60 per cent of Brits on £80,000-£100,000 Say They’re About Average
https://www.newstatesman.com/society/2022/07/60-per-cent-brits-average-income?utm_campaign=Recruiting%20Brainfood&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletterSOCIETY
Issue #301
17 Jul 2022
Highly paid people tend to see themselves as “normal” on the income scale – and “worse off” than their social circle.
Fascinating observation on the relative nature of wealth - it’s all about where you stand and who we hang around with. I suspect salary transparency / growth of compensation tech will go some way towards helping us better understand the (in)justice of our pay grade, but it might equally just increase our sense of entitlement.