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Where's your $150k coming from? The figure I usually hear cited is $350k, though that's for "household income". Adding to your main point though, it's also wort
by Jach 14y ago
Where's your $150k coming from? The figure I usually hear cited is $350k, though that's for "household income". Adding to your main point though, it's also worth pointing out that $150k in, say, downtown New York is pretty different from $150k in, say, Cheyenne, Wyoming. But I'd still call both "upper-middle class." Maybe it's near the lower-fuzzy-boundary of "upper middle class", but I don't see how you think it's a classic "middle class" salary. It's certainly not an "upper class" salary.
- twoodfin 14y agoThese numbers all come from the IRS. $150k around the top 1% for single/separate filers. $350k is married filers.
- omd 14y agoAccording to the IRS the top 1% overall is $318k, according to the CBO it's $282k. http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats---Individual-Statistical-Tables-by-Size-of-Adjusted-Gross-Income http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats---Individual-Statistica... http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43373 http://www.cbo.gov/publication/43373
- randomdata 14y ago$190K is the number for that I've always heard thrown around for individuals, which, if both parties in the household are earning that much, easily adds up to $350K and more.