How much do you earn?
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It is also about when you earn it, and how long you earn it for.
So take a consultant on £1k a day, many of them get that gig after decades of working their way up whereas others may start on the same pay much younger, so whilst it sounds impressive, it is for the later part of the career only.
Same for accountants, some may make it to FD at a later age and until then were making their way up slowly through the salary bands, and they may not be earning these big bucks doing it for long as may be close to retirement.
So rather than 'how much do you earn today', another question could be what is your average income per year up to now.
So take a consultant on £1k a day, many of them get that gig after decades of working their way up whereas others may start on the same pay much younger, so whilst it sounds impressive, it is for the later part of the career only.
Same for accountants, some may make it to FD at a later age and until then were making their way up slowly through the salary bands, and they may not be earning these big bucks doing it for long as may be close to retirement.
So rather than 'how much do you earn today', another question could be what is your average income per year up to now.
Edited by hyphen on Monday 18th December 01:26
Yipper said:
Based on widely available stats, it's a fair bet that ~90% of posters on this thread will be making <£50k, ~9% will be making <£150k, and ~1% will be making >£150k.
I think Pistonheads is massively skewed and I would be very interested to see the demographics that Haymarket sells to advertisers.Most people here are probably: Male, work in IT or Finance, Middle manager or company director, middle aged or retired.. With the odd student straggler.
At a wild guess atleast 40% of posters in this thread are on at least 50k..
cat with a hat said:
Yipper said:
Based on widely available stats, it's a fair bet that ~90% of posters on this thread will be making <£50k, ~9% will be making <£150k, and ~1% will be making >£150k.
I think Pistonheads is massively skewed and I would be very interested to see the demographics that Haymarket sells to advertisers.Most people here are probably: Male, work in IT or Finance, Middle manager or company director, middle aged or retired.. With the odd student straggler.
hyphen said:
It is also about when you earn it, and how long you earn it for.
So take a consultant on £1k a day, many of them get that gig after decades of working their way up whereas others may start on the same pay much younger, so whilst it sounds impressive, it is for the later part of the career only.
Same for accountants, some may make it to FD at a later age and until then were making their way up slowly through the salary bands, and they may not be earning these big bucks doing it for long as may be close to retirement.
So rather than 'how much do you earn today', another question could be what is your average income per year up to now.
The other way it works is to work as a consultant in your thirties/ early forties earning big bucks until you burn out and decide there's more to life, take a lower paid job and enjoy things a lot more. So take a consultant on £1k a day, many of them get that gig after decades of working their way up whereas others may start on the same pay much younger, so whilst it sounds impressive, it is for the later part of the career only.
Same for accountants, some may make it to FD at a later age and until then were making their way up slowly through the salary bands, and they may not be earning these big bucks doing it for long as may be close to retirement.
So rather than 'how much do you earn today', another question could be what is your average income per year up to now.
Edited by hyphen on Monday 18th December 01:26
23 years ago I had a Saturday job 8 hrs at £3.23, giving me £25 to spend on what ever the hell I wanted.
Now, after I've paid the mortgage, council tax, TV licence, opticians for contact lenses, mobile phone contract, kids mobile phone contracts, home insurance, Netflix, gym membership, golf club membership, internet/landline, kids football team subscription, kids basketball team subscription, scouts subscription, car payments x2, car insurance x2, fuel, food, clothes and all sorts of trips for the kids various activities, holidays for 4, nights out for 4, meals out for special occasions for 4, I've got....well about £25 left.... on a good week.
Yay!
Now, after I've paid the mortgage, council tax, TV licence, opticians for contact lenses, mobile phone contract, kids mobile phone contracts, home insurance, Netflix, gym membership, golf club membership, internet/landline, kids football team subscription, kids basketball team subscription, scouts subscription, car payments x2, car insurance x2, fuel, food, clothes and all sorts of trips for the kids various activities, holidays for 4, nights out for 4, meals out for special occasions for 4, I've got....well about £25 left.... on a good week.
Yay!
Not enough to buy the cars that I would like.
If you go buy the 1% over £150k, I reckon that the bulk of the 1% lives round here, judging by the houses and number of expensive holidays people go on.
I am well paid, but can only afford the cheap end of the village ;(
If you go buy the 1% over £150k, I reckon that the bulk of the 1% lives round here, judging by the houses and number of expensive holidays people go on.
I am well paid, but can only afford the cheap end of the village ;(
Edited by blueg33 on Monday 18th December 11:38
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