The chancellor had previously tweeted that the sum was "not a huge salary" for people in South West Surrey. The median salary for a full-time worker last year was £34,963 and in Surrey it was £42,000.
Hunt defended his remarks by saying people in his constituency were living in an area of very high average house prices.
He told Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips on Sky News: "What sounds like a large salary - when you have house prices averaging around £670,000 in my area and you've got a mortgage and childcare costs - it doesn't go as far as you might think.
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