i must have missed a class at school somehow, i just did a google search on the average wage in the uk and apparently it's £22000 !!!! im lucky if i get 16k a year doing my job as a storeman / forklift driver here in southend !! wtf !!

i'm thinking about relocating to somewhere where the wages for the same job is higher !

 

I can believe that actually.

I thought it would be higher!

 

Don't forget about all the knobs in London raping the rest of the country dry

 

im suprised its that high, i know van drivers in london earning 18k

 

i feel like i'm being mugged now

 

im only a joiner and im way higher than that.

 

your not the only one....jobs im looking at are around 14k...how intelligent must you be to be on 22k a year?..i worked 3 jobs once and only pulled in 20k..if the government puts the minimum wage to £8.50ph,every1 will be back in work,and the government will av more back from the tax...simples...

 

There was a topic similar to this a while back, there are people, including me, on alot less than you, count yourself lucky.

 

i think i must be one of the ones in london getting raped

 

James - seriously ? i'm single, the only outgoings i have are Child support to my nippers mum and rent and i'm lucky if i've got any dollar left in the bank at the end of the month ! i feel for you mate, seriously i do.

 

I suspect the "working class" dont fit in with the picture of average. More like lower middle class.

Wonder if those figures have been statistically adjusted to take into account the rich people to avoid over inflating the figures.

 

how would companies afford to pay the wages?

 

Did you not know that in a Fantasy Land companies don't have to worry about money as it grows on trees?

As if you didn't know that!

 

They could do what the company i work for did...

When Vat went down to 15%, they put there prices up by 2.5%

 

its never mattered what Ive earnt, I always seem to have 0 at the end of the month

 

I always thought it was 24k tbh

 

im on a completly commision based job...but i would guess its gna bring in circa 18k each year... but i think ill soon be opening my own office and starting my own marketting company as i have progressed wuite quickly in what im doing. my manager was in the same posotion as me 9 months ago and nowhe gets around £3,500 each week. stupid money

 

Does anyone know what the Min wage per hour is?

 

courtesy of HMRC's website..

There are three levels of minimum wage, and the rates from 1 October 2008 are:

£5.73 per hour for workers aged 22 years and older
A development rate of £4.77 per hour for workers aged 18-21 inclusive
£3.53 per hour for all workers under the age of 18, who are no longer of compulsory school age

 

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damn you got there quicker!!

 

thanks is that including tax ?

 

that's minimum wage mate, tax is calculated from the amount earnt, dunno what the % is, but i pay a fortune

 

I best not moan then lol.

 

you will have national insurance and tax deducted from those figures.
for a 37.5 hour week at adults minimum wage:
...............................Yearly............. .Monthly............weekly
Gross Pay .................£11,173.50........£931.13........ ....£214.88
Tax free Allowances.....£6,475.00.........£539.58.......... ..£124.52
Total taxable...............£4,698.50........£391.54.... ........£90.36
Tax paid......................£939.70..........£78.31. .............£18.07
National Insurance.........£600.44..........£50.04......... .....£11.55
Total Deductions..........£1,540.14.........£128.34..... .......£29.62
Net Wage...................£9,633.37..........£802.78. ...........£185.26
Employers NI................£698.69............£58.22....... ......£13.44

 

im on 20k a year
im in security

 

im a lorry driver on 29k-30k ish

 

what kind of security gets you £20k??? you doorman or doing security management??

 

£24.908 in the UK up by 4.6% but i would have thought it would be more than that

 

who do they describe as mr average then to get that wage??

 

i'd be chuffed if i was on 24k a year ! i've been raping google for job training for higher paid jobs instead of watching top gear

 

How do you pay a fortune on 16k!?!

 

im a joiner and for the last couple of years my average has been £34/35G so id guess almost everyone with a trade will earn more than average.

 

Im lucky i got the pension as i just make £24k with the pension.
Without it im on £14.5k a year

Fucking shite when you consider i was on £50k a year ago

 

Blame footballers for this, as they bump the average up disgustingly.

 

I thought 30k was average

 

it seems to me being legitimate in this country gets you nowhere i've been in and around the building trade for a fair few years now including working for a international insurance based company and even the big companies are robbing the system

ive seen a good semi legitimate builder accept £28k in checks and a that again cash in a year, a legit insurance repairer (glass, lock, entry system,garage doors ect) struggling for £30k but the ive seen guys using multiple bank accounts paying cash for material back handers to security guards and shifting close to 300k + another legit business + rental property

i know which one id rather be lol

 

I drive a van and earned 30k last year

 

ask the tax man, last year my take home off of 16.54k was 11.9k

i've already been on to them about a rebate, apparently they're 'processing' it..

 

Most people are better off on the dowl.