Those words have slightly different meanings in England vs the US I think. In the US upper vs middle vs working class is related to income and lifestyle. If yo

Those words have slightly different meanings in England vs the US I think. In the US upper vs middle vs working class is related to income and lifestyle. If you're a coal miner who somehow makes 80k/year (i just made that up, who knows if it exists) you'd be firmly middle class in popular discourse the US, despite the fact that you're in a working class job. Similarly one auto-plant can pay union workers 70k (middle class) and non-union 30k (working class, or at least on the line) for the same job. I think in the UK it's more delineated by job and upbringing than income, right? Note that I'm just speaking out usage by normal people/media, those words (although usually avoided in favor of income deciles) can be given specific definitions in academic research.