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A nice, middle-class salary.

What nice middle-class salary do you want by the time you're about 32.

£45k for me.

What do you want, and what do you consider well off and comfy.

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Reply 1

didgeridoo12uk

anything above $100k would be comfortable for me.

Reply 2

Feral Beast

75th percentile.

Reply 3

SamTheMan

duke5

What nice middle-class salary do you want by the time you're about 32.

£45k for me.

What do you want, and what do you consider well off and comfy.

In Central London, assuming you have a family, you'd only just get by with that kind of salary.

Reply 4

farhaz_j

about 50 would be comfortable

Reply 5

RollerBall

didgeridoo12uk

anything above $100k would be comfortable for me.

USD or GBP?
Honostly? Around £90k when I'm around 45. Hopefully I'll have reached consultancy by then. (assuming I get into med school :P)

Reply 6

duke5

farhaz_j

about 50 would be comfortable

By the time you're just entering your 30's? Think you must be doing something right.

45K is a LOT of money, I think it's achievable and realistic. I'm not asking for what salary you necessarily want, but what you aim for.

Reply 7

didgeridoo12uk

RollerBall

USD or GBP?
Honostly? Around £90k when I'm around 45. Hopefully I'll have reached consultancy by then. (assuming I get into med school :P)

USD, i plan to move to america, where they actually pay half decent salaries to engineers.

Reply 8

jabed786

By 32 I'd like similar to your £45k, by 40 I would like £60 if I lived like in the north.

By 32 id like £60k and £90 when Im 40 if I live in London.

Reply 9

squeak

£60k

Reply 10

cowsgoquack

i have no idea, i just want to do something I enjoy

Reply 11

LittleBill

SamTheMan

In Central London, assuming you have a family, you'd only just get by with that kind of salary.

That's not true, my parents get by having never earnt half that. I'd be happy with 45k personally.

Reply 12

*Sparkle*

I don't really mind to be honest, as long as I'm happy and comfortable. My parents don't earn that much but they're comfortable. Although I'd love a car though.

Reply 13

LooieENG

at least 30,000 and I want a job I like

Reply 14

J4GGYBoss

well i'd like some really good years 100k to 500k and wouldnt mind some bad years 10-30k :P

Reply 15

Frannnnn

Zig

To you too. Lol, I think I have seen about 5 threads in the last few minutes with you making this comment. But anyway, hope you have a nice one. :smile:

ahh gosh, thankyou! you have a good'un too :smile:

Reply 16

SamTheMan

LittleBill

That's not true, my parents get by having never earnt half that. I'd be happy with 45k personally.

Do both of your parents work? That makes a huge difference. Sure if both parents are on 45k, they are more than getting by but a typical 32-year old male may have a partner and a young child. With 45k it's hard to support a young child if your partner hasn't started working yet.

You can just about buy a place (and not in Central London so that's why I pointed out the case of Central London) and if you do, you are indeed only getting by: probably not that much going out and certainly no expensive holidays.

I speak from experience as I have colleagues who are on those types of salaries in Central London with a young family. Of course, if you're single in you're 20s and no commitments and don't particularly want to save, you can have a lot of fun with 45k.