Middle Class, Upper Class?

[THE HCP]

I'm sure there are some rich people on here, poor people and everywhere in between. Where does Middle Class start? 50K-60K? Just wondering your guys opinion.

 

[ODENISGOD]

yeah that sounds about right

 

[ODENISGOD]

NOW WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT 50-60 K PER HOUSHOLD ARE WE? THAT WOULD BE POVERTY

 

[mook]

Depends. By household or individual? I'd say an individual making $30k could be middle class, but a household at that level isn't.

Also really, really depends on where you live. If you are making $60k/year and you live in south eastern Oregon, you are not only upper class you are a fucking millionaire. Make $60k in NYC? Not so much.

 

[ODENISGOD]

Depends. By household or individual? I'd say an individual making $30k could be middle class, but a household at that level isn't.

Also really, really depends on where you live. If you are making $60k/year and you live in south eastern Oregon, you are not only upper class you are a fucking millionaire. Make $60k in NYC? Not so much.

IF YOU MAKE 30K A YEAR ITS TIME TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mook]

Wikipedia's reply:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

In 2007, the median annual household income rose 1.3% to $50,233.00 according to the Census Bureau.[3] The real median earnings of men who worked full time, year-round climbed between 2006 and 2007, from $43,460 to $45,113. For women, the corresponding increase was from $33,437 to $35,102. The median income per household member (including all working and non-working members above the age of 14) was $26,036 in 2006.[4] In 2006, there were approximately 116,011,000 households in the United States. 1.93% of all households had annual incomes exceeding $250,000.[5] 12.3% fell below the federal poverty threshold[6] and the bottom 20% earned less than $19,178.[7] The aggregate income distribution is highly concentrated towards the top, with the top 6.37% earning roughly one third of all income, and those with upper-middle incomes control a large, though declining, share of the total earned income.[2][8] Income inequality in the United States, which had decreased slowly after World War II until 1970, began to increase in the 1970s until reaching a peak in 2006. It declined a little in 2007.[9] Households in the top quintile, 77% of which had two or more income earners, had incomes exceeding $91,705. Households in the mid quintile, with a mean of approximately one income earner per household had incomes between $36,000 and $57,657. Households in the lowest quintile had incomes less than $19,178 and the majority had no income earner.[10]

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

I'm sure there are some rich people on here, poor people and everywhere in between. Where does Middle Class start? 50K-60K? Just wondering your guys opinion.

depends where you live. In LA or NY, 150k is middle class.

 

[THE HCP]

Portland, Oregon

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

Portland, Oregon

I'd say for single people it'd be $45k-90k.

Married would be 50k-110k

Married with kids would be 65k-120k with an extra $5k for each little runt.

 

[maxiep]

I'd say in a town like PDX, to consider oneself non-middle class (I don't like the term "upper class"), you'd have to make at least $375K year in and year out.

 

[Wheels]

Crap I'm Lower income!

 

[THE HCP]

I'd say for single people it'd be $45k-90k.

Married would be 50k-110k

Married with kids would be 65k-120k with an extra $5k for each little runt.

What about in Portland, 2 kids, 1 income.

 

[BTOWN_HUSTLA]

70k would be the lower end.

kids are probably expensive (i wouldn't know, although i'm pretty sure I was!)

 

[ODENISGOD]

70k would be the lower end.

kids are probably expensive (i wouldn't know, although i'm pretty sure I was!)

70 k WITH A KID AND 2 PARENTS? DO YOU BOTH WORK AT MCDONALDS?

 

[Eastoff]

I'd say for single people it'd be $45k-90k.

Married would be 50k-110k

Married with kids would be 65k-120k with an extra $5k for each little runt.

i'd change only 35k-70k for single

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

To me, middle class means one can afford a decent house, have a car payment, and get by with the other necessities of life. I'd say in Portland that reasonably takes $70+ per year.