Average pre-tax wage in Britain is £457

[wendigo100]

Yup.

It's dire.

I was earning a whole £6/hr fixing fruit machines for a while in 2004... not overly amusing but it paid the council tax, just about.

Oh no. When can we expect them all to spring to life and start killing people?

[thunderlizard]

Was the firm or the machines 'dodgy' is some way?

Mad Frankie Fraser used to mend fruit machines for the Richardsons. You can't get much dodgier than that.

[DiscoStu]

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=285
The monetary difference between the median level of full-time earnings in the public sector (£498 per week in April 2007) and the private sector (£439 per week) has widened over the year to April 2007, following annual increases of 3.0 per cent and 2.9 per cent respectively.

New Lie non-jobs now pay better than the private sector.

<Nelson>

£489 a week. Ha ha.

</Nelson>

[threaded]

Yup.

It's dire.

I was earning a whole £6/hr fixing fruit machines for a while in 2004... not overly amusing but it paid the council tax, just about.

I never quite got the reason they had you fixing the fruit machines when the boards are so cheap they're throwaway.

Was the firm or the machines 'dodgy' is some way?

[NickFitz]

I was earning a whole £6/hr fixing fruit machines for a while in 2004

When you say "fixing"...

[NoddY]

All the guff about 'average' property prices being 8 times median income multiples. Yes that's Gross income, probably more like 12 times Net income. This can obviously be sustained.

Drrr..you don't use your wages to pay the mortgage you use your credit card. Init.

[Bagpuss]

All the guff about 'average' property prices being 8 times median income multiples. Yes that's Gross income, probably more like 12 times Net income. This can obviously be sustained.

[Bagpuss]

Imagine if they had to manage on minimum wage like many contractors do!

[ChimpMaster]

Still, it's low for a daily rate.

[DimPrawn]

http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=285
The monetary difference between the median level of full-time earnings in the public sector (£498 per week in April 2007) and the private sector (£439 per week) has widened over the year to April 2007, following annual increases of 3.0 per cent and 2.9 per cent respectively.

New Lie non-jobs now pay better than the private sector.