What do you think classes as a high earner?

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Just after ppls opinions on this.

Hear alot about the cost of living etc and the big divide between high and low earners......

What do you think would constitute as a high earner and why? Baring in mind everyone's personal circs......

I live in the SE.

IMO <30k is low
>60k is high

It entirely depends where you are, 50k is a very good wage in most of the country and a relatively small percentage of people actually get to that outside the south east. Most jobs I see advertised are minimum wage. Most people I know in graduate jobs earn 35-45k with a few years experience. Most people are comfortable on that and not complaining. My friend in Surrey earns far more than that and is always complaining because of the high earners she sees around her and the unaffordable price of property in her area.

Household income above £250k pa in the south east , super high earners north of £1m pa , plenty of them about too

In most parts of Scotland I’d describe anyone earning around £65k+ as a high earner

Or an orangerie 😆

It's still a high earner though, despite things being more expensive here?

'High earner' surely relates to earning much higher than the average wage.

Unlike the taxman who says approx over £50k in England and Wales or over £43k in Scotland (ridiculous high rate kicks in here due to fiscal drag!) it’s definitely at least £80-100k. Middle earners should be up in arms at their tax rate currently. Many be better off not working.

Fuck me could you be any more out of touch with the real world?

My husband works 40+ hours a week and earns £28500. We don’t get any of the benefits you’ve sneeringly listed.

My son earns slightly more, as a retail assistant manager. My son-in-law earns the same as my husband. My daughter earns considerably less as she’s still training. None of them get any fucking benefits either.

High earner to me would be £150k

Probably £100k or over as a high earner. A lot of standard professional jobs eg Teachers or Nurses have an average salary of £35k to £45k (according to Google). To be a high earner ie earn a lot, it needs to be £100k plus, outside of London. In London, double that.

120k+

ONS defines it as a disposable income of £70k a year.

So, that.

But how much do you earn? Surely it’s about household income if a couple is co-habiting?

Top of the scale Teachers in Scotland (5+ years experience) earn £55k. I agree. 70-100k I would probably think high earner but I also agree it depends where you live as I appreciate 55k might be seen as a low salary in London (according to what I read on Netmums).

You can’t correlate it to house prices or what house your salary affords you as house prices are dysfunctional

But statistically it’s a small amount…

Over about £80k single person or over £150k combined family income I think.

If you live in a private road in surrey where the houses cost £1.5m plus and there's a high end car on every drive, you might not feel like a high earner on £150k.

My parents road has houses that cost that much but very few paid that for them

Over £100k

Yes these people are completely out of touch. There’s honestly no reasoning with them. It’s painful but don’t rise to it.

I think that's a different question- people aren't saying what they think is higher than average. They're taking 'high earners' as a distinct group. Same as someone talking about people with high net worth- it's a distinct group (eg someone with investable assets over £1m) not just anyone with higher than average net worth.

It might not feel like it, but £100k plus is a high earner.

In my location high earners are £250k+ though as it’s affluent (not London, not South East). But it’s not representative.

Over 100k is generally HE but it’s age and area dependent for me.
For a young person I’d say over 60k.
For someone nearing retirement in London more like 150k.

£70k disposable puts you in the top 10%.

Well you get free prescriptions don't you?