[TheOtherHobbes]

£55k is not a great salary in the UK for a middle class professional with a degree and >5 years of experience.

Lawyers, doctors, dentists, accountants, front line sales, and even some nurses earn comfortably more than that - never mind MPs, many of whom are both clueless and useless and still manage to earn more than £80k base before expenses.

Some blue collar workers - mostly trades - can also earn a lot more, especially for contract or high-availability work.

Of course it's not a great salary compared to someone who works a checkout, stocks shelves, or talks to customers on the phone.

But qualifications and experience should matter at least a little.

[Koiwai]

If every lawyer, doctors, dentists, etc... earn more than that， He might have a point, but I doubt it.

Every career has underdogs, even presidents.