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ibkayee:
Don't think 40k is 3k take home, I think the take home is like 2.5k and possibly less depending on additional costs like pension schemes etc.

It's not a poor salary, although with the 10% inflation rate it won't quite cover what it used to

Ok check this.35600 is £2300 there bouts take home basic.So £40k should be close and also depends on your tax code.Also people on £40k wage are termed middle class in the Uk cos most managers do not even earn that.

ibkayee:
People earning £40k in the UK are not considered poor, are you conflating it with just London? Even in London, assuming you don't have kids and family to provide for and depending on where you live, your commute and a whole bunch of other factors, it will be tight but it's definitely not 'poor' status

£40k means nearly £3k take home, I remeber when I was on that wage, I wasn't poor, I was doing so well, I had my House in N8, if you know Hornsey near crouch end.
Dunno why guys on here keep comparing monies in the uk and Nigeria, there is nothing to compare .

Lekan239:
like I said, do not compare the earnings over there with Nigeria earnings without comparing the cost of living of both countries.

Someone earning 2.4m(200k monthly) annually in Nigeria is not poor here in Nigeria, but someone earning £40,000(£3,333 monthly) is considered poor down there.

Stop assuming, this is the problem with you lot, you fling figures outta thine air with no back up, why don't you back up the Nigerian claim and lets us back up the Uk claims with figures, Inflation is up in the Uk, but in Nigeria the inflation is mad.N200k monthly money is nothing compared to the standard of living in Nigeria. If you have a freezer, Ac in your house you Energy bills will surely get to N35k in a month, when you add you car fuel to it your energy bill has already gone up to nearly N60k.You might spend N10k for Data if you are not a heavy User and N8k forTV. Now food how much you recon? N80k?we have not added rent yet and other health enablement. Cant you already see that due to inflation N200k earner is a poor man? Imagine if that month you now need to fix ur car or something

EngrKemp:
How much can sponsorship route cost.
How is the connect like?

I posted a link here already scroll back bross.

Lekan239:
A guy once posted his earnings through YouTube monetization on nairaland. Go check it

Bross go and get ur PVC this topic is off limits to you. and stop arguing like a blind bat.

Lekan239:
yes. I'm also not the same person earning £20,000 or more

And you are here running your mouth

ttoyetade:
Is English your own native language ?. Are you not an immigrant to the UK ? Your abusive language already shows the kind of person you are. You are living in the UK and you don't know a new comer to the UK cannot earn £2,000 per month after tax within 3 months of entering UK regardless of which profession. I have lived in UK for more than 20 years and I can lecture you on how the system works. I am highly successful in the system.I don't come to Social media to boast of material possession. Get more matured and know how to exchange ideas without insulting or abusing people.

you have lived in the Uk for 20 years and you find it hard to comprehend what take home salary means? plus also you fins it incredibly impossible that someone who does care job gets paid up to £12- £15/hr doing a 60 hours shift a week? that's 5 days of 12 hours. where did I insult you on my post?
PS check this link
https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/Cera-Care/salaries/care-assistant/London-ENG?from=career
its £656/week they pay, as a career, The Nurses in Nigeria register as carers with this Agency instead f being nurses, they come as carers, The care homes buddy them into purposely built apartments for up to 6 months. The sign a 5 year contract!

here is another one from Newcross

Care Assistant
Newcross Healthcare Solutions - Harlow
Up to £14.99 an hour
Job details
Posted 27 December 2022
SalaryUp to £14.99 per hour
LocationHarlow
Job type Permanent
DisciplineHealthcare Assistant Jobs
ReferenceESS-CA-Harl-D22-3
ReferralA/41/223
ContactEssex Essex
Job description
Will you be a Care Assistant who makes a difference?

Newcross gives you more support and free training to make a rewarding difference in people’s lives every day. This Care Assistant role pays up to £14.99 per hour (inc holiday pay) in the Harlow area. We are an accredited Living Wage Employer. In addition to excellent hourly rates, you’ll have the chance to join a supportive healthcare community making a real difference in people’s lives.

You make a huge difference. We give you a different level of support .

Same-day pay with FlexiPay: get instant access to up to 50% of the value of your completed shifts, even on weekends and bank holidays
Wellbeing support: MyHealthPlan gives you healthcare and mental health support and access to in-app virtual appointments with NHS-registered GPs
Flexible shifts in the palm of your hand: choose from full-time, part-time, day and night shifts at the tap of a finger with our HealthForceGo app
Free training: access Newcross World, our app-based learning platform for carers and nurses, with over 400 free courses
£500 when you Introduce a Friend: receive up to £500 when you refer a new nurse or carer
Free welcome gift box and Newcross Healthcare uniform when you join
Perks at Work: benefit from over 30,000 exclusive deals and discounts for your favourite brands across 20 categories, including groceries, fashion, electronics and more
As a Care Assistant, you’ll bring

The ability to provide complete, hands-on personal care, delivered with compassion and enthusiasm, while contributing positively to people’s physical and emotional wellbeing. You combine a good knowledge of equipment with excellent teamwork skills and the talent to put a smile on someone’s face.

source https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/Newcross-Healthcare-Solutions/jobs?jk=caddee2a46c289aa&start=0&clearPrefilter=1
YOU ARE HERE DRAGGING £2K/MONTH As you can see, you did not learn a lot within these 20 years Sir

Gemma11:
If he has a working partner then it is possible.

two of my smally wey enter just now arrange pass so,

ttoyetade:
You don't know the ins and out at all. Who will pay you £2000 a month as a starter and without a UK experience. Even if they you £2000, he will at least pay a tax and NI of £700 unless he is working outside the system. Working outside the system i.e not paying tax and NI no one will pay £2000 a month. I hope he is not doing some other things

I know Englis is not your native language but I'm very sure you saw me writing TAKE HOME if you do not understand what £2000 take home means please ask for explanation, cos I'm now confused you talking about NI and tax. If you do not understand the above, you are not qualified to speak on this subject no point talking to you, the problem with some of you is ITK, you don't live in the Uk and has never earned ££ but yet you want to tell us who lived here more than 2 decades how it works here, does that make any sense to you at all?

tensazangetsu20:
I think the feeling of Nigeria is wealthy is from social media. Takes like 400k is a small salary. I can't marry a man who earns less than one million naira a month kinikon. Sometimes it's good to go outside and touch grass.

tensazangetsu20:
The average salary in Nigeria is 30 to 50k and thats for Lagos. Outside Lagos it's way less as there are states where the average salary is still less than 10000 naira. States like Abia state are owning doctors salaries for 2 years now.

NO shyte

IbeOkehie:
Can you give an estimate of the number of people living in Nigeria that you think earn £1,000/month?

I know for instance that drilling engineers in the oil & gas industry in Nigeria can earn anywhere from $500 to $2000 per day. Office based engineers in earn somewhere around ₦‎600K to ₦‎1 million per month. This I know, I've seen the paychecks for these people. The TOTAL EMPLOYMENT COUNT in the entire oil & gas industry in Nigeria is 65,000 persons, including drivers, gatemen, secretaries and cleaners. Chevron Nigeria has 600 permanent employees ONLY, anyone else working at Chevron is a temporary contractor. That's an industry I happen to know a bit about.

The TOTAL EMPLOYMENT COUNT for the Federal & State governments combined is about 2 million people. Averaged out, I don't believe they earn so much. How many of them do you think earn £1,000/month?

So could you please estimate to me how many these super earners there are in Nigeria?

I know they exist, I know a fellow who works remotely for Microsoft in Nigeria, he was in my home this past summer. I know another who has a fish farm and makes a lot of money, I know how he pays his workers, I also know how much artisans in the building and quarry trades were making when I employed them in Nigeria. So my close experience and information matches the research reports I've read from PWC and others that only 0.5% of workers in Nigeria earn more than ₦‎200K per month.

Again, it's not that these Super Earners don't exist, the real issue is HOW MANY OF THEM are out there in the Nigerian population? What are they chances that a random person you meet at Abuja Airport earns £1,000/month? That's the koko of the matter, that's more RELEVANT.

Anyway, to each their own. Believe what you want.

Bro you know when people talk the way that guy you quoted talks, you just know they aint shyte.

ttoyetade:
Thanks but this is not normal or possible within 3 months of arrival in the UK. i.e saving £3000 in 3 months. One can hardly find its feet regardless of the job one may get. Accomodation within a month, energy cost, transport etc will at least be £1000. So it means he must have been earning after tax £2000 a month which is almost impossible for a new arrival. His story is too good to be true and cannot be generalised.

You forgot the few Nigerians who now come get here prepared, they have sponsored jobs mainly or are professionals with jobs waiting. Work provides housing or match them we co-workers to buddy up. Some might live with relatives for up to 4 months. If your take home is £2000 a month and you live with your Aunty, can't you save "1000 a month? If you get to live in a carer's quarter and pay £450 as rent in a month cant you save £1000 a month? Now if your agency that you work for sends you to live in care then you do not need to pay rent, this can go on as long as the client is alive. I can go on and on,Im saying this cos I know the ins and out, you don't.

Lekan239:
what you don't know you don't know.

There are people who earn over £20,000 and more monthly working from home in Nigeria.

Are you not the same person that was aspiring to be an Ubar driver?

Lekan239:
what you don't know you don't know.

There are people who earn over £20,000 and more monthly working from home in Nigeria.

Doing what exactly? are you a teenager?

[quote author=Lekan239 post=119504936][/quote]My point is, you guys come only just to jump into conclusion and comment what yah know next to nothing about.No you say you earn more than what 60% of us abroad do, Now are you sure you know what 60% is? it means if there is 10o of us abroad you earn more than 60 of us.U do realize the average take home in the Uk right now is roughly £2000 which translate to N1.8m in today's money, So your monthly salary must be over N2m then right?

ttoyetade:
Which job are you doing in the UK that has brought you this much. its like you have save more than £3000 in 3 months. This can mislead new comers thinking they can make this kind of money within 3 months of arrival

£3000 is N2.7 m in today's money.if you save £700 monthly for 3 months, he can save up to £2100 x900 =N1.8M plus, U gerrit it now?

EngrKemp:
How much can sponsorship route cost.
How is the connect like?

go here
https://www.nairaland.com/6748312/uk-skilled-worker-visa-health

franchasng:
Lol, so every Nigerian that desires to migrate to UK is a Nurse or a Doctor or Radiographer or in the medical field? And for your info, UK employers are no longer that desperate to sponsor Nigerians outside UK for work visa.


They were some time last year and early 2022, but not anymore due to influx of Nigerians, Indians, Filipinos, etc into the UK via study route and spouse sponsorship which has provided them with more than enough readily employees in UK.


The opportunities are getting slimmer by the day for Nigerians.


I know at least 3 or more registered nurses in Nigeria who have passed IELTS and even UK nursing board exam but are unable to get job from Nigeria due to scarcity of UK employees ready to sponsor Nigerian medical professionals still in Nigeria compared to few years ago.


The easiest option for Nigerians with the finance is study route for now.

You asked a question and I gave a sugestion, U did not need to respond with all these long statement, That information might not be of value to you but might be to someone else.My cozen landed lastnight via that route,her Husband started the process September this year!

franchasng:
What type of sponsorship? Do you think its easy to get sponsor when you don't have a spouse legally living and working in UK ?

You can explore the healthcare route, go to travel section, there are loads of tips there, I have seen bare Nigerians arrive this year fru that in the UK

franchasng:
To UK via study route as a single person, budget between 8 to 9million.

Why waste that, when one can go there for less than that via sponsorship route and move from there??

Lekan239:
I have a small car, and I have build an average mansion. I can't travel out now just ti start doing those petty petty slave wrk you guys are doing there..

Yes travelling out is good, but only if I have a good and easy free job available for me there. Not all those shop attendant, caregiver. Mortuary job, etc

Now you are being silly. Who do you personally know that does petty jobs abroad? I'm not talking of hear say DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY PERSONALY?? not meaning to be rude you sound very Uneducated an ill exposed!

Lekan239:
but you save millions that you use in japaing. Abi did you borrow money and japa

U still dont gerriit, Japa is fast lane, quick way to have initial money only if You have a plan and stick to it.I know a lady who just came via sponsorship route, she spent up to 6m to get here, she pack up her building material shop to do so.Now he has a plan sending 6m back to Nigeria nah change for hand cos as it stands that's less the £8k.U can imagine how long it took to gather N6m via trade in such way. So I think she is targeting N50m to go back Nigeria continue teh Biz she left, not only with that, plus a shiny Blue passport too. Kids future secured too.

ibkayee:
Ok well if you somehow have initial savings of £135k, you should be fine and dandy. A 40% deposit will put you in a good place

Don't forget money for legal fees too (£2-10k)

Oh yeh legal go without saying we don spend 22 years ontop this mater

ibkayee:
The max a £60k earner can borrow from a bank for a mortgage in the UK is £270k (depending on his credit), ok let's say he has a 10% deposit already (£45k) where will he easily borrow the remaining £135k from?

Initial savings?
I know howmuch I saved between 2001 to 2008 to get a mortgage at that time, so do not underxtimate the will n mind power.

ibkayee:
It must be more than 10% o lol, with an annual salary of £60k, banks are loaning you around £270k max, meaning you'll need to cough up about 40% for the deposit which is £180k

Yeah you're in a much better position with 70k salary and a 70k deposit but you still won't be able to afford the 450k house either

Its easy for a person with such salary to borrow, it all adds up. People who own these houses in such rate are on that salary bracket

ibkayee:
My friend has been to Sao Paulo before and she loved it, check travel review sites for people's experiences

Will do thanks

gypsey:
Maybe, besides i didn't confine menial jobs to nigerians alone, i meant, in general. I have come across many nigerians in menial jobs. By menial jobs what did you think i meant? Anyone working at a train station cleaning, checking tickets, train conductors, traffick wardens, waiter in a restuarant, refuse loader or a road sweeper,all are classed as menial jobs. Nigerians do these jobs.

Jobs like Restaurant Waiters, Refuse loaders, road sweepers are not for Nigerians, these are mainly done by Eastern Europeans.
Traffic Wardens are no longer called that as the name changed by Law, they are now called Civil Enforcement Officers and their Job is now divers, they enforce any law or B/Law by the council that the police do not enforce, They are now above the £30k margin for starters. With Road sweepers I will agree that that's a menial Job but this is populated by eastern Europeans as no need to speak English and they work by themselves. They are vastly Employed by their own Agencies which more often than non owned by an Eastern European firm. I laugh you are calling a train Conductor job Menial their pay is btw £23-£35k a year. Vast majority of them you see on trains already hold a train drivers licence just waiting for positions.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
in naija

I am referring to the People that seems legitimately wealthy

with those figures, they nearly do not exist in civil service, mayB in public sector.

dangoteinlaw:
have been hearing good things about Brazil in terms of agriculture. Do they build advance waste treatment plants over there?

Well, put it this way the British and the Germans are investing in that sector over there, Very large Japanese community over there too, apparently over 1,5 million Japs call Brazil home.

PJ123:
So what should be your advice to my sis with CFA, earning #900k monthly, and with her her yearly bonus, her monthly package will be more than 1.5M. Aside the fact she will definitely get a promotion next year?
She wants to migrate to UK. She has tried US once but didn't click. I have advised her to try US more than UK but she feels US wahala is much and hence considering UK .

can she save N1m monthly?

advanceDNA:
Nigerians are working in UK with exchange rate in mind.....unlike the whites...

Husband and wife...earning around 2k each can both jointly save nothing less 1000£ per month...thats like 850k per month in naira and over 10 million per year... 15 years plan with improvement and growth will get them a fat crib and some investment in naija.. move back to naija and and be lounging on their pension (800£)

You very well gerrrrit