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Originally Posted by Cyfr
That's household income mind. So if its two people living together they only need to earn £14,000 each to have an average household income in Hyndburn.
Quite realistic if you have a job isn't it?
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There are many households with only one earner (because there is only one person living in the household) or with one person working full time and the other part time.
If there is a husband working 37 hours a week and earning £15930 per annum (which is the average for all residents as per LCC figures for 2007) and a wife working 20 hours at minimum wage (20 x £5.52 = £110.40 per week) £5740.80 per annum, the annual household income would be £21670.80. Even if the wife was working full time (37 hours at £5.52 =£204.24) £10620.50 the total household income would be £26550.50 per annum.
It is a sad fact of life that women are still paid less than men, even for doing the same job. Men are given job descriptions with fancy titles, such as 'assistant accountant', and women are given job descriptiosn such as 'accounts clerk'. It is very difficult for a woman to prove she is doing the same work as her male co-worker. Also in many companies there is not a proper pay structure, so you have no idea who is earning what amount of pay - unless you actually ask someone.
I think you are living in cloud cuckoo land if you think that two people would both be earning £14000 in the majority of households in Hyndburn.