UK workers’ ideal salary

Posted on Friday, July 18th, 2008 by

In the career equivalent of keeping up with the Jones’s, a survey of 4,500 UK workers has found that: « The country’s ideal salary is £38,000 « 78% feel they will never earn their ideal salary in their current job « 41% will keep moving jobs until they achieve their ideal salary « 51% are too embarrassed to discuss pay in job interviews or with their current employer The survey also highlights what an optimistic, if not entirely realistic, bunch we are. Given that the average UK salary is £25K, the results show that the average person believes a 50% pay rise is within reach…