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......

70k as an Individual - £150k as a household income. I live in the South East but outside of London.

And maybe also PIP?

Average wage in my area is around £29-30k so I’d say anything over £50k here and you’d live comfortably. In places such as London I’d imagine it’s a lot higher, probably over £150k, maybe more.

Why on earth would they get free prescriptions? Do you actually know what the eligibility criteria is?

120k upwards- however I would rather be a low income worker on the housing ladder before 2010 than earn that much now and have to rent.

Me too!!!

I honestly despise smug people like you who look down on others. You have no fucking idea whatsoever and your comments are insulting to people who are working hard.

Not in England they don’t.

Random.

Why would you think she gets either of those?

100%

With a median wage in the mid thirties - so that’s an average earner

I would say 70k, twice the average and probably around the top 10% would be high

I know those on that kind of money feel hard done by but it you are in the top 10% , spare a thought for the rest of the population

People who say 40k is low really need to retake GCSE maths

I think that poster is perhaps a little unwell.

I started by thinking that if someone scores in the top 20% of anything, that generally counts as a high ranking, so by that measure an income putting you in the top 20% of earners would count as high. I looked it up and was surprised to find that that £50k a year would be enough to put someone in the top 20%.

So £50k a year would count as a high earner in the UK, which I think says a lot about how we perceive our own circumstances because I can think of plenty of people I know who earn considerably more than that but still have money worries.

Anyone above £50k

I earn 30k as a band 4 in the NHS. We earn 75 ish between us.

So anything over the 40% threshold is a high earner to me. Even though they won’t feel it.

Also some of these quoted figures are ridiculous.

£250k per person

I'm a lawyer and see a lot of employment contracts. I think most people would regard 100k as being a high earner. Obviously there are lots of people who earn a lot more than that but generally people who earn around that amount seem to think of themselves as fairly high earners.

That's really interesting actually. Agreed.

A house I loved they knocked down the orangerie to sell it, I was heartbroken, not that I was going to buy it with or without.

£100k plus p.a. But I guess it depends on the industry. A brand new trader with no experience starts on £100k, so I imagine their thoughts on what a high earner is would be different!

High earner £50k plus.
Low earner - below £30k.

Seriously? I'm on less than £40K, none of the benefits you list apart from child benefit and even counting that I'm not close. To qualify for free school meals you have to earn under about £10K, and the only time I got free prescriptions/dental was as a child or during my (one) pregnancy. Single income household too before you decide I must have a partner bankrolling me.

I work in a field which isn't well paid, requires a lot of qualifications and/or experience, yet jobs are in high demand. It doesn't mean I'm on benefits. We have a decent life, and don't miss out on much, but an extra £15K would make a massive difference to our lives. So yes, for me earning £45K+ would be a lot of money.

The median wage in the UK is £39k, so technically, anyone earning above this is a high earner, and anyone earning below this is a low earner.

Yes a high earner has always meant a high rate tax payer to me 😂

250K+ is rich rich. It's feels like another planet, and I'm not poor anymore. I'm always amazed by how normalised it is for some people on MN. I know I know, it doesn't go far in London, blah blah 🙄

The existence of billionaires has really skewed some people's perspective.