Is £25,800 annual gross wage good? 2024

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I work 35 hours. One day from home. I enjoy my job. Just interested to see what others think. Can't find much on Google. Thanks xx

Depends on age and where you are in your life. That is an entry level sort of salary that i would think is for someone in the early/mid 20's and just starting out if a career is the goal.

I'm on pretty much the same, 35 hour week but condensed into 4 long days. Two days Office, 2 days WFH.

IMO it's not a lot but fair for the basic admin job that I do. DH earns much more so we're fine, but I certainly couldn't support the family on it.

It depends what your costs are. Is there scope for promotion? Generally, it's an entry level salary, but if you enjoy the job and it won't leave you struggling...

@MidnightMeltdown, I don't thing that's true - the average full time salary in the UK is around £35k (this is skewed upwards by very high earners). So, the median full-time salary is significantly lower at around £28k.

I find these money questions are quite subjective. It depends what you are comparing to, and what sort of lifestyle you are supporting, and also how much value you placed on things like job satisfaction, flexible working, and other perks and so forth.

It's OK. Not bad, not excellent. Below average. But what's important is your outgoings. If it's enough for you, who cares about anyone else and what they get (as long as you aren't being underpaid for what you do).

Nope. Google 'median full time salary UK'

It was £34,963 for 2023. The average is closer to 40k

www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2023#:~:text=Median%20annual%20earnings%20for%20full,in%20terms%20of%20annual%20pay.

It's well below the UK average. Not bad if it's your first job in your early 20s. Not ideal if it's your final wage.

@MidnightMeltdown, oh, that's interesting - thanks. I couldn't find the average salary figure there by a quick scan, but appreciate it will be higher than the median.

Well it's more than I get so I'd be happy with that.

Its below average but if you like your job and are living comfortably then it's fine.

Depends entirely on what you do, where you live and what your personal circumstances are.

Brain surgeon with 5 children living in central London, clearly not enough.

Single person still living at home with their parents in a cheaper part of the UK, at the start of a career - plenty of money.

On an hourly rate it's £14.18 per hour compared to the current minimum wage of £10.42 (going up to £11.44 in April). .

Excluding any pension contribution that should give you a monthly net income of just under £1,800.

We have some entry level admin staff in our office who are on the lowest payscale and we pay them £15.50 an hour, so would be £28k for the same amount of hours.

That said, at my age and work life experience, I would not say £25,800 is a good wage. Sorry OP!

I was on that and it was fine, however I only have one child and it was enough to run my car although I was always concerned for any large value works needing doing crucially due to an inheritance I own our small home outright.

If I was paying rent or mortgage, had more children or lived in a more expensive area it would be a struggle. I also have a degree and it felt a bit low, £30k+ bracket feels like the degree was worth it

This! What did you google? It’s pretty easy to google average U.K. salary and minimum wage etc.

Good for a starting salary. Not great if you are far into your career even by a few years. Considering it’s full time too. But like most have said it’s all about your outgoings and location and experience.

It’s good you enjoy your job. This salary bracket worked for me early in my career.

I thought full time was 30 hours or more !

But yes, 35 hours is definately full time. Not sure I'm convinced when people sneer "only 35 hours, pah! That's part time. You wanna try working 60 hours a week like me"

I mean, I really don't understand why people do that.

I agree with others that context matters. I'd want to know more about the responsibilities attached to the job, the sector, what qualifications you needed to get the job, the pressures within the job, age, location, length of service, amount of experience in the sector.

Without knowing that I can't say what's 'good' or not.

In my sector, its about average but I'm not in a well paid sector considering the experience and need for qualifications for my type of job. We're consistently under paid for the type of work i do. But for a job requiring no qualifications experience etc that might be a very good starting wage?

I knew someone would suggest it was part time.
It’s the type of wage millions earn in this country, myself included.

35 hours is full time for a lot of people. I work full time and do 35 hours.

How many hours is full time?

Sounds like Band 4 NHS salary

Thats not necessarily what people are saying. Many jobs including a lot of public sector jobs are 37.5 hours for full time, and 40 hours in a lot of private sector jobs. The government does class 30 hours as full time, but many don’t see that. I work 32 hours but class myself as part time because in my company it is part time.

Yes in the uk full time is classed as 35 hours, it’s 9-5 , five days a week, with one hour a day for lunch.

Can’t find much on google about this? Really? 🤔

If you have little in the way of qualifications or skills it's ok, if you're highly educated and/or experienced it's low.

Where would you put the OP by needing to ask this question?