Originally Posted by
aristoph
It's actually much more extreme even than that. In 2003/4 (latest data on HMRC website
) only 1% of taxpayers earned more than £111k. The median income was a mere £16,000 with the average around £26k (not in table.)
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/stats/income_.../3_1_apr06.pdf
How many of the tax payers are 'executives'
Please don't include 'sales executive' or 'customer support executive'
these titles don't mean anything.
One could argue that It's the going rate for that kind of job. Much like train drivers getting 50k+ on average going to 90k depending on their experience.