefits are certainly good. I think when the salary is quite poor initially you tend to not think about the pension as much, but it depends.

I'm a top of the spine point AO and on £33k where I live. Will you automatically climb the spine each year? I was a year at entry, year at middle then top after two years

My son earns just under that in a warehouse, 40 hours per week.
But I can't imagine he's got much chance of career progression. So whilst it doesn't sound like a lot, in the long run it's probably better than DS.

God no, I was on more than that at 25, which was 20 years ago.

No.
If you are contributing via salary sacrifice to a pension, then this salary falls below the national minimum wage based on a 40 hour week.
If this salary is paid for a 40 hour week, and no salary sacrifice deductions, then there's no allowance baked in for you to work below that. Your employer would be in breach of NMW again.

Just seen you're on 37 Hours. If you ever work additional time, there's a high chance your earnings fall below NMW.

I think it comes down to career progression opportunities.

My son is in his 20s, did an apprenticeship in car mechanics, and is in his first post qualifying job. He earns £34k plus bonus, so approximately £40k per year. But he's unlikely to ever earn more than £40k plus bonus. Whereas a career in the CS presumably has much more scope for high earnings.

Is it 27% pension contribution, 30 plus holiday, flexi working and ability to mainly wfh?

If so, you work out what your actual wage would be in the private sector by adding that pension percentage to your wage (maybe take off 5% as many employers contribute now but they contribute minimal amounts and you need to contribute the rest) and then I think you get at least a week or 2 more than private sector.

Salaries aren't paid depending on marital or parental status. It's a lower level salary, if full time probably works out only a little over minimum hourly wage.