Salary Comparison in the UK

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Do You Earn a Good Salary in the UK?

Enter your salary to see where it stands within the UK's pay distribution. The chart below compares your before-tax earnings with the minimum wage, the national median salary, and top earners in the country, based on official government and statistical data.

£30,210
Min Wage
Median
Top 10%
50%
Top 50% of earners
≈ 0.0%
Equal to the median
26.9%
Above the min wage

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Pay Distribution in the UK

The following chart shows how earnings are distributed across the UK's population, from the minimum wage to the highest-paid percentiles. To provide a complete picture, the figures include both part-time and full-time employees and are based on annual salaries, with bonuses taken into account.

Minimum Wage
 ​£23,810 
Median (50%)
 ​£30,210 
Top 40%
 ​£35,119 
Top 30%
 ​£41,557 
Top 20%
 ​£50,784 
Top 10%
 ​£68,616 
Top 5%
 ​£92,524 

Your Salary Across UK Cities

What is considered a good salary in one part of the UK may actually be low in another, so it's important to compare your earnings with the typical pay levels where you live or work. The table below compares your salary with the median pay in major UK cities, with the "Difference" column showing the percentage by which local wages are higher (positive values) or lower (negative values) than your salary.

City Difference
Inner London - West £44,491 47.3%
Inner London - East £36,791 21.8%
Greater London £35,749 18.3%
Edinburgh £32,436 7.4%
Bristol £31,056 2.8%
UK (national median) £30,210 –
Cardiff £30,016 -0.6%
Glasgow £29,820 -1.3%
Leeds £29,643 -1.9%
Wakefield £29,504 -2.3%
Coventry £29,229 -3.2%
Belfast £28,876 -4.4%
Liverpool £28,693 -5.0%
Sheffield £28,465 -5.8%
Manchester £28,287 -6.4%
Birmingham £27,994 -7.3%
Nottingham £27,253 -9.8%
Bradford £27,093 -10.3%
Leicester £26,609 -11.9%

Last updated: February 2026
Sources: Office for National Statistics (ONS)

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