I'd have thought £75k would put you in top 1%.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
Is that top 5% in London, though? I seem to remember that e.g. in Chelsea the average household income is over 100k (although that's probably the mean, and skewed by some ridiculously high figures).
― toby, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
Definitely not top 1%, even some years ago across the whole UK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_in_the_United_Kingdom#Percentile_points_for_income_of_individuals_before_tax
― toby, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
my father-in-law started calling us one-percenters after we bought our car and I said "don't be silly, we're ten-percenters"; that got a good laugh
― DARING PRINCESS (DJP), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Hey WAU look at that gender pay gap. I'm so glad I'm a man. Oh wait.
― my god it's full of straw (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
If I'm reading this table right, then (assuming this is across the whole UK), it's probably top 4% of UK incomes, so... I'd guess top 10% of London incomes, maybe?
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_distribution/3-5table-feb2012.pdf
― toby, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:36 (twelve years ago) link
I'm assuming a big chunk of that pay gap is down to the types of jobs that women in late 20s/30s/40s often take to facilitate families.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
wrong thread
― iatee, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
And why do you think that's OK?
― my god it's full of straw (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
Even if it's true?
OK, no, this will just make me a screaming ball of fury if I carry on, and I'm not doing it at quarter to 5. Just... no.
― my god it's full of straw (White Chocolate Cheesecake), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
Nobody said it was OK.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 15:41 (twelve years ago) link
for the last 2+ years i have actually been working on recovery act grants and am in a much better place job-wise and salary-wise.
hey hey, me too! same story. so my answer is yes, financially. and personally? yes. falling in love helps A LOT.
surprised at the overwhelming number of yes votes. this is the rare poll i'm interested in seeing the numbers.
― ou th (anky), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
All contributions from 'bank of mum and/or dad' - e.g. towards mortgage deposits - should be declared in your assessments.
― Bob Six, Tuesday, 4 September 2012 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
we bailed out that fuckin bank tbph
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 22:21 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― Einstürzende Joebarton (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 22:23 (twelve years ago) link
you carry on lollin, i'll type out my latest entry in the family probs thread ;_;
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 22:32 (twelve years ago) link
Deposit for our flat came from my father-in-law.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 06:30 (twelve years ago) link
after 3 years acting up in a role, it is the only one being abolished in a restructure that has been "pending" for 4 years, fu darraghjinx
― itt: i forgot that he yells at a butt (sic), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 07:02 (twelve years ago) link
I mean congrats
― itt: i forgot that he yells at a butt (sic), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 07:08 (twelve years ago) link
I was just doing my accounts and I'm almost exactly the same as I was four years ago. Which is disappointing because I changed my job and took a big hit to my earnings about six years ago in the hope that I'd be able to build them back rapidly, and more, but it hasn't happened. I can't blame the government or anyone, except myself for being fearful and lacking hustle. I'm about a third down on my peak, so thanks America for not having six-year terms. Even though I'm older, happier, etc that's still pretty rubbish I feel.
Don't self-analyse; don't look back.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 08:39 (twelve years ago) link
That's one for 'only non-economically' I guess.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 08:41 (twelve years ago) link
my bad sic ;_;
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 09:07 (twelve years ago) link
I was going to answer no to this because my wife's been unemployed for just over a year and money is a bit tight, but 4 years ago my wife was also out of work, and that was because she had TB instead of lack of employment opportunities, and I was earning less, so actually we are quite a bit better off.
― Colonel Poo, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 09:33 (twelve years ago) link
Financially and in terms of relationships with friends, etc.: much better off. However my health has worsened dramatically so...it's a tossup.
― NR’s resident heavy-metal expert (Nicole), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:41 (twelve years ago) link
― ou th (anky), Tuesday, September 4, 2012 5:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
hey anky, what projects are you working on? i'm working on "communities putting prevention to work" which is public health funding. our city had a visit from biden's office where he toured a bunch of the different successful projects across the city and it was pretty cool.
― john zorn has ruined klezmer for an entire generation (bene_gesserit), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:47 (twelve years ago) link
anyways - personally, it's a toss up for me because things could be better but i am not unhappy and feel like i've grown a lot as a person (not to be overly sincere).
― john zorn has ruined klezmer for an entire generation (bene_gesserit), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:48 (twelve years ago) link
i am in basically the same exact place as i was 4 years ago, only i don't really feel as energetic all the time. but not worse off, and content. i will note that my politically-induced stress/rage/paranoia has been reduced substantially now that we don't have bush years wtf shit happening all the time. i do still wonder whether anyone in the white house will ever talk frankly about how much of the federal budget is being used on private security contractors around the world and why, but that's another story.
me, i'm fine 4 years later.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
I'm better off. I have an MA now, and no more student debt. Healthier and less stressed-out all the time. Things are okay.
― jim, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
I'm way better off economically, but only as a couple - I still earn less at my US job after 4 years than what the minimum wage now is in NZ. But Ytth is earning twice as much, working for a young company that maybe wouldn't have survived the recession under a republican president.
― just1n3, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
nothing has been done about climate change, so we are all worse off, esp you crazy ppl who have just had kids.
― Pangborn to be Wilde (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
YES, I'm living my lifelong dream!
― *tera, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 14:50 (twelve years ago) link
Morbs (miserably) otm
― How's My Modding? Call 1-800-SBU-RSELF (WmC), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
guilty lol
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 15:04 (twelve years ago) link
Absolutely doing better now than four years ago. Better job, no longer living with my father-in-law, published a novel. Of course, my diabetes hasn't gone away, and we're no longer living with the FIL because he died, but still, things are looking up.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
still curious about the results of this
― Mordy, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
that's because they're not out yet
― Randy Carol (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 09:57 (twelve years ago) link
The ilxor demographic is likely to skew more toward "better off" than the USA at large, so it will be hard to read much into it.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:33 (twelve years ago) link
Plus as individuals we're all four years further up the ladder - not true of the economy as a whole.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 19 September 2012 15:57 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Thursday, 20 September 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/19/the-47-percent-may-struggle-but-the-top-20-percent-are-feeling-flush/
― Mordy, Thursday, 20 September 2012 00:04 (twelve years ago) link