How much do you earn?

[anonymous-user]

Enough

Have house (mortgage), Nice car (Co Car), happy life, happy wife (I hope) and the work/life balance is about bob on

Could earn more but would have less time with wife and friends and more stress, not worth it to me to just buy more stuff

Not having kids helps though

[S9JTO]

So out of all of these responses, there's only been 3 people actually state their salary

[Timmy40]

S9JTO said:

So out of all of these responses, there's only been 3 people actually state their salary

Are you actually surprised? Thankfully what one earns is something most British people are very reticent to disclose/ boast about.

[anonymous-user]

Timmy40 said:

Are you actually surprised? Thankfully what one earns is something most British people are very reticent to disclose/ boast about.

This, utterly crass

Certain amount of irony in a poster moaning about people not saying what they earn, while not stating what they earn

[Timmy40]

anonymous said:

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Eh? In what way does my post lack intelligence or sensitivity. I was merely pointing out that most British people are not comfortable being specific about what they earn. What exactly is crass about that?

[anonymous-user]

Timmy40 said:

anonymous said:

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Eh? In what way does my post lack intelligence or sensitivity. I was merely pointing out that most British people are not comfortable being specific about what they earn. What exactly is crass about that?

I was agreeing with your post that thankfully people dont talk about it. Its Crass to talk about it imo

[f1nn]

96k per year, as an employee, working from home half the week, which I think is half decent.

Massively above the national average, but probably far closer to my local average, and as a result, feel no better off than I did earning half that a few years ago.

Wife earns about 12k per year, working part time, so if you take our combined earnings the picture starts to look a bit different.

And that is the trouble with threads like this, the numbers mean very little, as everyone will be in different situations and times of life.

[57Ford]

I was earning loads until some muppets got a fridge full of my stock confiscated!

[talksthetorque]

57Ford said:

I was earning loads until some muppets got a fridge full of my stock confiscated!

Is THIS you?

[hyphen]

57Ford said:

I was earning loads until some muppets got a fridge full of my stock confiscated!

[xjay1337]

I'd be earning a lot more if I didn't have a hard-on for wasting money on cars.

[hyphen]

xjay1337 said:

I'd be earning a lot more if I didn't have a hard-on for wasting money on cars.

Do you mean 'saving' a lot more?

[boyse7en]

DoubleTime said:

hyphen said:

DoubleTime said:

Contract Killer said:

Why?

Enough to pay the bills and some left over, no idea how much i actually earn though, would have to ask accountant.

Strange. I've always assumed your niche would be highly lucrative due to the high risk factor.

He never gets to see all the money he is promised.

His 'accountant' Tony holds the money, because “banks always get knocked over. And nobody knocks over old Tony.”

I understand the no bank thing, but no women, no kids? Doesn't sound like much of a life outside of work.

But he does have a lovely pot plant to compensate

[Anubis]

I don't get it when people start boasting "my company has X turnover" or "I earn twice as much as so and so".

Someone from a lower income can have a better life (i.e. more disposable cash) than someone earning lots more due to life circumstances - divorce, ongoing child payments, upkeep of cars that barely get used, big house to maintain but only enjoy 1 day a week, etc).

Same with company turnover figures - you can spend a million but it boils down to how much profit you make out of that million. Telling someone you managed to push through a million is like saying "I just purchased a Bugatti and then just sold it"...ok, did you use it or get any profit from this...? Nope. I just make the transaction. Er...right.

[CJm123]

I don’t earn a fortune (£25k) and my wife earns roughly the same (£20k+) but after bills,food and mortgage payment I’m left with £1k to spend on what I like. It’s all relative I’ve got mates that make twice as much as me but have less spare cash at the end of the month.
We have 2 motors her mini s (2004) and my Octavia 245 vrs (leased 67) so we’re not scrimping. Would I like more money?? Obviously but am I happy?? Yes
If I lived by myself then that would be a different story.

[Anubis]

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Spot on. The amount of people that live beyond their means on credit is massive. You can't tell me all these people can afford new 4X4s, Bentleys, Porsches, even the mundane £50k Audi. £50k on a car is a lot of money - way more than what a lot of people would pay outright for it yet when Im on the motorway I look around and there are loads of these types everywhere. Either I'm doing something wrong or they are paying monthly payments - much like their brand new iPhones, TVs, subscriptions, hand bags, money for going out - and thats before a mortgage and children.

People love to brag but I bet if you took a look at peoples personal bank statements and contracts you'd be alarmed at how much is on credit.

[hyphen]

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You live in the north, want for nothing, and after all bills, investments and pension you have £2k a month left over but still feel it is not enough.

Top trolling

[mcg_]

swerni said:

Anubis said:

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Spot on. The amount of people that live beyond their means on credit is massive. You can't tell me all these people can afford new 4X4s, Bentleys, Porsches, even the mundane £50k Audi. £50k on a car is a lot of money - way more than what a lot of people would pay outright for it yet when Im on the motorway I look around and there are loads of these types everywhere. Either I'm doing something wrong or they are paying monthly payments - much like their brand new iPhones, TVs, subscriptions, hand bags, money for going out - and thats before a mortgage and children.

People love to brag but I bet if you took a look at peoples personal bank statements and contracts you'd be alarmed at how much is on credit.

Maybe you are doing something wrong.
Maybe they have healthy bank balances and investments because they don't pay for their cars outright?
who knows

ps Is a million revenue a lot?

I think more people have more money than you think

[MrJuice]

I earn just about enough to keep my head above water. Wife does not work. All our big things were bought with money from a previous career/revenue stream which abruptly stopped about 6 months ago

Very happy at work though. I loved what I did before but love my current job more. It's v cliche but I feel a lot of fulfilment from my job which I didn't get from my previous work and although earning a lot less, I am overall happier.

[Turn7]

We are both earning the best £££ we have ever, have Zero debt, running 17 year old cars but loving the 4 holidays a year that allows us...

Also, potentially 3 years away from mortgage free....

Cannot imagine dropping big bucks on a dull but white daily......