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'Up to 60k a year' is middle class? Does that make plumbers middle class, as they earn above that? Personally I think middle class would be around £80-150k. (
by niallsaccount 3y ago
'Up to 60k a year' is middle class?
Does that make plumbers middle class, as they earn above that?
Personally I think middle class would be around £80-150k. (I know its not all based on salary.)
According to the BOE calculator[1] 50k in 2000 is 90k nowadays.
I think this country has a Freddo issue on wages and what certain demographic grew up with seems to be what society accepts.
Minimum wage is 23k, with an average UK wage of 28k. In ~10 years most people are going to be on minimum. Even some of the middle class according to this article (30k).
[1]: https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/in...
- retrac98 3y ago"Freddo issue" is such a perfect description.
- betaby 3y agoMiddle class by modern definition in the middle 1/3 band of the income distribution, no?
- niallsaccount 3y agoNah, not for me. Working class is the majority of people, maybe something like 3/5ths. Then middle and uppers are pretty tiny (not many royals/lords). But there's lots of markers of middle class not just money.
- betaby 3y agoPerhaps. But than that means what working class of 80s were able to afford homes/flats and now does not.
- contextnavidad 3y agoYou're a little off on the average UK wage. It's around £34k now.
- niallsaccount 3y agoAh thanks, yeah a bit off, I hadn't looked for a while.
- globular-toast 3y agoIt's interesting. What does "middle class" really mean? For me it means something like "can comfortably afford nice things, but still has work". £60k/year would seem to qualify for that.