Am I in the Top 70% of UK Earners?

To be in the top 70% of UK employee jobs by pay, you need at least £24,532 a year (ONS, April 2025).

Top 70% Threshold
£24,532
gross per year — the 30th percentile of UK employee jobs
30%
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Take Home Yearly
£21,183
Take Home Monthly
£1,765
You Earn More Than
30%

What Does Top 70% Mean?

If you earn £24,532 or more, you are paid more than 30% of UK employee jobs (ONS, April 2025; for full-time jobs the threshold is £30,935). Common for junior admin roles and hospitality workers.

On this salary, after tax and National Insurance, you take home £21,183 per year or £1,765 per month. See the full breakdown: £25,000 salary after tax.

All UK Income Percentiles

PercentileSalary NeededTake Home
Top 90%£11,425£11,425
Top 80%£18,560£16,883
Top 75%£22,060£19,403
Top 70%£24,532£21,183
Top 60%£28,591£24,105
Top 50%£32,890£27,200
Top 40%£38,000£30,880
Top 30%£44,500£35,560
Top 25%£48,283£38,283
Top 20%£52,809£41,187
Top 10%£69,381£50,798
Top 5%£93,600£64,845
Top 1%£207,000£121,496

Top 90% to top 10%: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, April 2025, Table 6.7a - the published percentile points of gross annual pay for all UK employee jobs, part-time included (for full-time jobs the median is £39,039 and the 90th percentile £76,903). Top 5% and top 1%: HMRC Survey of Personal Incomes, 2023-24, Table 3.1a (total income of income taxpayers). Take-home uses 2026/27 income tax and National Insurance.

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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.

P45 guide: the form you get when you leave a job →P60 explained — your end-of-tax-year summary →How tax codes work — what the letters and numbers mean →Emergency tax calculator — what the wrong code costs →