HMRC data shows 1,000 under-30s in the UK now earn £1m+
I’ve seen reporting based on HMRC data suggesting around 1,000 UK taxpayers under 30 are earning more than £1 million a year, with sectors mentioned including sports, entertainment, the creator economy, tech, and finance. The main thing I’m trying to understand is: is this group mostly made up of celebrities, influencers and professional athletes, or is there also a significant number of entrepreneurs (e.g. tech founders, business owners, finance professionals)?
If anyone has estimates, industry insight, or even well-informed guesses on how that 1,000 breaks down, I’d be really interested. Is the narrative mostly fame-driven wealth, or are traditional/entrepreneurial routes just as big (or bigger)?
link:https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/feb/14/record-1000-uk-taxpayers-…
I'm not shocked, I'm close friends with a guy in his early 20s pulling $60k/mo in his online business he started in college and went through a paid course for.
There's an insane amount of opportunity to make money with a low entry point. Most people are just extremely risk-averse and prefer the cookie-cutter path of a corporate job, but the truth is if you dump money, time and energy into a venture it can be extremely lucrative.
Bonnie blue is pulling in 1-2M a month, let alone a year. I wonder if she's the top 30 in the whole country in pure taxable earnings
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