{"id":372008,"date":"2026-01-15T20:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372008\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T20:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T20:40:14","slug":"brits-need-an-extra-13000-a-year-to-get-by-as-cost-of-living-crisis-rumbles-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/372008\/","title":{"rendered":"Brits ‘need an extra \u00a313,000 a year to get by’ as cost of living crisis rumbles on"},"content":{"rendered":"

15 Jan 2026, 14:23 Updated: 6h ago <\/p>\n

One in four Brits said they were left with \u00a3100 or less after essential bills each month<\/p>\n

15 Jan 2026, 14:23 | Updated: 6h ago <\/p>\n

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The cost-of-living crisis is still hitting workers, a new report has shown.<\/p>\n

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Workers believe they need to earn an extra \u00a313,000 a year to feel stable amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

Employment group Reed said its survey of 5,000 workers revealed a significant \u201ccomfort gap\u201d on pay.<\/p>\n

When asked what income they needed to achieve a comfortable standard of living, the average figure cited was \u00a352,000, which Reed said was \u201cway above\u201d the current figure of \u00a339,000.<\/p>\n

The study revealed escalating financial pressures on workers, said Reed.<\/p>\n

Read more: Retailers suffer disappointing December amid cost-of-living woes<\/a><\/p>\n

Ian Nicholas, global managing director at Reed, said people seemed to be coming to terms with the reality that significant pay increases may not be on the horizon.<\/p>\n

He said the study also reflected a shift in the jobs market, adding: \u201cWhat was once a candidate-driven landscape, where switching jobs for a pay bump was common, has now stabilised, making such moves less frequent.\u201d<\/p>\n

One in four respondents said they were left with \u00a3100 or less after essential bills each month while just under one in 10 revealed their entire salary was taken up by necessities, leaving them with no disposable income.<\/p>\n

Reed said the cost-of-living crisis has left its mark on workers, with more than one in four of those surveyed saying their income stretches less than it did four years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"15 Jan 2026, 14:23 Updated: 6h ago One in four Brits said they were left with \u00a3100 or…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[84,1294,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-372008","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}