Moving to london for a year... question about wages?

Question

hi im going to be in london for about a year and i was wondering what kind of wages im looking at. im looking at a cashier job probably and was wondering what wages to expect. also how much tax do i take off?

Answer 1

You can honestly totally look this up there are lots of resources out there.

Answer 2

Cashiers in london paid from minimum wage (£5.52) upto £7.00 an hour depending on which supermarket you work with. M&S, waitrose, john lewis being the most luxurious pays more. With regards to tax, it depends on no. of hours you work in a given week. check out www.salarycalculator.co.uk for all your salary calculations depending on hour and also p.a

Danish

Answer 3

you will get minimum wage for a cashier Job which is about £5.52 an hour if your over 22

if your between 18-21 it's £4.60 an hour.

basic rate income tax is 20%

Answer 4

Where are you coming from, please, so we can compare?

Also minimum tax on wages is 20%, plus National Insurance, with some, small, tax free allowances - previous poster was talking about sales tax, known as VAT, at 17.5%.

Alun

Answer 5

A good wage, tax is 17.5% much higher than the US