the United Kingdom · Income · 2023 data

Am I rich in the United Kingdom?

Enter your household income after tax. See your percentile — and what it actually means.

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Data: HMRC — Personal Incomes Statistics, Table 3.1a: Percentile points for total income before tax (Survey of Personal Incomes), tax year 2023 to 2024 · income year 2023, survey wave 2024

Income distribution in the United Kingdom

Each bar is a slice of the United Kingdom households. The cyan marker shows where you sit; the threshold flags below mark the median, top 10% and top 1%.

Bottom 50%Top 50%Top 10%Top 1%You
5k10k15k20k25k30k40k50k60k75k100k125k150k200k250k300kMedian£29,700Top 10%£67,400Top 1%£207,000

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What the numbers actually say

Useful framings, not slogans.

To join the top 10%, earn about 2.3× the median.
About 2.3× the typical household in the United Kingdom.
60% of the United Kingdom lives between £19,000 and £49,900.
If you're in this band, you're 'normal' — by the data.
The top 1% earn 7.0× the typical household.
It's a gulf, not a gap.
Cross £93,600 and you've outearned 95% of the United Kingdom.
The top 5% starts here.
The average (£41,700) sits well above the median.
A few very high earners pull the mean up — the median is the truer middle.
A top-10% household earns 4.3× the bottom 10%.
The full spread of the United Kingdom, in one number.
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