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1996 on £10 hourSo lets try to put some perspective on this
In roughly 1999/2000 I started on £14,500 as an electrician.
Which roughly worked out £300 per week or £7.50 per hour.
Was this good or bad I have no idea
I don’t agree that you can earn 10k a year more just subbing to companies.Cards in you should be looking at 35k for an installation electrician and a minimum of 10k a year more if subbing.
I don’t agree that you can earn 10k a year more just subbing to companies. Only if your on price. Most subbies I know only take home 30 pound a week more than me and have to spend 50 pound a week on fuel, plus van costs. Better off cards in unless you have you own company.Cards in you should be looking at 35k for an installation electrician and a minimum of 10k a year more if subbing.
Embarrassingly 20p a year.do you mean 20 pence a year? or 20 pence an hour?
Not being sarcastic here, but statistically not ideal really.
Ha hadon't spend it all at once
1996 on £10 hour
In my opinion the trade went down the toilet years ago and unless you start up your own company it is just a job like any other. It will keep a roof over your head and that’s about it. I’ve been through all the anxiety and frustration of money and I’ve come to accept that I’m not prepared to put in the work it takes to have my own company, and I also can’t retrain. So I’m trying to make the best of it. Because of this the job is just a job and as a result I’ve lost some of the passion I had for it 10 years ago.Embarrassingly 20p a year.
My first house was £175,000 in 2007 , sold it in 2016 for £315,000
which is bonkers
as I could not have afforded to buy my own house back at todays prices on my todays wages
Embarrassingly 20p a year.
More fool themI don’t agree that you can earn 10k a year more just subbing to companies. Only if your on price. Most subbies I know only take home 30 pound a week more than me and have to spend 50 pound a week on fuel, plus van costs. Better off cards in unless you have you own company.
Bananas in 1983 were 38p a pound and today 38p a pound - moral of the story, eat more bananas!Not sure what is funny about my comment @Murdoch
In 1996 a loaf of bread was 55p. Today it is £1.06. That is a 100% rise.
In 1996 a litre of petrol was 53p. Today it is £1.20. That is a 110% rise.
Has an electricians rate gone up by this much?
See, bananas are a hot topic!I'm off to view a house in half an hour. It is up for offers over £160k. It last sold in 1998 for £27k
The larger Victorian houses in the area have seen a rise in the same time frame from about £80k to £250-300k
Bananas.
This is why o will always be cards in. The reward isn’t there anymore for the risk. I would rather let someone else have the headaches.I sub from a company at the moment. And by the time you pay running costs for van, insurance, pay for courses, tools, test equipment and calibration, reference books and all that jazz I am thinking may as well go shelf filling at local shop. I'm based in Hertfordshire and not anywhere near on some of the figures being stated on here. And the fact i got a hernia on a job and lost money for being off I'll. Need to really start thinking about going back to cards or doing more of my own stuff. Or go shelf filling.
What's that as a percentage ? If you started on £1 it's not bad !In 23 years my total wage raise relates to 20 pence a year,is that sarcastically good,I don’t think so.
It's certainly harder to get on the property ladder now than 25 years ago... but nowhere near as hard as the media like to make it out to be....My kids haven't got a chance ......... unless the misses and I get run over....
It's certainly harder to get on the property ladder now than 25 years ago... but nowhere near as hard as the media like to make it out to be.
Not sure I agree with that. As usual location matters and here (in Surrey) a 1 bed flat would be around £200K, so this has a huge impact on people wanting to buy as they need £30K to £40K deposit ........ so even if they cut out holidays, cars, nights out, new trainers and phones, they still have a lot of saving to do ....
When I joined the housing market, my studio flat cost about 4 x salary, the same flat now would be around £250K according to rightmove ...... and I don't see many people earning £60K plus in their early twenties
Don’t blame ya ferg, it’s bloody stunning up where you are!It's kind of mostly been the case that to get a foot on the property ladder compromises have to be made on location, certainly from my experience.
I'm lucky in that I've always lived in areas with reasonable property prices.
The downside of that of course is that I would not be able to move to Surrey without a mortgage. Fortunately I have absolutely no intention of moving to Surrey.
The downside of that of course is that I would not be able to move to Surrey without a mortgage. Fortunately I have absolutely no intention of moving to Surrey.
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