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what is the average wage/salary?

Just wondering, as I work away from home, and want to leave my Job, although in south wales your pretty lucky if you earn 15k a year these days. I'm curious what an average salary is. I'm afraid to leave my job due to this for a new o ne.
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  • tomtontom
    tomtontom Posts: 7,929 Forumite
    The average salary in the UK is around £26,000. However that is irrelevant as it doesn't take into account your age/ experience/ area and so on.
  • darrrren
    darrrren Posts: 28 Forumite
    Yes I was going to say 26k where I'm from I think you'd be looking a long time for anything paying that.
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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  • TELLIT01
    TELLIT01 Posts: 17,866 Forumite
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    I would have loved to be on the average public sector salary of £29k in 2013. I reckon you could have counted on the fingers of 1 hand the number of people on or above that figure in the office I worked at.
    The problem with the public sector figure is it includes all the fat-cat MPs, heads of councils etc and that hugely skews the figure.
  • DKLS
    DKLS Posts: 13,461 Forumite
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    The UK average is largely meaningless a better average figure would be split by sector/role.
  • xapprenticex
    xapprenticex Posts: 1,760 Forumite
    average is pointless. Its like 10 people on 16k and one on 60k, wow 20k average.
  • Andy_L
    Andy_L Posts: 12,998 Forumite
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    edited 9 January 2016 at 5:21PM
    TELLIT01 wrote: »
    I would have loved to be on the average public sector salary of £29k in 2013. I reckon you could have counted on the fingers of 1 hand the number of people on or above that figure in the office I worked at.
    The problem with the public sector figure is it includes all the fat-cat MPs, heads of councils etc and that hugely skews the figure.

    ONS use the median in order to reduce that effect (see below)
    The big skewing of the figures is as a result out outsourcing many low/no skill jobs but needing to keep in-house managers to task/oversee the contractor
    average is pointless. Its like 10 people on 16k and one on 60k, wow 20k average.

    As ONS use the median that would be a 16k average
  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    Andy_L wrote: »
    ONS use the median in order to reduce that effect (see below)...

    Indeed, as clearly stated in the footnotes to the diagram I posted.
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    The average in my town (Burton-upon-Trent) is around £17k for full time workers. Earning in excess of £26k would be considered a good job and you would be more likely to live elsewhere if you earned that much. You wouldn't want to rent a 2 bedroom terraced house for £450 a month on that wage when you could afford a much better home.

    Rent's in an area tend to reflect salaries. If rents are high then so are average wages. If rents are low then average wages will also be low.
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  • xapprenticex
    xapprenticex Posts: 1,760 Forumite
    wow 17k. But as said, its usually reflected in prices in the area. 17k in your area may get you more than 26k in another area.
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