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A family income of $300k is upper class, by the way. No one likes to call themselves rich, but $300k is at least in the top 10%, which is decidedly not middle.
by natrius 17y ago
A family income of $300k is upper class, by the way. No one likes to call themselves rich, but $300k is at least in the top 10%, which is decidedly not middle.
- hyperbovine 17y agoIf you're making 300k you're in the top one percent, or very near: http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032007/hhinc/new06_000.htm http://pubdb3.census.gov/macro/032007/hhinc/new06_000.htm There's a lot of room at the bottom.
- steveklabnik 17y agoThey were talking about $300k from a two-income household. Not that it makes you middle class, but that $100k-$150k bracket is fairly large.
- nvoorhies 17y agoThe data is per-household.
- steveklabnik 17y agoWell then. I guess I can't read. My bad.
- Retric 17y agoThe top 1% of the total population, but if all your friends are investment bankers, the average doctor might seem poor.