What's your total annual income - anonymous poll

[steeplejack]

Clearly a 1% er.

if only. as we rocket back to the nineteenth century at warp speed I suspect "genteel poverty" will become a thing again

 

[Louis MacNeice]

Anonymous though, which sadly limits the drama potential. I am not really surprised we have 25% at over 100k.

That's in the top 3% of households on 2019/20 figures.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[SpookyFrank]

I put 20-25k but that's gross pay. Take off tax, NI and student loans and it's a lot less.

Also I work via an agency so no sick pay, crap pension scheme etc. For my job I should be on 28k minimum.

 

[planetgeli]

Is this just personal or do we include partners income?

 

[Louis MacNeice]

none of your bloody business. what a weird thread.

As value is created socially then it should all be our bloody business; surely the genuinely weird thing is to pretend otherwise?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

 

[MickiQ]

Clearly a 1% er.

A salary of £100K would put a man in the top 2% of earners in this country and the top 1% if a woman so there definitely people in the top 1-2% of income on U75

 

[Petcha]

I'm somewhere in the middle there but still live month to month after racking up debt during lockdowns leaving me with huge monthly repayments. Every month my life could change drastically. This could partly be because according to my bank's 'handy' graph on the app which shows where your money is spent shows that the majority of my money goes on 'entertainment'. Ie, buying rounds in pubs and overpriced shit booze in off licences.

If I'm still employed by start of the financial year I hope I'll get an increase line somewhere in line with inflation but not holding my breath.

 

[SpookyFrank]

none of your bloody business. what a weird thread.

If only posting on this thread was somehow optional.

Oh wait. It is.

 

[platinumsage]

As value is created socially then it should all be our bloody business; surely the genuinely weird thing is to pretend otherwise?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

People care so much because we have a weird thing about earning money in this country. If someone admits they earn a grand more than their peers, this is more likely to lead to piss taking exhortations for that person to buy every round in the pub, rather than wage equalisation.

 

[DownwardDog]

That's in the top 3% of households on 2019/20 figures.

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

I think about 20% of u75 send their kids to private school the last time we had that bunfight.

 

[Athos]

I think it would be socially good if everyone was compelled to disclose their tax records.

 

[MickiQ]

I'm on about £22K - work 34.5 hours a week but am actually there 37.5 (not paid for breaks) but LOVE my job, really good holiday and benefits.

I also have very few outgoings- no mortgage- energy costs relatively low as I live on my own.

When Middle Q graduated from nursing school I was surprised by her starting salary, I thought that's decent if not great money for a 21 yr old with no experience, I thought nurses were poorly paid. As time passed I realised my perception was wrong since I thought everyone on the ward who wasn't a doctor was a nurse and it took me a while to realise actual registered nurses are quite rare and there are loads of other people doing various jobs. If I were Health Secretary there would be massive payrises all round but sadly I am not.

 

[ska invita]

none of your bloody business. what a weird thread.

Its anonymous, what's the problem?

 

[The39thStep]

No, I'm just not going to declare my annual income to a random username on a public forum, if it's all the same

Testing out Prof Bimble’s thesis , what about your sexual peculiarities ?

 

[steeplejack]

If only posting on this thread was somehow optional.

Oh wait. It is.

 

[steeplejack]

Its anonymous, what's the problem?

why do you care?

what's your motivation for starting the thread?

 

[Athos]

I think it would be socially good if everyone was compelled to disclose their tax records.

Both at a macro level e.g. it'd focus our attention on how the wealthiest don't pay their fair share, and how, as a society we value the wrong jobs. And at a micro level, insofar as employers would struggle to justify paying different rates for the same job.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

why do you care?

what's your motivation for starting the thread?

So we know who to line up outside Waitrose after the revolution.

 

[Elpenor]

On the basis that this is gross pay under PAYE…

My salary is approx £24k and I guess I average about £5k overtime a year so £29 approx. Household income the same as I live on my own. I earned the same salary back in 2007 and was on double this in early 2020 until I had a change of career priority. But I’m happy with what I can do and can live on it well enough - helped by being a homeowner for 15 years.
This poll data is meaningless without considering whether people work full time IMO, also the site skews London, older than 40, and probably like a lot of messageboards historically skewed office worker which would all lean towards having a higher income I think

Oh and for anyone looking at a P60 - this would only show your taxable pay so will not include your pension contributions which in most cases reduce taxable pay

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Nah this is the last remaining taboo people much more willing to tell you all their sexual peculiarities than tell you what they earn.
ETA yup see above

It's a particularly British thing too. That 'it's vulgar to talk about money' thing popular amongst that sector of the stinking rich who can't even claim to have worked their up to wealth filters right down through our class and privilege ridden society so that it becomes impolite to question the massive disparities.

Anyway, given that I'm a civil service drone and my salary is public knowledge anyway, I can confirm that I earn £21,400 per annum gross.

 

[steeplejack]

Testing out Prof Bimble’s thesis , what about your sexual peculiarities ?

So we know who to line up outside Waitrose after the revolution.

oh

 

[danski]

oh

Dogging?

 

[The39thStep]

It's a particularly British thing too. That 'it's vulgar to talk about money' thing popular amongst that sector of the stinking rich who can't even claim to have worked their up to wealth filters right down through our class and privilege ridden society so that it becomes impolite to question the massive disparities.

Anyway, given that I'm a civil service drone and my salary is public knowledge anyway, I can confirm that I earn £21,400 per annum gross.

actually the only people over here who talk about how much money they have ( or say they have ) are the English and Germans .

 

[brogdale]

As value is created socially then it should all be our bloody business; surely the genuinely weird thing is to pretend otherwise?

Cheers - Louis MacNeice

This.
Happy to be open about my £19k pa

 

[Bus Honeygun]

actually the only people over here who talk about how much money they have ( or say they have ) are the English and Germans .

Like this?

 

[chilango]

Gross, I'm on £25k almost bang on.

That's for 0.7 though. FTE would be about £36k.

 

[chilango]

I've only earned above the median wage for 6 months out of about 20 years of "proper work".

Increased qualifications and experience hasn't made a jot of difference it seems

 

[The39thStep]

I've only earned above the median wage for 6 months out of about 20 years of "proper work".

Increased qualifications and experience hasn't made a jot of difference it seems

Told you before about moving on from Althusser.

 

[chilango]

Told you before about moving on from Althusser.

If I could get a 0.7 working my Althusser gig I would! I can do Bourdieu too. But still no takers.

 

[Serge Forward]

I think it would be socially good if everyone was compelled to disclose their tax records.

And their bank account and sort code