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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
Martin Robinson

Does your industry pay enough for you to afford a home?

Are you struggling to get on the housing ladder? Well, there seems to be a straightforward reason for that...

A new study into industry salaries across the UK has revealed that none of the average annual wages meet the necessary salary required to afford owning a home. The research analysed ONS data on average salaries across the nation for full-time workers and compared them to the figure needed to buy an average property.

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