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Originally Posted by Ignition

As of April last year average adult UK fulltime worker wage before tax was £27928 according to Government stats.

Averages are pretty meaningless when it comes to salaries, as the distribution of salaries is skewed. A few high earners will dispoportionately influence the mean. The modal or most common salary is a more meaningful indicator of how much people earn. This is quite a bit lower than the average.