Low, middle, high earners

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What would you say is a low, middle & high income for individuals in the UK?

(to me)

Low = 20-30k
Middle = around 40-50k
High = 80k+

(ETA, assuming full time work)

In my opinion:

Low is under the average - so under 30,000.

Middle to me is around the average of 36,000 and up to the next tax bracket of 50,000 unless you’re in London where I’d push it to 70,000 because of weighting and costs

High is above that…

Extremely high is anything above 125,000

It’s all relative. Something like

Low under £50k
Med £51k-£100k
High £100k+

Low - under 30

Middle- 30-50

High-over 50

Low under £40k
Medium £40-£100k
High £100k+

Low- under 30k
medium 40-60k
high- above 60k

Low =35 or below
middle 35 - 65
high 65+

Single earner or couple household?? Dependants?? Area? A pretty meaningless question really.

Single earner, no dependants, living in Blyth? Low income below £20k pre tax. Middle income, below £45k pre tax. Very High income £8Ok pre tax.

Single earner, no family childcare, 3 kids, London? Low income, below £35k pre tax. Basicslly, unliveable unless no housing costs. Mid income up to 80k providing social housing and some childcare help from gov’t.

Dual earner, North West, kids left home, mortgage paid off, index linked pension income of £4k a month - high income.

Low under 30k
middle 30k - 110k
high over 110k
super high over 250k

Low - claiming UC but working full time- so below 40k pre tax. Mid £40- £80k high above £80k

Low- under 33k
middle- 33k-55k
high- 56k-80k
Doing well 81k plus.

Middle is 37k full time

high I would therefore say 72k

low would be minimum wage which is around 25 or 26k full time

The middle being median do half earn less than that

I think conversations about income are entirely pointless without other context like outgoings and household. Our mortgage is £2k a month before anything else, someone with a £500 mortgage could be better off than us with a lower income.

Agreed. The important information is how much somebody is exposed to 2025 housing costs. When did they or their partner first purchase a property? If renting, is it private or SH and are they receiving any top up benefits to help with it? OP said earning rather than income, so any UC award is relevant.

It definetely depends on cost of housing where you live! In london a high salary needs to be higher than, say, Stoke on Trent!
For London I would say mid is up to £100/125k