> sorry but $100K is not a lot of income these days Did you click the link in the post you're answering to? Among many other interesting things, it says: "Of t

> sorry but $100K is not a lot of income these days Did you click the link in the post you're answering to? Among many other interesting things, it says: "Of those individuals with income who were older than 15 years of age, approximately 50% had incomes below $30,000 while the top 10% had incomes exceeding $95,000 a year in 2015." The source it gives is this, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/wkyeng.pdf You're right that there is regional variation, some of which you can explore at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties_by_per_capita_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_counties.... By no measure are you "pretty f'ing middle class" in CA or NY if you earn $100K a year.