{
  "id": 16069015,
  "title": "Average salary breaks through £40,000 for the first time - but stealth tax is eating your pay rise",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/average-salary-breaks-through-40-000-for-the-first-time-but-stealth",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-22T15:55:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Is Money",
    "slug": "this-is-money",
    "url": "https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/tax/article-16230205/Average-salary-breaks-40-000-time-stealth-tax-eating-pay-rise.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "According to the ONS, average annual earnings for full-time employees were £40,911 in April 2026. But people's pay rises are swallowed up by frozen tax thresholds.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}