Do you earn more or less than the rest of the UK?

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Former_MSE_Rebecca
Former_MSE_Rebecca Posts: 173 Forumite
edited 25 November 2014 at 6:53PM in Employment, jobseeking & training
Do you earn more or less than others in the area you work? This handy tool shows you average earnings by local authority. Let us know if you agree.
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  • Bella56
    Bella56 Posts: 215 Forumite
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    Wow. We earn so much less than most people in our area.
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  • ~Beanie~
    ~Beanie~ Posts: 3,043 Forumite
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    Wow, I thought my salary wasn't bad for my area but according to that, I earn less than other FT females.
    :p
  • Hedgehog99
    Hedgehog99 Posts: 1,425 Forumite
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    Less :-( ...but then I'd guessed that already. The people in my road don't seem to do much work (certainly not full time), but can afford to live there while I am only spending on the basics and have no spare cash, so I realised I've been conned a long time ago.
  • p00hsticks
    p00hsticks Posts: 12,941 Forumite
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    MSE_Rebecca wrote: »
    Do you earn more or less than others in the area you work? This handy tool shows you average earnings by local authority. Let us know if you agree.

    For some reason I can only see the headings on the page, but these suggest that it is showing the MEDIAN earnings, rather than the AVERAGE, which is not the same thing
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
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    I wonder where they get these averages from. I'm on Jsa so i know i get less but other people i know are mostly below the average.
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  • I-W
    I-W Posts: 94 Forumite
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    Well I'm pleased to say I'm above average for area, although my and OH combined income is below (which just shows how poorly paid OH is)
  • lazer
    lazer Posts: 3,402 Forumite
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    Northern Ireland isn't included so can't tell
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  • tir21
    tir21 Posts: 1,030 Forumite
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    Which gives the biggest number

    Average or median?
  • hgotsparkle
    hgotsparkle Posts: 1,282 Forumite
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    I'm less, but I'm not actually that much less and I'm quite shocked really. We by no means live well, but the people around us seem to have nice cars (yes definitely finance) and nice houses whereas we live in a run down place with 14yr old vehicles.
  • tomtontom
    tomtontom Posts: 7,929 Forumite
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    p00hsticks wrote: »
    For some reason I can only see the headings on the page, but these suggest that it is showing the MEDIAN earnings, rather than the AVERAGE, which is not the same thing

    Average can refer to mean, median or mode ;)
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