Decent wage

[Helen F H]

Ok, what do you lot consider to be a decent living wage? i.e someone who has a job that could be considered to be part of a career - not a job to fill in the time, or dead end dross.

[Adrian Kelland]

In all seriousness, I think a few more options are required. Regional variations aside.

I would consider a decent wage to be one that allows me to pay the mortgage, do a bit more diving, plus enough for a rainy day.

Sadly not there yet

Adrian

[Allan B]

What planet are you from????
I'm doing "dead end dross" as you put it and if I earned as little as your top poll I'd have to give up diving as well as feeding the kids.

Get real.


Allan

[Helen F H]

Erm, my montly pay packet is three figures......after tax.

So i come from planet "piss poor pay"

I have done dead end dross - waitress, receptionist, and now have a job that maybe, one day, will lead to bigger things.

If i earned as much as the top end of the poll i would be a very happy bunny.

What i mean, is a starting wage - what you would expect for putting in 37 - 40 hours a week in your first proper job.

[Lee B]

wow i have just worked out what the minimum wage is: £4.00 x 37 =£148.00

£148 x 52 = £7696 a year or £641.33 a month. Before tax

Sorry this just struck me big time. How do people get by.

[Helen F H]

Minimum wage is £4.50 i think. I lived off that for 2 years. I dived throughout. When i got my previous job i was on £4.75 an hour!

[Lee B]

So I take it you do not smoke or drink,

[Mr T.]

Originally Posted by Adrian Kelland

In all seriousness, I think a few more options are required. Regional variations aside.

I would consider a decent wage to be one that allows me to pay the mortgage, do a bit more diving, plus enough for a rainy day.

Adrian

Duly taken in to consideration and poll amended to suit a broader band of earnings. A 'Living' or 'Decent Wage' means different things to different people - assuming we're not all aiming to exist just beyond the 'breadline'?

[Helen F H]

Dont smoke, and dont drink at home. Only when i go out (ahem), which isnt that often either.

I cant beleive that some of you think that a first job warrants such a large wage. If i had held out for those kind of figures i would be on the dole for evermore. Im a graduate, and yet have had to accept a low wage.

[Mr T.]

This is where your confusion lies Helen: compare and contrast:

Originally Posted by Porg

Ok, what do you lot consider to be a decent living wage? i.e someone who has a job that could be considered to be part of a career - not a job to fill in the time, or dead end dross.

when set against this level of expectation:

Originally Posted by Porg

I cant beleive that some of you think that a first job warrants such a large wage. If i had held out for those kind of figures i would be on the dole for evermore. Im a graduate, and yet have had to accept a low wage.

In the first you speak of 'decent/living wages', 'careers', 'not part time' etc. and in the second you refer to 'first jobs'? The two conditions are not compatible or even relative.