>> What if they said "We'll give you $150,000 more each year to move to
>> London"?
>
> That's almost a hundred grand in UK currency. Nobody earns that much.

Rather than just *say* that, I decided to go and check with someone who 
knows more than me. And according to the Office of National Statistics, 
I'm right. :-P

More precisely: I found income statistics which cover
- Data gathered for 2010.
- All regions of the UK.
- All sectors of employment.
- All ages, races and so forth.
- Full-time employment only.
- Total income. (Base pay + overtime, bonuses, etc.)
According to that data, the 90th percentile for income is roughly 
£50,000/year.

In other words, if you earn more than £50k, you are in the top 10% of 
the entire [full-time employed] population of this country. And that's 
*half* the income you're talking about. :-P

(I can't reliably extrapolate what percentile £100k would be. There 
isn't enough data. Any answer you could come up with would just be 
guessing at this point.)

Looking at a different report covering April 2011 to June 2011, I get 
£47k as the 90th percentile. (This report might include part-time 
employment, I'm not sure. Regardless, it's a very similar figure.)

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