Average net salary
£2,519Monthly net income
United KingdomCost of Living and Purchasing Power in United Kingdom
United Kingdom · Average net salary: £2,519. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: £835.
Latest data date:1-bedroom rent (centre)
By cityCity rents are listed separatelyLiving costs
£835One person · excluding rentFuel (1 L)
£1.68Gasoline 95iPhone affordability
10.5 daysWorking days at country salaryOverview
United Kingdom · Average net salary: £2,519. Monthly costs for one person excluding rent: £835. Consider salary, rent, everyday costs and product prices together with their scope. Sources and verification dates appear in the data section below.
69,931,528Country population 2026
2Cities in the dataset
GBP (£)Currency
Purchasing Power Overview
Sourced expenses as a share of monthly net salary. This is not a quality-of-life score.
Essential Expenses
Monthly living expenses and fuel per litre. Note the different units.
Living costs (excluding rent)£835
Family of four costs (excluding rent)£2,898
Petrol 95 (1 litre)£1.68
Diesel (1 litre)£1.91
LPG (1 litre)£1.01
Product Prices & Purchasing Power
Country prices and working time at the average net salary.
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Sources and methodology
Read prices together with their scope and source dates. City rents are not country averages.
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Sourced data details
Population
69,931,5282026
SourceSingle person · monthly living costs, excluding rent
£835.302026-09-20
SourceFamily of four · monthly living costs, excluding rent
£2,897.902026-09-20
SourceGasoline 95 · litre
£1.682026-09-14
SourceDiesel · litre
£1.912026-09-14
SourceLPG · litre
£1.012026-09-14
SourceHero image: Giuseppe Milo · CC BY 3.0
Product prices and purchasing powerRelated data, sources and methodology
What do the data show?
United Kingdom: average monthly net salary £2,519; monthly costs for one person excluding rent £835. Rent is shown separately in the city pages below.
Latest source-data date: . Each metric retains its own date and scope.