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- $50-$99 is lower middle

- $100-$199 is middle

- $200-$499 is upper middle

- $500-$999 is lower upper

Etc.

That’s the scale I’ve always used (household income).

Most millennials fall in the lower middle or middle bucket.




This is probably accurate given how our society really is structured. But following your thresholds:

- 61% of incomes are below lower middle

- 26% of incomes are lower middle (median being $61,822)

- 10% of incomes are middle

- 3% (nearly) of incomes are upper-middle

- <1% is remaining…

Data from https://dqydj.com/income-percentile-calculator/

Caveat, this is individual income, and you're talking about household income, so not quite the same for couples where both work.


The real median household income was $61,372 in 2017. I think your scale may be incorrect.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N

Your lower-upper class is a subset of the top 1% of incomes.

https://dqydj.com/united-states-household-income-brackets-pe...


On that scale, pretty much everyone I know / grew up around is lower middle class. Not a bad life.




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