Guardian community team 

Middle earners in the UK: how are you coping financially?

We’d like to hear from people in the UK with household incomes of £50,000 or higher how they are managing financially
  
  

The cost of living crisis, rising housing and energy costs and eyewatering childcare costs are pushing many middle earners to the brink financially, a report has found.
The cost of living crisis, rising housing and energy costs and eyewatering childcare costs are pushing many middle earners to the brink financially, a report has found. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Britain’s insecure jobs market and high housing costs are leading to the growth of a precarious middle class struggling to maintain a decent living standard on household incomes as high as £60,000 a year, a report has said.

A study released by abrdn Financial Fairness Trust, a research body set up by the fund manager, said the uncertain nature of work meant there was a one in three chance that someone earning a middle income today would not be doing so next year.

The report – Caught in the Middle – said that problems of middle-class insecurity were especially acute for single parents, with those in employment more likely than not to be in an insecure job.

We’d like to hear from people with household incomes of £50,000 or higher how they are coping financially, what their living standards are like and whether they are able to receive some government help. Are you struggling now more than you did previously, and if so, what has changed over time?

This Community callout closed on 07 May 2024.

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