How can I find a histogram showing how many people earn how much per
year in the UK?


Specifically, I am looking for a table which shows, for any given x,
how many people earn between x thousand and (x+1) thousand.  So it's
just a list of figures:

	How many people in the UK earn between £0 and £1,000.
	How many people in the UK earn between £1 and £2,000.

	etc., all the way up to the maximum salary of anyone in the UK.


By "earn" I mean gross taxable income per year, as we declare on our tax returns.

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Request for Question Clarification by cynthia-ga on 06 Mar 2005 13:44 PST

I did a quick search and noticed the most relavent results give
figures in %'s of the population.  Is this acceptable?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 06 Mar 2005 15:10 PST

simontrumpet-ga,

Interesting question.  

From my familiarity with income statistics on the other side of the
pond, I'd say it's unlikely that you would readily find such a fine
level of detail in the data -- most income data is reported in broad
categories, rather than in 1,000 pound increments.

Indeed, the closest I've come is a file showing UK household income
for 2003 income by decile.  For instance, the 2.4 million households
in the lowest 10% of income earners in the UK have an average total
"original income" of £2,735, while the upper 10% earns £74,585.

Eight other decile categories are shown, along with total average
income for all 24.3 million households in the UK.

There are a great many types of income reported in the available
information.  I'm not sure which one comes closest to gross taxable
income, but the categories available are listed below.

Let me know if I should post a link to the decile data (in table
format) as an answer to your question.

pafalafa-ga

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Decile stats available on:

Original income
 Wages and salaries
 Imputed income from benefits in kind
 Self-employment income
 Occupational pensions, annuities
 Investment income
 Other income
 Total

Direct benefits in cash
Contributory
Retirement pension
Job seeker's allowance (Contribution based)
Incapacity benefit
Widows' benefits
Statutory Maternity Pay/Allowance

Non-contributory
Income support
Child benefit
Housing benefit
Job seeker's allowance (Income based)
Invalid care allowance
Attendance allowance
Disability living allowance
Disabled Persons Tax Credit
War pensions/War widows' pensions
Severe disablement allowance
Industrial injury disablement benefit
Student support
Government training schemes
Working Families Tax Credit
Other non-contributory benefits

Total cash benefits

Gross income

Direct taxes and Employees' NIC
 Income tax
  less: Tax relief at source1
 Employees' NI contributions
 Council tax and Northern Ireland rates2
  less: Council tax benefit/Rates rebates
 Total

Disposable income

Equivalised disposable income

Indirect taxes
Taxes on final goods and services
VAT
Duty on tobacco
Duty on beer and cider
Duty on wines & spirits
Duty on hydrocarbon oils
Vehicle excise duty
Television licences
Stamp duty on house purchase
Customs duties
Betting taxes
Insurance premium tax
Air passenger duty
Camelot National Lottery Fund
Other

Intermediate taxes
Commercial and industrial rates
Employers' NI contributions
Duty on hydrocarbon oils
Vehicle excise duty
Other

Total indirect taxes

Post-tax income

Benefits in kind
 Education
 National health service
 Housing subsidy
 Rail travel subsidy
 Bus travel subsidy
 School meals and welfare milk
 Total

Final income

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Clarification of Question by simontrumpet-ga on 07 Mar 2005 11:23 PST

Hi, to clarify for you both:

Yes I will accept the results in %s of population, as long as the
whole population is given, so that I can convert it easily into
absolute numbers of people.

Yes I will accept slightly lower resolution - but I think deciles is
too coarse.  I put the price of this question up a lot, because I
really want a good answer!

Finally, it is very important that I get figures of gross taxable income per year.

Hope this helps,
Simon.