Land ASAP: not sure where you are getting your figures... <a href="http://www.statistics.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.statistics.gov.uk</a> and the obvious links from there show that the average weekly gross earnings for all UK adults in full time employment in April 2000 (the latest validated figures - the 2001 census is not yet published)was GBP 419.70 which is a long way short of 32,000pa