The problem is that "middle class" comprises a fairly wide range so your income level qualifies as middle class as would twice as much of an income. According

The problem is that "middle class" comprises a fairly wide range so your income level qualifies as middle class as would twice as much of an income. According to: http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/14/us-usa-taxes-middleclass-idUSTRE68D3QD20100914 http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/09/14/us-usa-taxes-middl... "Some academics divide the middle class into an upper bracket that includes professionals and middle managers who hold postgraduate degrees and often earn more than $100,000 and a less affluent lower middle class that typically has some college education with household incomes around the national median. Median household income in the United States was $52,175 in 2008, according to the U.S. Census Bureau."