If you dont have any children and rent is less than 800 pcm, its a good salary. You can get a decent car, take a holiday once a year somewhere far and not worry about bills

Definitely not poor, many people work in retail and call centres and earn 15k max. Managers at river island make 18k in my city.

To be considered rich, you would have to be earning over 45,000

Reply 6

rrhr

it's all relative to how 'luxurious' you want your lifestyle to be........

Reply 7

jazzie14

I’ve just graduated uni, I’m on 25k and living in London and I’m able to save £600/£700 a month quite comfortably

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Reply 8

rrhr

if you can afford shelter, education, food, then it's not........

Reply 9

Blue_Cow

Original post by Got Milk

I feel this is max il make in my life

Eh. It's not bad, but don't expect to be able to get a mortgage with that money (especially in the South East)

You work in IT, right? I doubt 25k will be the max you'll make in your life...

Reply 10

rrhr

rich is a very vague word and quite broad...as another poster said, u need to earn 45k+ to be "rich"....if u have a partner and a few kids (lets say 3 for e.g), then ur not really rich as u need to spend on them..rich is about how much u save, not earn.............

Reply 11

hannah00

I see where you coming from like someone on 45k cant afford to buy ferrari and stay in 5* hotels in Spain during the summer.

but 45k puts you in the top 10%, its as rare as getting A* at A Level.

Reply 12

nightcrawler.1

Original post by jazzie14

I’ve just graduated uni, I’m on 25k and living in London and I’m able to save £600/£700 a month quite comfortably

Do you live with your parents?

Reply 13

rrhr

^ Getting A* at A-level is not THAT rare...a fair amount of people achieve one...the rareness comes towards a full streak of A*s e.g. 3 if u have 3 subjects and 4 if u have etc...

Reply 14

nightcrawler.1

100k puts you in the top 1% in this country

Reply 15

username775001

well not if your expenses are 25001

Reply 16

Elcano

Original post by jazzie14

I’ve just graduated uni, I’m on 25k and living in London and I’m able to save £600/£700 a month quite comfortably

25k is barely above 20k after tax. Something like just below 1.7k-ish per month. Assuming you're also not paying off any student loans or anything. If you save 600-700 that leaves you with 1k for rent, transport, and food. In London.

It is probably not technically impossible, but 'comfortably' is a pure lie in this context.

Reply 17

hannah00

Original post by Blue_Cow

Eh. It's not bad, but don't expect to be able to get a mortgage with that money (especially in the South East)

You work in IT, right? I doubt 25k will be the max you'll make in your life...

What exactly are careers in IT ? I keep hearing about this, how exactly does one get a job in IT with a cs degree ?

Reply 18

username3016746

Original post by hannah00

What exactly are careers in IT ? I keep hearing about this, how exactly does one get a job in IT with a cs degree ?

Its quite simple, if you have a cs degree or similar you get a job in programming by default. If like me you dont have a cs degree or similar you get a job in tech support. The pay difference between the two roles is huge.