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What Is A Good Salary For A 21 Year Old?

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To be honest at 21 the graduate and the non-grad will probably be expecting about the same, assuming roughly equal ability. The graduate has a degree, the other guy should have ~3 years experience which can be enough to make up for it in the short term. The grad will improve faster.

Which is?

15K lol! JSA life

20-25k a year would be an excellent salary for a 21 year old. I doubt many will be on that kind of wage though...I know I'm certainly not!

Reply 23

HarryDn

Original post by Smash Bandicoot

15K lol! JSA life

you get 15k on JSA? :eek:

lyrical_lie

I'm on about 20ish and if I wasn't living on London id be fine but as I an I could do with a few grand more so 24k would be good, I'm a recent grad :smile:

Thanks. If you dont mind me asking, what do you do/where did you graduate from? :smile:

Reply 24

SmashConcept

Original post by HarryDn

Which is?

I guess about 20k

Reply 25

HarryDn

Original post by SmashConcept

I guess about 20k

That seems low (no offence btw :redface:

)

Do you mean average or good?

Reply 26

SmashConcept

Original post by HarryDn

That seems low (no offence btw :redface:

)

Do you mean average or good?

For a 21 year old outside London I would say it's quite good. Nothing amazing.

Reply 27

HarryDn

Original post by SmashConcept

For a 21 year old outside London I would say it's quite good. Nothing amazing.

Whats good for London?

Reply 28

SmashConcept

Original post by HarryDn

Whats good for London?

I don't have an opinion on London salaries/cost of living.

Reply 29

lyrical_lie

Original post by HarryDn

you get 15k on JSA? :eek:

Thanks. If you dont mind me asking, what do you do/where did you graduate from? :smile:

A 2:1 in law from Strathclyde but I didn't want to be a lawyer I'm now working for imperial college union :smile:

Reply 30

HarryDn

Original post by lyrical_lie

A 2:1 in law from Strathclyde but I didn't want to be a lawyer I'm now working for imperial college union :smile:

sick job

what do you do exactly?

Reply 31

Runninground

I'd say £1k for each year of your age (give or take a little). So around £19-22k would be about right, but obviously it depends on everything.

Reply 32

Reue

Original post by HarryDn

So if I make 30k in London am i balling? :lol:

At 21years old; Yes.

Original post by HarryDn

How about when I'm 22, 23, 25 etc. How much is a good salary then?

29k, 30k, 35k.

Reply 33

lyrical_lie

Original post by HarryDn

sick job

what do you do exactly?

Ha thanks, and I work in student activities, so I work with transport and helping develop clubs and societies, help with event basically anything that gets passed across my desk lol :tongue:

Reply 34

Smash Bandicoot

Original post by HarryDn

you get 15k on JSA? :eek:

Thanks. If you dont mind me asking, what do you do/where did you graduate from? :smile:

no lol I'll take anything cos I'm on JSA, even 15K innit?

Reply 35

SmashConcept

Original post by Smash Bandicoot

no lol I'll take anything cos I'm on JSA, even 15K innit?

A lot of "anything" pays less than 15

Reply 36

Smash Bandicoot

Original post by SmashConcept

A lot of "anything" pays less than 15

I considered saying 10K tbh!

Reply 37

Quady

Original post by Smash Bandicoot

I considered saying 10K tbh!

lol 30% less than I made on placement during uni a decade ago :P

Reply 38

Quady

Original post by HarryDn

That seems low (no offence btw :redface:

)

Do you mean average or good?

Average grad salary six months after uni is £19k. That includes those in London.

'Good' is very personal. £19,100 is above average and hence 'good'. My marker on graduation was that £27k or more would be 'good'.

I'd kinda agree with Reue's numbers.

Dunno what the point of asking is, you get what you get. Knowing what other people thing is 'good' is pretty pointless unless you want an ego trip because you're on £40k+.