UK Salary

[Lilly]

Just wann acheck if it will be a good move to UK for a salary of 30000k British Pounds a year , will I survive and be able to save some ?

[Rachel_Heath]

Lilly,

A lot will depend on where abouts you are thinking of living. London for example is a great deal more expensive than pretty much anywhere else.

According to government figures for last year, the average British salary was £23,764 pa.

What area are you looking at and what sort of job you targeting?

[Big Pete]

Originally Posted by Lilly

Just wann acheck if it will be a good move to UK for a salary of 30000k British Pounds a year , will I survive and be able to save some ?

Yep you will be fine on that as long as your sensible ..

[marc]

i doubt you will have enough for saving - but if you do save it wont be loads!, as others have said the main thing of course is where you live, rents are very expensive

[Lilly]

hi Rachel
Thanx guys, I'll be in Southampton, Hampshire, working as a Facilities Manager, but I have MBA,

Lilly...

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by Lilly

hi Rachel
Thanx guys, I'll be in Southampton, Hampshire, working as a Facilities Manager, but I have MBA,

Lilly...

Southampton is not the cheapest place to live propertywise tbh Lilly, but it depends on what your accomodation is going to be like. You're going to rent I guess?

[Lilly]

Hi Strav...

Thanx a many Dear,
well I will share with my Fiancee there, he's in Computer science, it's just that I did not want to be a burden to him 100%, a gal would like to have some savings of her own.

keep smiling..

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by Lilly

Hi Strav...

Thanx a many Dear,
well I will share with my Fiancee there, he's in Computer science, it's just that I did not want to be a burden to him 100%, a gal would like to have some savings of her own.

keep smiling..

Well if you're only paying minimum rental then you should be fine on that salary, although you will look at your pay slip every month and curse that nasty horrible Mr Brown for taking a lot of your dosh away. You'll still be in the lower tax brackets though, not enough yet to go onto 40%!

[MichelleAlison]

Originally Posted by Stravinsky

Well if you're only paying minimum rental then you should be fine on that salary, although you will look at your pay slip every month and curse that nasty horrible Mr Brown for taking a lot of your dosh away. You'll still be in the lower tax brackets though, not enough yet to go onto 40%!

Not sure if I am right, but I would say that in the UK on a 30,000 pound a year salary, the government help themselves to 25% (tax and National Insurance). This is what I seemed to lose every month when I was teaching there (2 years ago).

Michelle

[Stravinsky]

Originally Posted by MichelleAlison

Not sure if I am right, but I would say that in the UK on a 30,000 pound a year salary, the government help themselves to 25% (tax and National Insurance). This is what I seemed to lose every month when I was teaching there (2 years ago).

Michelle

Yes, thats what I said. There is no longer a 10p tax rate as its just been abolished and is causing the govt problems at the moment. The higher 40% tax rate kicks in at £34600. Prior to that it is 22% now. Tax and NI are a separate thing. NI is an additional 11% on that level of salary.