UK Income Percentiles — Where Do You Rank?
See what salary you need to be in the top 1%, 5%, 10%, or 50% of UK earners — right up to the top 0.1%.
By Percentile
Top 90%£11,425+Top 80%£18,560+Top 75%£22,060+Top 70%£24,532+Top 60%£28,591+Top 50%£32,890+Top 40%£38,000+Top 30%£44,500+Top 25%£48,283+Top 20%£52,809+Top 10%£69,381+Top 5%£93,600+Top 1%£207,000+Top 0.5%~£330,000+Top 0.1%~£880,000+
What % Earns Over...
Over £20,00078%Over £25,00069%Over £30,00057%Over £35,00046%Over £40,00037%Over £45,00029%Over £50,00023%Over £60,00016%Over £70,0009.2%Over £80,0007%Over £90,0005.5%Over £100,0004.2%Over £125,0002.7%Over £150,0002.1%Over £175,000~1.3%Over £200,0001.2%Over £250,000~0.8%Over £300,000~0.6%Over £400,000~0.35%Over £500,0000.24%Over £750,000~0.13%Over £1,000,0000.08%
Top 90% to top 10%, and shares up to £60,000: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, April 2025 (gross annual pay, all UK employee jobs). Top 5%, top 1% and £70,000 to £125,000: HMRC Survey of Personal Incomes percentile points (2023-24, income taxpayers). £150,000 and above: shares of the UK's 39.1 million income taxpayers from HMRC's Income Tax liabilities statistics (Table 2.5, 2025/26 projections); ~ marks interpolated estimates. See each page for sources.
Changing Jobs This Tax Year?
Changing jobs on a salary like this? The form your old employer hands you decides what your first new payslip looks like.