How well paid are you?

DervProf

Makes up for less than below average performance in other areas, I suppose.

RenovationMan

DervProf wrote: »

Congratulations.

Not on your wage, but mentioning your income in context.

:beer:

See what I mean. :cool:

RenovationMan

RenovationWoman wrote: »

:beer::beer:

Oh dear DervProf. How desperate. :rotfl:

DervProf

RenovationMan wrote: »

Oh dear DervProf. How desperate. :rotfl:

What do you mean ?

I responded to that post last night, and have just quoted it again.

Well, not that actual post, RW made an identical post in another thread.

StevieJ

guitarman001 wrote: »

I must admit it irks me when folks post willy nilly about earning what seems like a million bucks compared to everybody else.

Despite earning over the national average (not by a million!) I still feel pretty poor - and no I don't buy iphones and the like. I still live at home and yet my money still floods out the door (food, digs, car repair, etc). .

I still live there as well, I dare say like most of the others on here

PasturesNew

mgdavid wrote: »

As it specifically says the tool is *NOT* for the self-employed why did you even bother to fill it in?

That's because most self-employed people have some tax dodges going on.... I don't have the chance to tax dodge with what I do - and I also possted my turnover, so not my "after I've shovelled off fortunes into pensions so I can claim WTC; not after I've hidden money in investments/offshore stuff etc; not after I've added some spouse onto my books to maximise benefits/whatever". So it was more relevant than many self-employed's incomes - and equates to an employment.

Jennifer_Jane

StevieJ wrote: »

I still live there as well, I dare say like most of the others on here

That's extraordinary. I also live at home.

J_i_m

How well paid am I?

Well it's all relative.

Relative to the countries at the bottom of than link's lost I'm obviously extremely well paid. So morally I probably shouldn't grumble. Equally things tend to cost quite a bit more over here.. It doesn't nessacarily redress the global balance but all things are relative.

Closer to home.. I accept that I'm comfortably above the minimum wage and there are plently struggling with much less than I. I'm also paid 21% below the national average... And hence as a singleton it's a challenge to aspire to owning my own home.

I think basically to answer to the question is: The world is screwed up and few have and most haven't.

Linda_D_2

J_i_m wrote: »

How well paid am I?

Well it's all relative.

Relative to the countries at the bottom of than link's lost I'm obviously extremely well paid. So morally I probably shouldn't grumble. Equally things tend to cost quite a bit more over here.. It doesn't nessacarily redress the global balance but all things are relative.

Closer to home.. I accept that I'm comfortably above the minimum wage and there are plently struggling with much less than I. I'm also paid 21% below the national average... And hence as a singleton it's a challenge to aspire to owning my own home.

I think basically to answer to the question is: The world is screwed up and few have and most haven't.

It's not necessarily true that having a huge salary is the only way to be a homeowner, it's all about being good with money.

I'm a homeowner having paid off all my mortgage and this is my wages...

"Your wage is 17% of the United Kingdom average and 36% of the world average"

J_i_m

Wait... You're saying that you're paid 83% less than the national average and yet bought and fully paid off your own home with those wages?

What did you buy? A garden shed?

Did you have an inheritance or something similar, because otherwise that sounds very fairy tale (without wishing to be rude)