Is £75,000
a good UK salary?

Inside the top 10% of taxpayer incomes in the source year.

£75,000 in three different comparisons
Comparison groupPositionData period
UK taxpayer incomeAbout the 92nd percentile2023/24
UK full-time payAbove the 90th percentile2024 provisional
Full-time pay: LondonAbout the 79th percentile2024 provisional

For the income comparison, this treats £75,000 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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UK taxpayers · tax year 2023/24

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The threshold already crossed

£75,000 exceeds the £67,400 threshold for the top 10% of UK taxpayer incomes in 2023/24. It remains below the £93,600 top-5% threshold in the HMRC series. The rank is an income comparison, not a verdict on how secure you ought to feel.

The 2024 London salary series puts £75,000 between the 75th and 80th percentiles. The UK-wide full-time salary series has a lower top-10% threshold of £72,150. That is a useful example of a national and a local salary rank diverging within the same dataset year.

A household receiving £75,000 from one person is different from two adults each receiving £37,500. The main calculator takes one person’s total income. Use combined net income for the household budget, or combined assets and debts for household wealth.

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