Is £60,000
a good UK salary?

A high individual income. Check the distance to the top 10%.

£60,000 in three different comparisons
Comparison groupPositionData period
UK taxpayer incomeAbout the 86th percentile2023/24
UK full-time payAbout the 83rd percentile2024 provisional
Full-time pay: LondonAbout the 67th percentile2024 provisional

For the income comparison, this treats £60,000 as your entire relevant personal income. Add other income in the calculator below. Sources: HMRC · 2023/24; ONS · 2024 provisional. The detailed salary series is historical.

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Where £60k sits

£60,000 falls between the 80th and 90th percentile anchors in the 2023/24 taxpayer income series. The top-10% threshold is £67,400, leaving a £7,400 gap. The calculator estimates a position within that interval; it does not turn an interpolated value into an exact headcount.

A £60,000 salary plus £10,000 of rental profit is £70,000 of total income for a relevant income comparison. Putting only the salary into the main calculator would answer a narrower question. Use net rental profit after relevant expenses, not gross rent collected.

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