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poollounger Feb 15th 2007 4:14 pm

Re: whats the average yearly salary
 
Perhaps they way they do in Britain, by living on credit ?? I know just two people who aren't living with their credit cards , and one of them is my sister who is married to a Scot. I even have friends worrying that their total pension will be a measly £40,000 a year !!!!!! I felt like clobbering them......

keithwalters Feb 15th 2007 7:38 pm

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Re the discrepancy between the average salary being 12,000 v 20,000 euros.

Don´t forget that in the UK people always tend to refer to the GROSS salary, whereas in Spain people always state their NET salary.

A net average salary of about 1000 - 1200 euros a month sounds realistic to me. There are FOURTEEN months in a Spanish year (extra pay day in summer and at christmas), thereby making that annual net income 14,000 - 16,400 euros. Add on the tax and it won´t be too far from leighblokes figure of 20,000 euros.

Keith

pjj Feb 15th 2007 8:00 pm

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Originally Posted by keithwalters (Post 4410962)
Re the discrepancy between the average salary being 12,000 v 20,000 euros.

Don´t forget that in the UK people always tend to refer to the GROSS salary, whereas in Spain people always state their NET salary.

A net average salary of about 1000 - 1200 euros a month sounds realistic to me. There are FOURTEEN months in a Spanish year (extra pay day in summer and at christmas), thereby making that annual net income 14,000 - 16,400 euros. Add on the tax and it won´t be too far from leighblokes figure of 20,000 euros.

Keith

Thats a very good point when you speak to someone about there salary in the uk its always in gross so it sounds a far better , So if you earned between 14000 - 16400euros it aint that bad u could live quite comfortable on that if there s two of you working !

leighbloke Feb 15th 2007 9:04 pm

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Yes I was refering to gross income - so it would seem we have all been in violent agreement from the start?

pjj Feb 15th 2007 9:25 pm

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 4411216)
Yes I was refering to gross income - so it would seem we have all been in violent agreement from the start?

there no violent agreement being started ! everyones just putting there views across its a forum at the end of the day everyones welcome to there opinion !

Fortaleza Feb 15th 2007 9:32 pm

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Originally Posted by pjj (Post 4411292)
there no violent agreement being started ! everyones just putting there views across its a forum at the end of the day everyones welcome to there opinion !


Somebody posted on here a few weeks ago about an article that appeared in El Pais about the so called 'Mileuristas' - the educated people who are earning less than 1000 € a month.

Here's the article: http://www.barcelonareporter.com/ind...d_mileuristas/

We don't pay anyone over a 1000 € because we simply couldn't afford to do it. This is the problem for small companies. What annoys many, though, is the big multi-nationals who have huge profits but don't pay staff well.

leighbloke Feb 15th 2007 9:45 pm

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Originally Posted by pjj (Post 4411292)
there no violent agreement being started ! everyones just putting there views across its a forum at the end of the day everyones welcome to there opinion !

PJJ you really do have your head up your arse don't you?
Violent agreement is when people believe their views to be at odds with each other, and then realise they were in fact saying the same thing all along. My post was a way of saying "there you go, we were all right" I felt I needed to do this after Vox Populia called me a bullshitter.
So in future when you want to get your soapbox out to lecture people, at least consider targetting your comments at those who deserve it.

vox populia Feb 15th 2007 9:53 pm

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 4411377)
PJJ you really do have your head up your arse don't you?
Violent agreement is when people believe their views to be at odds with each other, and then realise they were in fact saying the same thing all along. My post was a way of saying "there you go, we were all right" I felt I needed to do this after Vox Populia called me a bullshitter.
So in future when you want to get your soapbox out to lecture people, at least consider targetting your comments at those who deserve it.

I never used the word bullshiter? but at least Fortaleza has confirmed on his link exactly what I said i.e 1200 euros a month gross! Don't take offence
leighbloke your advice is normally very useful.

pjj Feb 15th 2007 10:42 pm

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 4411377)
PJJ you really do have your head up your arse don't you?
Violent agreement is when people believe their views to be at odds with each other, and then realise they were in fact saying the same thing all along. My post was a way of saying "there you go, we were all right" I felt I needed to do this after Vox Populia called me a bullshitter.
So in future when you want to get your soapbox out to lecture people, at least consider targetting your comments at those who deserve it.

SORRY i misunderstood did nt mean any harm by it leighbloke and by the way i havent got my head up my arse you BULLSHITTER !

jdr Feb 15th 2007 11:10 pm

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Play nicely now guys........ ;-(

pjj Feb 15th 2007 11:19 pm

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Originally Posted by jdr (Post 4411639)
Play nicely now guys........ ;-(

we are i thought i just end it on a FUNNY note !

leighbloke Feb 16th 2007 12:07 am

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Originally Posted by pjj (Post 4411570)
SORRY i misunderstood did nt mean any harm by it leighbloke and by the way i havent got my head up my arse you BULLSHITTER !

You are of course wrong again - I am a bullshitter - VP said so!!
So what did it look like up there? and how was the smell??? :)

Apology accepted.

VP
I know my posts are useful, thats why I spend my time giving them!!
I exagerated your "rubbish" comment to get pjj off my case and onto yours - I thought you were getting off lightly!!!! a :) for you too.

Back on topic for a minute, so is the gross annual salary around the 20k mark (13k take home) or was I wrong?
It's just I was scared my pension of 40k euro might not stretch to the daily lunch of Cristal cuvee & caviar I'd hoped? :confused:

leighbloke Feb 16th 2007 12:10 am

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Originally Posted by jdr (Post 4411639)
Play nicely now guys........ ;-(

Butt out, you big love spreading Teddy Bear, I'm having a bad day!!

vox populia Feb 16th 2007 12:24 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 4411828)
You are of course wrong again - I am a bullshitter - VP said so!!
So what did it look like up there? and how was the smell??? :)

Apology accepted.

VP
I know my posts are useful, thats why I spend my time giving them!!
I exagerated your "rubbish" comment to get pjj off my case and onto yours - I thought you were getting off lightly!!!! a :) for you too.

Back on topic for a minute, so is the gross annual salary around the 20k mark (13k take home) or was I wrong?
It's just I was scared my pension of 40k euro might not stretch to the daily lunch of Cristal cuvee & caviar I'd hoped? :confused:

The gross annual salary for my friend in murcia area as a qualified landscape gardener for Polaris World is 14000 Euros Gross per year and this is paid over14 equal payments with the extra payments in August & December pay. His pay rise for last year was 2% WOWWWWWW hope that clarifies average yearly salary for at least this guy, lets now talk about 'Newton's 4th Law in Hydrodynomics!!!!!! SMILE

pjj Feb 16th 2007 12:29 am

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Originally Posted by leighbloke (Post 4411840)
Butt out, you big love spreading Teddy Bear, I'm having a bad day!!

you are having a bad day ? COR YOU DONT SAY LEIGHBLOKE ! good ove you to own up


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