Average weekly income

Highly variable income here due to being self employed. I have two businesses - one currently contributes about a quarter of our income but is fairly consistent - and gradually increasing.

The other can be highly variable. The quiet times can be worrying especially as the current Mrs Bloo has recently given up her job to work with our business. But the fluctuations usually even themselves out over a couple of months. I was thinking, back on the 9th, that this was going to be a record month. Then we had a month's worth of business (by value) arrive in a single email :woot: which the two of us dealt with over four very long days. Since then it's been fairly quiet which has given us some recovery time. So it's very quiet at the moment but this will still be a record month :clap:
 
Dangermouse1964 said:
No its a honest question to see if the wages around the country fluctuate a little or a lot and is there really any difference in earning 30k a year and having higher cost of living as opposed to earning 15k a year and having much lower outgoings its only a quick comparison to see if I could afford to live down south and so far the answer is no. you dont have to give your earnings as no one is twisting your arm just a quick 10-12k will do or roundabout
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I understand that mate,but I sure as hell won`t be posting my income on an open internet forum............:)
 
Flash In The Pan said:
I thought your avatar referred to what you earned? :lol:
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It is a pizztake Graham,I earn diddly squattish,and that is all anyone on the net will ever know..........:)

Whereas you earn..Rhubarb.......:suspect:
 
Flash In The Pan said:
The key word there is manager,what does the manager in your workplace get? £30k isn't a lot to earn in a managerial role....
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It all depends on what you are a manager of. A retail manager tends to be around the £30,000 mark from what I've seen. In Ford's we have managers of various grades and there are other factors thrown in on top. A Ford manager at "entry level" is probably on around £60-80K(But they do get other perks). A general foreman with overtime will earn more than a base manager.
 
I think you should add your age into the mix too. A burger flipper at 16 is going to earn less than one with 5 stars at 40?
 
nilagin said:
It all depends on what you are a manager of. A retail manager tends to be around the £30,000 mark from what I've seen. In Ford's we have managers of various grades and there are other factors thrown in on top. A Ford manager at "entry level" is probably on around £60-80K(But they do get other perks). A general foreman with overtime will earn more than a base manager.
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Depends what your retailing, I suppose. Managers in large car showrooms were certainly on far more than that pre-credit crunch, same with the big mobile phone chains....
 
Beagletorque said:
I think you should add your age into the mix too. A burger flipper at 16 is going to earn less than one with 5 stars at 40?
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46, but I'd be earning the same at 21. All Ford Toolmakers (or Grade 5 workers) earn the same basic hourly rate.
 
Flash In The Pan said:
Depends what your retailing, I suppose. Managers in large car showrooms were certainly on far more than that pre-credit crunch, same with the big mobile phone chains....
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Sorry, I meant shops. Martins Newsagents advertise for managers from time to time and If I remember rightly they get around £24k.
There was a bloke who was manager of our local McD's, he now works at Tesco and always seems to be manning the security camera desk by customer services. Don't know if that pays more money and that's his decision for a career change.
 
I'm a teacher in my second year. I could be shy about my earnings but it's publicly available information. From september I'll be on 22,800. Because of a large pension contribution it's a take home of about £1390. I was earning at the 56 percentile which means 44% of people in my area earn more than me. So I'm just above average (at 23 I think that's pretty good going)

Even with some of the cheapest houses in the country I'm struggling to get on to the property ladder as they are about 4 times my earnings and I'm single. Flat 70 - 100k, terraced 90-120k. Semi 100 - 140k, detached 140k +

I know for a fact even with a couple of grand a year extra you get for teaching in the London area I would not be able to afford to live. For a start the rent would decimate my monthly income.
 
On a serious note,unusual for me I know.:), I would hate to be a first time buyer now,though saying that,perhaps first time buyers have thier sights set too high at times.Maybe we will see a return to starting at the bottom and working/saving your way up the property ladder,I dunno.............:shrug:
 
MichaelPlace said:
I'm a teacher in my second year. I could be shy about my earnings but it's publicly available information. From september I'll be on 22,800. Because of a large pension contribution it's a take home of about £1390. I was earning at the 56 percentile which means 44% of people in my area earn more than me. So I'm just above average (at 23 I think that's pretty good going)

Even with some of the cheapest houses in the country I'm struggling to get on to the property ladder as they are about 4 times my earnings and I'm single. Flat 70 - 100k, terraced 90-120k. Semi 100 - 140k, detached 140k +

I know for a fact even with a couple of grand a year extra you get for teaching in the London area I would not be able to afford to live. For a start the rent would decimate my monthly income.
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I live in a London Borough and work in a London Borough, but I don't get the extra allowances some people get for working in London. When my wife and I bought our flat, 20 years ago, I could afford it on my own, but I couldn't afford to buy it now at it's current value. A few of my workmates live 20-25 miles away from me, they get bigger property for their money, but they all lift share to be able to get to work, where as I live within about 6 miles of work and in a way have abit more time of my own rather than spent travelling etc.
It's all swings and roundabouts really. They wouldn't be able to afford to get on the property ladder now either.
 
fracster said:
On a serious note,unusual for me I know.:), I would hate to be a first time buyer now,though saying that,perhaps first time buyers have thier sights set too high at times.Maybe we will see a return to starting at the bottom and working/saving your way up the property ladder,I dunno.............:shrug:
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In recent years saving to get on the property ladder has been impossible due to prperty prices increasing at a rate quicker than people could save. Even now with the current economic situation and house prices having fallen, even if banks were willing to lend money, people are still struggling to afford it. Problem is to make housing affordable for 1st time buyers will mean negative equity for others all ready on the property ladder. So there will always be some winners and some losers.
 
works out about £735 a week over the year, sometimes more:thumbs: sometimes less:thumbsdown:

Thats for 84 hrs a week, away from friends and family.

Edit im 24
 
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yep lol although to give it some perspective i do that for between 5-8 weeks straight then get equal leave, so for example i've just come back from a 6 weeker so will now be on leave until the first wk of september
 
Dangermouse1964 said:
It is as the politicians say ...better wages in the South but far more costly to live.
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It's only property prices. I'm a northener by birth (Lancashire), though live down south. Property down here costs an awful lot more, but most day to day goods are the same price, petrol is cheaper, and it's only slightly more expensive, if at all, to eat out. Ok pubs are more expensive, but lets be honest, how many of us spend lots of money in them, and supermarket prices are not regional.

Having said that, back in 1999 before the dot com crash (in which I did get caught), while working in Chiswick, London I saw my same roll advertised for NTL in Liverpool for ~£10k less.

Of course IT wages have stagnated a lot since them in the south, but not increased by that great an amount oop north.
 
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