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what would you say is a 'good' salary?

Reply 100

Joinedup

20

Anything that keeps the bailiffs away from your door at the moment tbh.

Reply 101

tigermoth99

13

30 - 40 k pa is good but how many starting salaries offer that?

I think aiming for at least 20 - 25k when you start out is good and then move steadily upwards

Reply 102

Miss_Scarlet

17

I am from a family where the earnings are probably considered to be fairly high compared to what most people are saying is a good salary, but I think I personally would want to work a little less and live a little more. As I think if you have a job where you are earning over 100k a year, you probably have little holiday time or even down-time and will probably find you end up working a lot more than just a 9am-5 or 6pm sort of day, depending on the job.

It depends on the age of the person too, I would want to be earning more in my 30s and 40s than I would expect to earn in my 20s for example.

50-60k would probably be a reasonable and fair amount for someone in their mid 30s and their 40s. More would of course be lovely though. But I think it depends on the sort of lifestyle you want and are used to! I think 30k or under, for someone who is not a graduate and has been working for more than 10 years, is pretty low.

As a new graduate though, I can imagine getting between 20-25k perhaps. But more would be nicer :P

(edited 15 years ago)

Reply 103

SuperStarr1

IMO a good salary to me, would be around £35 - 40K.

My ideal salary would be around £240,000 - lol, I've always wanted a 6 figure salary and I will strive to do everything in my power to make it happen! :biggrin:

Reply 104

CharlieT247

CountDuckula

£30,000? we're living on a lot less than that atm so I'm thinking this amount per annum would be pretty comfortable :smile:

This

...even if it was my combined household income, it is still much better than what we get atm. Of course, if it was my salary alone to then ADD to my partner's income, that would be a bonus! :cool:

Reply 105

Tariq786

12

40k

Reply 106

Sithius

16

ithoughtofthis

Thank you.

This, OP. :yep:

You obviously performed pretty poorly in GCSE Maths as you are demonstrating a complete lack of knowledge on the workings of averages.

Reply 107

laughylolly

14

I would say around 30k... taking into account rent/mortgage , any loans, money needed for food (it's quite a lot actually), travel, petrol! etc. Although I guess it can vary depending where you live and what job. 30k might be a very low salary in some professions, or even very very high.

Reply 108

Panthea

Hmm, interesting thread. Considering the lack of jobs at the moment I'd say many of you are wishing for way too high a salary.

I live in Oxford (heinously expensive housing here), in a nice rented house (sharing with one other), own a decent car, have a decent mobile, a decent laptop, a holiday once a year, can pay all the bills and still save up to £500 per month. I'm currently in the process of buying a house with my partner.

Wanna know how much I earn?

£32k per year! Buttons to some of you! And I believe I could live quite comfortably on much less :yep:

Reply 109

G.A.K

4

I graduated last year and earn £23,300 but I do have a very, very good pension which is £4k a year plus all of my expenses (internet, travel expenses, mobile phone, etc) all paid for. So my net wage of £1500 a month is all for myself, which is a bonus.
I live with my boyfriend who earns £25k so between us we have a very comfortable lifestyle.
However, if I was living on my own in London, I would not be able to get by as well on that wage.
Sometimes I think it's a decent wage for my age, (only 22) but then I do work long hours and it's a stressful job so I am looking for another job after a couple more months and would ideally like £27-30k so I can get my first flat.

Reply 110

Troubled_Student

12

I think it depends totally on your job and where you live. For instance a low salary in the city, would be a decent-good one in another city or smaller town.

For my situation - hopefully working in the City as a solicitor, I'd say 35k is great for my first couple of years then I'd hope after say 5 years I'd be on about 45-50k. First I'd like to just be able to get onto a Law degree! However at the moment my parents and me live quite comfortably on about 45 k per annum.

Reply 111

Rusty360

a 'good' salary for me would be £100,000
average would be £80,000

what I want is around £250,000 in the next 5 years :smile:

Reply 112

ithoughtofthis

2

Sithius

You obviously performed pretty poorly in GCSE Maths as you are demonstrating a complete lack of knowledge on the workings of averages.

Mm I'll let you be the judge of that;
I did GCSE Maths 1 year early, got an A and did GCSE Statistics in yr 11 too -and got A. Obv not the best grades in the world...but how many people do you know who've managed to pass it EARLY & do Stats GCSE?

Hehe sorry. I feel like a snobby show off now. Lets be friends. :rolleyes:

Reply 113

Sithius

16

ithoughtofthis

Mm I'll let you be the judge of that;
I did GCSE Maths 1 year early, got an A and did GCSE Statistics in yr 11 too -and got A. Obv not the best grades in the world...but how many people do you know who've managed to pass it EARLY & do Stats GCSE?

Hehe sorry. I feel like a snobby show off now. Lets be friends. :rolleyes:

Your understanding of averages sucks.

Nah, don't feel like it. Bed is my only friend right now. ZZZ :wink2:

Reply 114

Smack

20

I love how so many young folks nowadays think that they're going to be worth >40K in a few years time to their employers, but then I suppose a lot of current undergrads were brought up being told that they're special by their parents and can do anything they want to do.

Reply 115

Miza

11

I would like to start on £35,410 rising 5%-10% every year, plus bounty bonuses and allowances.

Reply 116

unknown demon

15

You'll only make magic numbers in the business world, corporate world very few people rise to MD/Partner level and get stuck/fired well before that point. If money is your goal - start a start-up.