Would you class £32,000 as a good salary?

[Poshpuppy]

I know there are so many variables. For a 21 year old living at home it's probably a very good salary!
For a single parent who owns a home maybe not.

For me, I'm 35 and I don't feel this is a good salary for me. I'm in the Civil Service, I have a degree and master's, it's my own fault for possibly doing qualifications that haven't led to anything higher paid/more specific.
I'm an EO/Executive Officer grade which is junior. There are not many HEO/Higher Officer grades that don't require very niche experience or line management, there are also few fewer HEOs than AOs or EOs so competition is tough.

I'm looking outwards at the local council, third sector and private sector. I know money isn't everything but when you have things to pay for and any chance of saving then it does help. I think I'd feel comfortable on closer to 40k, whether this will happen is another matter.

Of course there will be people on under 30k who manage perfectly fine, it's all relative. Just wondered what anyone thought!

Would it make sense to move to doing IT in the private sector?

Minimum wage is £25k so for someone with a degree and a masters, £32k does seem low for a full time salary. For your age and qualifications I’d be thinking £48-50k.

If there was a job I could do part time and close enough for me to be able to commute to it, definitely, but I’m constantly looking and there is only full time locally.
We have tried to move house so I’d be closer to towns I could get work, but there isn’t any wheelchair accessible housing available and the stamp duty needed would mean we couldn’t afford anything like the house we have at the moment so I’m stuck. Not a great position to be in, but there are people much worse off.

That’s why I find people saying salaries that are so much more than I’ve ever earned in my life aren’t enough difficult to read - I know I’m relatively lucky and though it’s a struggle it could be so much worse. If was earning £30k I’d feel rich, I’d be able to move house for a start.

Sorry but no, not in any circumstances unless entry level/ grad scheme

although I do think people overestimated the value of a masters degree on your salary especially outside of stem