Currency/Income Help for Regency England (1790s-1820s)

Question

If a single person's income was 3,500 pounds a year, would they be considered rich? What about if they made 12,000 a year?

Answer 1

Yes, they'd be considered wealthy.  Mr Darcy had an income of £10,000 a year, and incited transports of joy in Mrs Bennet, who thrilled over the amount of pin money her Lizzie would have.  Mr Bingley had £5,000 a year, and was also very well off.

Here's a site where you can calculate buying power (dollars and British pounds) in any year:

http://futureboy.homeip.net/fsp/dollar.f...

And here's a currency converter:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/curre...

Answer 2

Extremely!Consider that having 100 pounds a year was considered to be living 'extremely comfortably' and seethe comparison.