Guessing People’s Incomes in London

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  • čas přidán 24. 11. 2022
  • Today I went to Kensington and Chelsea one of the richest boroughs in London to guess stranger's income! Keep exploring at brilliant.org/AlexLiu/. Get started for free, and hurry-the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription!
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  • @MsMademoiselleeS
    @MsMademoiselleeS Před 10 měsíci +198

    It would be great to see the same version of video, but in an average London’s borough

  • @GG-zl3et
    @GG-zl3et Před rokem +45

    The last dude from Spain was really cool, had a great chilled presence about him. Enjoyed that, all nice people.

  • @ketolimbo7539
    @ketolimbo7539 Před rokem +824

    At least 90% of the people you questioned most likely live in shared living spaces, that’s how insane London’s housing market is.

    • @bengoacher4455
      @bengoacher4455 Před rokem +109

      The other thing is, as shown here, people on like £60 - £80k or even more are then coupling up with others on £60-80k and doubling their purchasing power for a home. If you are a normal londoner on like £30k or smt how the fuck can you compete even in the rental market against people who have such vastly higher incomes! and thats not even counting all the trust fund babies and overseas investors!

    • @bolt6572
      @bolt6572 Před rokem +14

      @@bengoacher4455 I earn 380K ( base salary) and I wonder the same about other people living in London

    • @davidmcnulty8181
      @davidmcnulty8181 Před rokem +55

      ​@@bolt6572 🙄

    • @bolt6572
      @bolt6572 Před rokem +5

      @@davidmcnulty8181 I think its an expensive market. So I often wonder how people who earn way less than me survive.

    • @bengoacher4455
      @bengoacher4455 Před rokem +16

      @Bolt last year I had to leave London because my £22k salary wasn't enough to afford to rent a basic room in a shared flat. At least not in a location that made it worthwhile. Like i could've gone to zone 5 in South London and I would have the same length commute and same cost overall as my commute from my parents house in the home counties. So i went back to my parents, which as a young professional who wants to socialise, date, work out, do things becomes emotionally and mentally challenging. Fortunately I'm paid £25k now and I'm working on a way to get back into London. But I'm not going to share it until I secure it because it can get me a whole flat for less than a room

  • @MarlonKingShow
    @MarlonKingShow Před 11 měsíci +25

    Great video dude. Just looked at your last few videos following this video which has blown up. You should defo consider flipping your content style to be more like this if it fits your objectives, you could super grow your channel alot faster but means you would be less likely to get traction on the current content. Hello from a fellow x developer in UK 😎

  • @gbrown9694
    @gbrown9694 Před rokem +108

    If you asked me those questions you’d probably think I was unemployed. Lol.

  • @scriptsh1tty729
    @scriptsh1tty729 Před rokem +9

    Thanks for going out of your comfortzone!! Was nice video

  • @marbaha8141
    @marbaha8141 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I really enjoyed ur interview… ur were delicate with questions

  • @electricaviationchannelvid7863
    @electricaviationchannelvid7863 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Good job with these interviews!

  • @chimpalahee
    @chimpalahee Před 9 měsíci +5

    Fundamentally Money does bring happiness as it covers all basics necessities for survival. Food, water, shelter etc.. This means you can thrive instead of survive

  • @ClearFuture
    @ClearFuture Před rokem +29

    Thank god found someone who is natural and organic. Well done you earned yourself a sub

  • @natman2005
    @natman2005 Před rokem +7

    Love the content, keep it up mate

  • @natashabanky9507
    @natashabanky9507 Před rokem +2

    Very interesting video topic! You did the interviews very well 🙌😎

  • @antwto8784
    @antwto8784 Před rokem +8

    I liked the couple that you interviewed, they seem to have a good thing going on.

  • @santarosahero
    @santarosahero Před rokem +63

    I enjoyed it very much. You did a smashing job for someone who is uncomfortable doing this. I appreciate it and would love to see more type of these videos. You are a natural.

  • @HannahEdiaA
    @HannahEdiaA Před rokem

    Really enjoyed watching. Please film more

  • @saami9606
    @saami9606 Před rokem +12

    This is awesome! So many american vids so seeing a british version is great

  • @dylpicklethebugslayer
    @dylpicklethebugslayer Před 8 měsíci +5

    The 110K guy is a fellow FIU graduate. Happy to see him thriving!

  • @gstephenson9442
    @gstephenson9442 Před rokem +36

    I am a software dev. I can’t say it’s a super high salary but better than average and a nice living. My side hustle is playing as a musician and the hourly rate is in fact better, just not regular work.

    • @tomcreaven1
      @tomcreaven1 Před rokem +3

      A software developer is a super high salary in the UK. Much better than average.

    • @nhanon67as
      @nhanon67as Před 10 měsíci +2

      Working 60 hours and only making 80k. What?

    • @lucihavana6167
      @lucihavana6167 Před 6 měsíci

      Out of interest, what is an hourly rate as a musician? thank you :)

  • @danielalt7508
    @danielalt7508 Před 11 měsíci

    I enjoy this type of interview videos!

  • @Khaos969
    @Khaos969 Před rokem +8

    1 GCSE from school , now I earn 140k a year working in the film industry because my childhood friends family work there … sometimes it’s who you know not what.

  • @QuotidianStupidity
    @QuotidianStupidity Před rokem +29

    Good video… I’d be interested to see a comparison in various parts of London, maybe shoredditch, Croydon or Tottenham.
    Then in different parts of the UK

  • @namlethanh4638
    @namlethanh4638 Před 7 měsíci +4

    when people are talking about the number, in the video and in the comment section, they're referring to gross or net number? That's a huge difference after all kinds of deduction in your payment slip. For example in France to take home net ~42K one need to make ~56-57K gross. (then you'll have to pay income tax on that 42K as well, depends on your situation)

    • @imBugra
      @imBugra Před 6 měsíci

      Gross mate. That's how Europeans feel better, because net figures will be incomparable to American incomes. Facts.

  • @uwotm8
    @uwotm8 Před rokem +71

    The average salary in the town where I live in England is £24k 🤣
    All these people would be considered rich up here in the north but to be fair their expenses will be mental living in a nice area of London.

    • @QuandaleDingle-ji2tj
      @QuandaleDingle-ji2tj Před rokem +3

      im in london and thats same for my mom these ppl got good money xD

    • @ArmageddonIsHere
      @ArmageddonIsHere Před rokem

      To give me a sense as someone from outside the UK, what would a months rent for a 2 bedroom apartment cost?
      1. In London
      2. Your location "up north" (where exactly)?

    • @davidr137
      @davidr137 Před rokem +3

      Where I live in zone 6 (edge of London) a 2 bed apartment is typically about £1500-2000 a month. It would be much more closer to central London.

    • @eke.D
      @eke.D Před rokem +4

      @@ArmageddonIsHere Cheapest would be £1600, closer to central £2000+
      2. I live in the midlands (3 hours north of London). My rent is £650 for 2 bed +living room.

    • @tomcreaven1
      @tomcreaven1 Před rokem +2

      @@davidr137 Yeah my rent in zone 2 is 2k for a one bed. It was previously £1600 for a 1 bed but it's skyrocketed because fuck landlords and estate agents.

  • @elizamarz7607
    @elizamarz7607 Před rokem +3

    I’d like to see the same strategy used in somewhere like Tottenham and look at the vast difference

  • @bglr2783
    @bglr2783 Před 8 měsíci +16

    Love the young people's idea about money. Very mature response and so right.

  • @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058
    @jakkuwolfinsomnia8058 Před rokem +562

    Highest education is A-levels but he’s a software developer. That just shows how cool software development can be if you have the skills and experience

    • @lTheRealDealGamingl
      @lTheRealDealGamingl Před rokem +8

      @kenl659
      While unlikely it's definitely not impossible. The only thing that was questionable was the amount of hours worked, which sounded low for a developer on that sort of money. This is nowhere near common but I know people whose bonuses are more than my salary for example.
      Also not everyone is PAYE. If you are senior and specialised, working as a contractor/consultant in the right industry you can make crazy money.
      The public sector is different yes and developers won't really see those type of rates unless they are mates with someone in government and can benefit from some nepotism/corruption to secure a lucrative contract.

    • @_.occult._
      @_.occult._ Před rokem +5

      @@kenl659 thank you speaking the reality. I’m as well an finance grad and even though I studied for so many years, I feel that it won’t pay well. And seeing these people working in tech that talk about big numbers I feel to leave my accounting exams and just do a tech Bootcamp or maybe another degree…I Dont know if I be better off in finance?! Thanks

    • @zzFishstick
      @zzFishstick Před rokem +8

      That dude was defo lying

    • @AnhTranD
      @AnhTranD Před rokem +9

      No degree. 6 figures after 4 years in SWE. It can be done

    • @D19944
      @D19944 Před rokem +1

      My cousin said he can be earning 70k at IBM at 20ish is that true?

  • @fuckooo
    @fuckooo Před rokem +14

    Property prices and rents are absolutely insane in London though

    • @shweshwa9202
      @shweshwa9202 Před rokem +1

      even dodgy areas are crazy expensive.

  • @Zeequencha
    @Zeequencha Před rokem +8

    Anyone earning over 50000 is paying 40% income tax. After paying at least 1000 a month for rent I estimate that someone on 100 000 Gross pockets about 45000 after all deductions including rent at 1000. That works out at about 3750 per month left for food and other costs such as social, travel, Internet, mobile phone.

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou Před 11 měsíci +4

      In other words they are still left with a lot of disposable income. If you can't live on that much money, then you don't know how to handle money.

    • @PigJarHut
      @PigJarHut Před 6 měsíci +3

      3750 after rent is paid -- so another 750 for bills and food, and you've got 3k spare every month.. that's 180k in the bank after 5 years.. that's pretty decent

    • @pritapp788
      @pritapp788 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@maythesciencebewithyouIt's a lot if you already own your house. If you're renting and/or planning to save for a deposit, it becomes a drop in the ocean.

  • @DominatorzLtd
    @DominatorzLtd Před rokem +4

    it is not all about how much they earn, but the interesting fact to know their profession.

  • @tatianab2439
    @tatianab2439 Před 6 měsíci +29

    Very interesting ! Thank you !:)
    I know how hard it may prove to land a job in London . I’ve got 13 + years experience in finance working in Europe (incl. almost 4 years in London ) and I’m struggling to find a job for £55-60k given all the experience . In EU where I moved from to here , I was chased by headhunters and offered that much easily .. So really surprised how ppl get £80-110k paying jobs ..

    • @ScentualP
      @ScentualP Před 5 měsíci +6

      The food and beverage manager at hotel doesn't make 110k c'mon 🤣

    • @matheusrodrigues6923
      @matheusrodrigues6923 Před 5 měsíci

      It might be true, a big 5 star hotel can pay that much@@ScentualP

    • @tae7x
      @tae7x Před 5 měsíci

      @@ScentualP *director. he just might make that, never know 😂

    • @MrMichaelYD
      @MrMichaelYD Před 5 měsíci +2

      A lot of BS/lying in these vids. There's just way all these random kids 24-32YO make 80-110k a year. Sorry, that just isn't reality in the UK today, not even in London. It still requires a lot of seniority and experience to get to six figures.

    • @georgeseverent180
      @georgeseverent180 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Tell me about it. I can’t even get interviews for jobs that pay the same or less than my current role, with equal or lower responsibility.
      Job market is weak at the moment, despite what media says.

  • @DesireG756
    @DesireG756 Před rokem +1

    Love the London angle on this, keep it up!

  • @straypenne
    @straypenne Před rokem +4

    great content 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @sripadmasambhavabuddhistte3769

    Alex, I really liked the questions you asked. And your tone and manner was very relaxed considering it was a difficult topic to question people on. Subscribed. Have a great day.😊

  • @LS-xs7sg
    @LS-xs7sg Před 11 měsíci +102

    This used to be the most un-English question you could ask. Times have changed.

    • @donotreplydumbpeople3866
      @donotreplydumbpeople3866 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Internet

    • @LS-xs7sg
      @LS-xs7sg Před 11 měsíci +16

      @@donotreplydumbpeople3866The crass americanisation of society i guess. Plus immigration.

    • @emotivelyy_
      @emotivelyy_ Před 11 měsíci +8

      Most un-English time ever

    • @summerrr1
      @summerrr1 Před 11 měsíci +8

      The only English people in the video were the 2 near the end.

    • @LS-xs7sg
      @LS-xs7sg Před 11 měsíci +3

      @@summerrr1 I would agree. And they were the most weirded out by the question

  • @Unesology
    @Unesology Před rokem

    Great Video Alex

  • @rishanchopra4719
    @rishanchopra4719 Před rokem

    great segue into the brilliant plug

  • @evamagone8613
    @evamagone8613 Před rokem +10

    Meanwhile I bought 7 bedroom house in green area, an hour away from Snowdonia for £200k.,.. zero crime and zero unemployment

    • @PigJarHut
      @PigJarHut Před 6 měsíci

      Sheep don't need jobs and haven't gotten a taste for crime yet.

  • @pritapp788
    @pritapp788 Před 6 měsíci +8

    Bear in mind that employment income is heavily taxed and then you have to pay rent and expenses using that, plus more taxes like VAT. The true measure of wealth is what you inherit from your parents, and for most people it's not much at all.

    • @vonder7
      @vonder7 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Don’t forget there is a 40 percent inheritance tax in the uk, one of the highest in the world.

    • @impamiizgraa
      @impamiizgraa Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@vonder7 VERY few people in the UK will pay any inheritance tax at all. Your home and assets need to be within the top 1% of the country to qualify for inheritance tax in the event of your death, and the very very richest in the country are "creative" with their use of Trust funds and family companies owning most of their assets meaning they don't pay any at all. It's a net for the very few.

    • @vonder7
      @vonder7 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@impamiizgraa I wouldn’t say so, the tax kicks in at 325k, if you have a small flat in London it’s already worth more and your kids cannot even inherit that without paying 40 percent. In the USA the threshold is 13 million!

    • @impamiizgraa
      @impamiizgraa Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@vonder7 with the 40% being on the amount above that threshold, not the total amount. So you still inherit £325k tax-free, which again, the very huge majority of people in the UK (London is not the UK) won't.

    • @vonder7
      @vonder7 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@impamiizgraa not true, the average home in the uk is now over 300k or over 550 in London plus people have savings. Pretty much everyone who is not on benefits will be likely to pay that tax. It’s just not fair and the threshold is really low. There is no another country where you have to pay 40 percent on such a low threshold.

  • @RifatErdemSahin
    @RifatErdemSahin Před rokem +2

    Good video mate as software dev. Not a static cam. And inspiration

  • @enosbundi2124
    @enosbundi2124 Před rokem

    I'm your new subscriber Alex. I love your content bro. That's awesome😍💯✔

  • @thankyouthankyou1172
    @thankyouthankyou1172 Před rokem +3

    the correlation between 'the expensive thing that's been purchased' and 'how much do you earn' would be very low, i guess. many million billionnaires do not buy expensive things. some of them just wear a simple t-shirt and do not even fancy expensive car

  • @Stallzyx
    @Stallzyx Před rokem +13

    I am surprised if all of these are genuine figures, but it is London and rent etc is not cheap. I am nearly 25 and spent 3-4 years doing a maths degree which I'm not even taking advantage of at the moment and found some self employed work thankfully in 2021, but I don't make that much at all. Like under 15k a year. But I have a lot of flexibility and am not stuck to a 9-5 schedule and I actually find it difficult to naturally stick to that. Since I finished uni I've lost that consistent structure to be honest. I live at home and I'm quite fortunate to be able to live like this but it's really still quite frustrating if you compare to other people. I'm surprised you didn't know what EA stood for though haha. Going to definitely watch some of your other videos

    • @nathanielmills4678
      @nathanielmills4678 Před rokem +2

      I was a late bloomer myself. 18k was my starting salary after uni which a degree in computer networking. It does go up significantly as time goes by. Change jobs every 4/5 years to keep up with market rates.

    • @garycollumbell1396
      @garycollumbell1396 Před rokem +1

      Tbh it isn't worth taking STEM subjects unless you plan on moving outside the UK pay is quite low for all 3 man branches of sciences hence why alot of them go into finance of course software and the main engineering branches are exceptions

    • @playthegame7445
      @playthegame7445 Před rokem

      Well it's quite easy to find how much are people paid in London by looking at jobs advertised and how much they are offering.
      I certainly don't believe that the guys earn that much as a front end software developer cos I've seen how fierce the competition is for tech jobs, have seen jobs in tech with an average of 50 applications for a position, and that's due to the influx of talents from across the country and from outside the country. I believe to be a bit inflated the figures in this vid.

    • @Omar-kl3xp
      @Omar-kl3xp Před 8 měsíci

      @@playthegame7445it’s even more then 50 applicants ,it is honestly insane how competitive it is actually,but also it is possible for software engineer to make this much but most of the positions advertised will not be over six figures .

    • @PigJarHut
      @PigJarHut Před 6 měsíci

      if you work 38 hours a week you should make 20k a year on minimum wage.. learn a skill or trade with your spare time. Learn software development, 3d modelling, train to be an electrician etc

  • @EseAbigail
    @EseAbigail Před 10 měsíci

    You smashed it!!

  • @cb8608
    @cb8608 Před rokem

    I love this video, really interesting

  • @rubiferrer5521
    @rubiferrer5521 Před rokem +13

    Most early career researchers (age range 30-40) with a PhD earn about £34k a year working at Oxford University, and Oxford is very expensive. Should we get out of academia? 😵

    • @LawrenceTimme
      @LawrenceTimme Před 7 měsíci +1

      Academics are massively overpaid and there are way too many of them. They don't produce anything of use either.

    • @katherinedunn5211
      @katherinedunn5211 Před 6 měsíci +3

      I recall an article a couple of years ago which revealed that Oxbridge academics are massively unpaid. Might be worth googling if it interests you!

  • @laurencelong
    @laurencelong Před rokem +6

    Really, you found it scary to film this? It didn't show at all. I really liked your manner with the people. Great video :)

  • @0atmeall
    @0atmeall Před rokem

    I love these video styles 😊

  • @Paulselez
    @Paulselez Před 7 měsíci

    Thank you for the video, man

  • @Ronmugo_
    @Ronmugo_ Před rokem +10

    This was a really good video! Thanks Alex for making it

  • @okbrown
    @okbrown Před rokem +253

    Well done!! It's good to get out of your comfort zone. Especially as a software engineer. I work with a few introverts and they struggle to elevate themselves. But after they grow and get more involved it all happens as it should for them.

    • @zacurrya9485
      @zacurrya9485 Před rokem +2

      Hi bro is it a fulfilling job? I want to work as one cause coding seems easy and working in google would seem fun but is the money the only good part or is it fulfilling to you and is it ai proof?

    • @nathanielmills4678
      @nathanielmills4678 Před rokem +2

      ​@@zacurrya9485easy in which sense? Software engineers problem solve and innovate which is not easy? Or do you mean easy in that you do it on a chair all day 😁?

    • @howardlam6181
      @howardlam6181 Před 8 měsíci

      @@nathanielmills4678 It's easy. Much easier than stuff I do in PhD. The hardest part is office politics.

    • @howardlam6181
      @howardlam6181 Před 7 měsíci

      @@Void-oh1vd Office politics doesn't mean drama. It means the stuff you do to wrestle for power, and getting your ideas to go through and decision made favouring you. It has nothing to do with being introverts. When people work together, there will be conflicts and people not cooperating. One say X the other say Y. That's when you have politics.

    • @FilthyRich247
      @FilthyRich247 Před 6 měsíci

      @@zacurrya9485 I can honestly say that AI is frustrating to use when it comes to writing complex scripts. If you're a senior or lead web developer AI becomes less useful, which is why you get paid for your skillset.
      As for frontend web development, particularly with making things pixel perfect, I haven't seen any AI that can build designs (let alone responsive designs) yet which even junior developers can easily achieve.

  • @FitWorld542
    @FitWorld542 Před rokem +1

    Great video!
    How do you add subtitles?

  • @UNKNOWN-1589
    @UNKNOWN-1589 Před rokem +1

    Clean video brother

  • @SoFrolushes
    @SoFrolushes Před rokem +7

    You should do same videos in other uk cities

  • @tatienouorest3358
    @tatienouorest3358 Před rokem +23

    Money may not bring me happiness, but it sure as hell can pave the way and open the doors!
    highest of fives✋

    • @DragosStanciu123
      @DragosStanciu123 Před 9 měsíci +1

      pave the way cause the greek guy had shares in a cement company get it?

  • @atsglobalservices6136
    @atsglobalservices6136 Před rokem +1

    Jamie is so matured, you profiled him at first

  • @cdl6953
    @cdl6953 Před rokem +1

    Yes please I really liked the interviews just like that guy in the US

  • @LeeLondon
    @LeeLondon Před rokem +8

    Well done for pushing yourself out your comfort zone!

  • @jumbokevin
    @jumbokevin Před rokem +6

    Last guy is the epitome of Massimo Dutti

  • @Neil-pv8pw
    @Neil-pv8pw Před rokem +2

    executive personal assistant=secretary, in the 80s there was 3 jobs for women, nurse, teacher and secretary then over night they gave them flash new titles but the salaries stayed the same

    • @QuotidianStupidity
      @QuotidianStupidity Před rokem +1

      PA’s can make very good money and get very good perks, it just depends on how senior the person is you are assisting, and how generous they are

    • @Neil-pv8pw
      @Neil-pv8pw Před rokem

      @@QuotidianStupidity dress it up all you want executive personal assist is a way of getting a secretary to do more work for free. the slave plantation owners did the same thing they told the slaves they were free and then told they were all part owners in the plantation, and this rise in status withoutthe money made them work longer hours for less money. today reachers are now professors and most doctors today are receptionist/secretarys the only thing tthat changed was status. women todays caeers are teachers, secretarys and nurses or their work for free title is executive pa, doctor, professor women have not only worked for free but have also paid out in college fees for this and thats why they r saddled with debt and ride the cock carousel until a man dumb enuff turns up to pay off their debts but of course he never will turn up and then comes the wall and a life as a spinster with cats

    • @QuotidianStupidity
      @QuotidianStupidity Před rokem +1

      @@Neil-pv8pw did you not read my comment, because it wasn’t difficult to understand. PA’s can earn well, it can be a challenging job not all that different to project management.

    • @Neil-pv8pw
      @Neil-pv8pw Před rokem

      @@QuotidianStupidity shaming tactics so you grew up in a house with no father and you have been feminised, good luck in your life. no women dont earn good money unless they sacrafice having kids for life of servitude to their boss. you have to drop the passive agressive stuff or you will never be taken seriously

    • @Neil-pv8pw
      @Neil-pv8pw Před rokem

      @@QuotidianStupidity one last thing i worked for major bank in the city of london and the average secretary there made peanuts then over in came executive pas these girls were strippers who the directors had taken a fancy to in their gentlemans clubs and they were worlds apart they were beautiful and very tall and they were effectively offce wives and the directors offices were like apartments with large kitchen soft leather sofas and large tvs. so these girls were rewarded well but not for their secretarial skills but more for the sexual services, everyone in the build knew what the game. so yes these hookers/executuve pas were paid well but did not go to college but went to breif touh typing course and were then on had to give sexual favours, so its maybe these hookers your refering to

  • @samanthaengelbrecht34

    This is really helpful

  • @caribbeancurls1963
    @caribbeancurls1963 Před rokem +2

    Aw u did so well wouldn't of guseeed it was ur first time!

  • @benmjr-9536
    @benmjr-9536 Před rokem +11

    35k in retail is solid

  • @marianapinotello
    @marianapinotello Před rokem +2

    “50 hours” “oh that’s a lot!” 🤣🤣

  • @shujahussain2491
    @shujahussain2491 Před rokem

    This was really good buddy , try to make more vids like this ❤

  • @chrismartin5870
    @chrismartin5870 Před rokem +16

    Number of days of annual leave a year is a good question to ask.

    • @anishmajumdar8043
      @anishmajumdar8043 Před rokem +1

      Minimum is 28 which includes the 8 public holiday. However it’s very common to have around 27-30 plus 8.

    • @Polkadot2
      @Polkadot2 Před rokem

      @@anishmajumdar8043 for which industry? In mine, it's 21

    • @anishmajumdar8043
      @anishmajumdar8043 Před rokem

      @@Polkadot2 I work in engineering sector. But I'm pretty sure the minimum entitlement for workers is 28 days or 5.6 weeks in the UK. www.gov.uk/holiday-entitlement-rights

    • @crayfish6735
      @crayfish6735 Před rokem

      @@Polkadot2 my friend the legal minumum for all jobs in the uk is 28

    • @LawrenceTimme
      @LawrenceTimme Před 7 měsíci

      ​@@crayfish6735only if you work full time.

  • @leah884
    @leah884 Před rokem +24

    Meanwhile, me as a senior RGN in Central London was earning £38K in a private hospital 😢 with 7 year experience in surgical nursing 😅 This made me sad

    • @fgcpeak9591
      @fgcpeak9591 Před rokem

      You picked the wrong career for making money, donkey. But it's ok. At least you get us to clap for you when there is a bs virus going around lmfao

    • @ulasbynature1992
      @ulasbynature1992 Před rokem +1

      I am so so sorry ;(

    • @tomcreaven1
      @tomcreaven1 Před rokem +6

      Mental isn't it. I help people buy shit online and I earn more than my doctor mates saving peoples lives in A&E

    • @noname-pd5gz
      @noname-pd5gz Před 10 měsíci

      they are liar... dont worry..

    • @olgageorge9043
      @olgageorge9043 Před 4 měsíci

      It is sad but your job must feel so meaningful and rewarding. I left corporate meaningless high- paying job and became a teacher. Never regretted it a single day. I do need to say that I was able to save enough before I jumped ship.

  • @rafaelodossantos4210
    @rafaelodossantos4210 Před 10 měsíci

    Love your video 🎉🎉🎉

  • @vykhywebdev207
    @vykhywebdev207 Před 5 měsíci +1

    5:55 When I saw the guy, my first instinct was Software developer😂😂, or tech guy at least!!

  • @afndcasd1288
    @afndcasd1288 Před rokem +25

    the 24yo guy of course had to answer "fathers company" lmao, probably a quarter of what he earns is from daddy

  • @tristan_mcdonald
    @tristan_mcdonald Před rokem +53

    I find it so surprising how much people are paid in London. I'm a software engineer with ten years of experience, in Bristol, making around 40k

    • @yellaomo
      @yellaomo Před rokem +78

      You should be paid more than that with 10 years experience, you are underpaid and probably should consider asking for a large raise or moving company

    • @BIG2hats
      @BIG2hats Před rokem +41

      You should hit £100k minimum in London or 150+ abroad with that experience brother

    • @DavidBennell
      @DavidBennell Před rokem +26

      Oh you might want to look about for a new job then, yeah UK salaries have been a fraction of US salaries for ages but in software since the pandemic there has been a bit of a shift, even 4 years ago when I was hiring senior devs we had to pay £60 and in Bristol, Swindon that has only gone up tracking closer to London, you should be able to get £70k or £80k, I have seen plenty of junior 22 year old grads get £40k

    • @nathanielmills4678
      @nathanielmills4678 Před rokem +4

      How many times have you changed jobs in 10 years?

    • @uranus0996
      @uranus0996 Před rokem +10

      AYO WHAT? Ive been a software developer for one year and switching jobs for another grad job that has a salary over 45k... My current job didnt teach me anything and I essentially forgot most coding basics... you definitely need to move what are you doing???

  • @JackdawLifts
    @JackdawLifts Před rokem +1

    Well done. Dope

  • @khensley7057
    @khensley7057 Před rokem

    Yes, more. Very interesting

  • @mariosavva999
    @mariosavva999 Před 6 měsíci +4

    I live in London, I drive a petrol tanker for one of the big name oil companies. I earn around £60,000 per year
    I am still broke.

  • @MentalHealthJourney
    @MentalHealthJourney Před rokem +3

    I think this would be very different up north. Anything above 18k is in my dreams (and I work part time so don’t earn that!)

  • @keith97
    @keith97 Před rokem +2

    Food and beverage management at the hotel can not make that ‘in most cases’.. hmm very good.
    Also if someone just started bank career and earn that much, I have to assume more income is more from his dad’s company share he invested.

  • @garybelton1499
    @garybelton1499 Před rokem +1

    Great vid mate

  • @wge621
    @wge621 Před rokem +141

    I live in London now and you can see how insane it is. The black guy is literally killing it, that's a super high income, but I made more than him when I worked as a recruiter in LA. Now I make £40k and it's SO hard to afford life here

    • @user-mf5ue6rc5n
      @user-mf5ue6rc5n Před rokem +3

      move to Eastern Europe

    • @cismayoi
      @cismayoi Před rokem +19

      ​@@user-mf5ue6rc5n ok

    • @ninjaninja9954
      @ninjaninja9954 Před rokem +25

      That black guy is not from London? He maybe just visiting as he was only talking about dollars. He may have meant 110k dollars which is average in the US

    • @godisnotinvisible
      @godisnotinvisible Před rokem +37

      ​@@ninjaninja9954I don't think 110k is average in the US

    • @ninjaninja9954
      @ninjaninja9954 Před rokem +8

      @@godisnotinvisible it is average or a little above average in US. Whatever you earn in US is half in UK. Equivalent UK salary is 55k. I earn 100k+ pounds in uk and that is the top 95% but in US equivalent that is about 200k USD if I want to reach that 95%. US get paid more mainly because they don't have free systems like UK ie they don't have free health care so that takes up a bulk

  • @crsmth
    @crsmth Před rokem +221

    Salaries in the UK are certainly sub-par to the US. My job in the exact same company, in the US (NYC) would pay c. $140k USD, in London, it's £50k. I'm working on transitioning into tech for that reason.

    • @joey-pn3xe
      @joey-pn3xe Před rokem +93

      It’ll prob be the same once you start paying for healthcare $100k to have a baby and vat at the tills for everything on top of the advertised price.

    • @crsmth
      @crsmth Před rokem +4

      @@joey-pn3xe Would private healthcare via job cover such expenses in the US?

    • @joey-pn3xe
      @joey-pn3xe Před rokem +101

      @@crsmth some but not all. Plus you don’t have to worry about your kids being shot at school which is a huge bonus!

    • @ryanohanlon2589
      @ryanohanlon2589 Před rokem +20

      NYC rent is a lot more than London

    • @zihuatenejo
      @zihuatenejo Před rokem +25

      It is deceptively higher in the USA but you pay for a lot of stuff like healthcare, rent, etc. So in the end it probably ends up the same.

  • @j.pierre2548
    @j.pierre2548 Před rokem

    Nice video, my friend time well spent.

  • @8lack8erry1
    @8lack8erry1 Před rokem

    love this

  • @KINGKING10109
    @KINGKING10109 Před rokem +43

    All that time in Uni & getting a masters in science, just to end up in Finance 🤣

    • @Sam-yu4ve
      @Sam-yu4ve Před rokem +22

      which is the highest paying industry in the uk

    • @ElCaminoHermano
      @ElCaminoHermano Před rokem +1

      Make it make sense

    • @gricius
      @gricius Před rokem +9

      sometimes you need a degree just to open the doors and to show that you're competent.

    • @Mrvsg20
      @Mrvsg20 Před rokem

      @@Sam-yu4ve hard to tell, maybe IT or Medicine

    • @uranus0996
      @uranus0996 Před rokem +2

      I did a similar thing - got a masters in chemistry, was probably one of the hardest thing I had done and I ended up choosing software development as a career

  • @zakk7930
    @zakk7930 Před 7 měsíci +4

    I’m on 70k, bought a house at 25(five years ago) , and I’m comfortable. Difference is, neither do I live in London. My house has now doubled in equity in such a short space of time, luckily managed to get it cheap.

  • @user-bz7zd8zo2u
    @user-bz7zd8zo2u Před 11 měsíci

    Love this

  • @RR-et6zp
    @RR-et6zp Před rokem +2

    Very interesting video

  • @laupeter4594
    @laupeter4594 Před rokem +11

    I would like to know what their actual take home pay is despite the 6 figure salaries mentioned in this video

    • @nathanielmills4678
      @nathanielmills4678 Před rokem

      Just Google salary calculator UK

    • @tomcreaven1
      @tomcreaven1 Před rokem

      Not hard to guess. Let's say that they're on 100k and they're on a plan 2 student loan and they're putting around 7.5% into their pension. They'll be on close to 60K take-home a year and about 4800 a month. That's assuming they don't have any salary sacrifice for things like share schemes, car schemes etc.

    • @maythesciencebewithyou
      @maythesciencebewithyou Před 11 měsíci +1

      More than what most people make before taxes.

    • @pritapp788
      @pritapp788 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@maythesciencebewithyounot the issue at all. The issue is that £80k disposable income is absolutely not the same as 80k on which you are paying 40% of income tax, plus VAT and national insurance. Between 50k and 80k disposable income the lifestyle is totally different.

  • @stpaul88
    @stpaul88 Před rokem +58

    Really interesting video, I’ve always seen these kind of videos in the US, and it’s really nice that someone imported them in the UK as well!

  • @gyorizoltan8690
    @gyorizoltan8690 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Just wondering where the average people gone ? Like bakers, grocery assistants , bus drivers ...making definitely less than 100K

  • @DunguBook
    @DunguBook Před rokem +1

    great vid

  • @jadv3034
    @jadv3034 Před rokem +10

    Why not try to go near a hospital and ask the nurses and doctors how much is their income? That would be viral, most of them are not paid enough sadly

    • @Spamm96
      @Spamm96 Před rokem

      Would be interesting, the media typically inflate our incomes.

    • @fayadbozan3321
      @fayadbozan3321 Před 4 měsíci

      😂😂😂😂😂

    • @angedeebest
      @angedeebest Před 16 dny

      Looool 😂

  • @Music4krista1
    @Music4krista1 Před rokem +17

    The accountant on £32k is set for life after those exams. Rooting for her🥰

    • @619ry7
      @619ry7 Před rokem +2

      Even after passing those exam salary won't increase

    • @Music4krista1
      @Music4krista1 Před rokem

      @@619ry7 it does:) mine doubled, London-based big 4

    • @sm-yu7dt
      @sm-yu7dt Před rokem +1

      She’s not - probably qualifying at a ‘big 4’ accounting firm (assuming from her salary and years to qualify) which pay way less in the UK. Salaries usually reach 40-50,000 after the 3 years which at that point isn’t competitive (let alone for a 28/29 year old which she will be) and work hours aren’t great

    • @Music4krista1
      @Music4krista1 Před rokem +1

      @@sm-yu7dt from experience you’re right but it moves pretty quickly after that. Not as good as the likes of investment bankers but also just a little less brutal on the hours depending on your specialism

    • @619ry7
      @619ry7 Před rokem

      ​@@Music4krista1 double from 20k to 40k?

  • @anyatranter5588
    @anyatranter5588 Před rokem +2

    That is frightening how much money they earn.It is beyond my comperehension

  • @kroduxion
    @kroduxion Před rokem

    Great video

  • @jwt-nu3ei
    @jwt-nu3ei Před rokem +148

    UK salaries are derisory outside of law and finance. For early to mid career roles they’re basically what they were in 2008, in nominal terms. In fact, assuming that 25 year old accountant is working for the big 4, she’s making less than my cousin made when he graduated in 2008.

    • @bolt6572
      @bolt6572 Před rokem +12

      I am an AI scientist and earn way more than law and finance in London

    • @Stinkmeaner420
      @Stinkmeaner420 Před rokem

      @@bolt6572 bet you still don't get laid tho🥱If I were you, I'd take that 370k and go and buy a personality

    • @bolt6572
      @bolt6572 Před rokem +1

      @@Stinkmeaner420 Considering I am not a grown up with a cartoon profile pic like you but my real face, I am p sure I get 10x laid ( where x is your laid factor )

    • @jwt-nu3ei
      @jwt-nu3ei Před rokem +4

      ​@@bolt6572 Generally speaking. Obviously not everyone in London is poorly paid / this doesn’t apply to every role. How much do you get in AI?

    • @bolt6572
      @bolt6572 Před rokem +12

      @@jwt-nu3ei Base Salary is 380ish and then there is a yearly bonus ( always ) and there is a performance based bonus + shares ( This is where I make most of my comp per year ). I work at Apple, London. I am from Himalayas ( India )
      I prefer living in Himalayas with nature and beasts over London but Apple wants me to be here and promoted soon so I won't do this forever. Make bank after my promotion and retire early.

  • @Delikwu
    @Delikwu Před rokem +53

    So many of the replies are bizzare, not believing certain salaries etc. The A-level guy was 33 and didn't get a degree, which means he started working early, and probably has a lot more work experience. I did the same, am younger than him, and haven't been offered a job under 80k in years. Highest I've been offered was 140k, and I'm not a SWE, just strategy and ops in tech.
    There's no reason their combined income couldn't be 160k, considering they both work and then have side businesses. At one point I was getting c.60k and my side business made +100k (rev not profit, but people are giving gross not net salary so it's similar).
    I wish more people would expand their horizons instead of looking for cheap dunks. If you think he's earning loads that should inspire you guys, not be a source of derision.

    • @Delikwu
      @Delikwu Před rokem +4

      I'll just add for ref. the salaries in tech in the UK are absolutely lower than salaries in the US for pretty much every role, and most tech companies don't pay that well, but you're also getting equity. But if you're at a mid-senior level, there will be plenty of +80k jobs.
      Btw for anyone looking to level up, I run a career course for mid-level peeps. Link in bio.

    • @northweezie1
      @northweezie1 Před rokem +6

      @@Delikwu Exactly, people are clueless. If you get into the right industry or apprenticeship you can make 80-100k in 10 years easily

    • @tatjanav9657
      @tatjanav9657 Před rokem +5

      it is really depends on the industry, I am a structural engineer, designing building and making sure they won't fall with 8 years of experience living in Yorkshire and I am on 38k, and it is pretty normal for engineers to be underpaid. to me to earn 80k, I need to be a director, maybe associate in the company.

    • @Delikwu
      @Delikwu Před rokem +3

      @@tatjanav9657 Definitely agree - i think the engineering here is specifically regarding software engineering and not engineering in general, where you don't get the same crazy tech salaries, as you say.

    • @nokickplz5154
      @nokickplz5154 Před rokem

      Finance Tech and Medical is where the money's @

  • @monkeyonthewall
    @monkeyonthewall Před rokem

    Great video! :)

  • @Socialsoda
    @Socialsoda Před rokem +4

    great job, well done Alex! you show people as real people! nice relaxed approach to questions. But you should also guess their job.

  • @horizon2k123
    @horizon2k123 Před rokem +26

    Seems fun hearing about what people do :)

  • @ayazeyad69
    @ayazeyad69 Před rokem +2

    more of this content

  • @drewl4921
    @drewl4921 Před rokem

    Some people earn a lot of money! Makes me feel like I’m on min wage but I’m not lol I only consider myself comfortable as have zero debt.

  • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
    @A_friendwithoutbenefits Před rokem +93

    I don’t assess someone’s wealth on how much they can spend, I assess it on how much they have saved/invested.
    If you make £200k and you spend £200k a year, you don’t actually have more wealth than someone who makes £50k and saves/invests £20k a year.

    • @bulkedmurderer
      @bulkedmurderer Před rokem

      Bullshit

    • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
      @A_friendwithoutbenefits Před rokem

      @@bulkedmurderer haha big spender are you?

    • @jimbobbob9063
      @jimbobbob9063 Před rokem

      Depends what you spend the 200k on. If it’s property and shares you’ll have more than saving 20k

    • @A_friendwithoutbenefits
      @A_friendwithoutbenefits Před rokem +6

      @@jimbobbob9063 yeah I wouldn’t consider property or shares as spendings, I’d consider them as investments

    • @kat284
      @kat284 Před rokem

      Complete agree, wealth isn’t how expensive your jacket is, it’s how much you save invested/saved. Too many confused these terms.