What is the quintessential middle class occupation?

[Anonymous]

Ha -in DCUM I'm considered lower middle with HHI of $250k...and not a swanky house in Georgetown, McLean or Potomac.

Govt attorney and Corporate Director...

We are DCUM failures....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ha -in DCUM I'm considered lower middle with HHI of $250k...and not a swanky house in Georgetown, McLean or Potomac.

Govt attorney and Corporate Director...

We are DCUM failures....

Me too. SAHM and IT professional. HHI of $300K. 3 Master degrees between the two of us.

SFH in the boondocks and the schools follow curriculum 2.0!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To me the quintessential middle class occupation is secretary/administrative assistant.

no way. Admin Assists are clerical class. Its the white color equivalent of working class.

[Anonymous]

engineers, middle managers, small business owners. anybody who has people working "under them" or who works for themselv, and whose salary is below the 95% in their area and above the 40%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NP here and I was under the impression that most younger teachers (the under 40 set) of middle school and high school had masters degrees. My SIL is a public HS math teacher not in this area and has her masters in Education.

Yes, but the majority of these masters degrees are masters degrees in education or in the "art and science" of pedagogy. Not academic masters degrees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nurses, accountants, teachers, social workers, etc

Yes, and I would add non-retail sales occupations (real estate agents, insurance etc.), middle management and most small business owners.

The real estate agents I know are well above middle class.

Yep, after the real estate bubble burst, the ones who stuck around and survived tended to be the good ones with networks and success.

Same with accountants who have a CPA.

[Anonymous]

A realtor may make as much or more as a lawyer or professor, but they're not of the same class.

[Anonymous]

Maybe we need to agree on a definition? Google got me:

"...the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business workers and their families."

So, pretty much everyone in DC. except the super wealthy are middle class after all!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha -in DCUM I'm considered lower middle with HHI of $250k...and not a swanky house in Georgetown, McLean or Potomac.

Govt attorney and Corporate Director...

We are DCUM failures....

Me too. SAHM and IT professional. HHI of $300K. 3 Master degrees between the two of us.

SFH in the boondocks and the schools follow curriculum 2.0!!

Ok but what is an IT professional and how do they make 300k? Is he a software developer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need to agree on a definition? Google got me:

"...the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business workers and their families."

So, pretty much everyone in DC. except the super wealthy are middle class after all!

what?! you need to come walk around my NE DC neighborhood and get a reality check.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha -in DCUM I'm considered lower middle with HHI of $250k...and not a swanky house in Georgetown, McLean or Potomac.

Govt attorney and Corporate Director...

We are DCUM failures....

Me too. SAHM and IT professional. HHI of $300K. 3 Master degrees between the two of us.

SFH in the boondocks and the schools follow curriculum 2.0!!

Ok but what is an IT professional and how do they make 300k? Is he a software developer?

I assume he owns his own govt it contracting company. They make bank. Very few IT folks make $300k as technical employees

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ha -in DCUM I'm considered lower middle with HHI of $250k...and not a swanky house in Georgetown, McLean or Potomac.

Govt attorney and Corporate Director...

We are DCUM failures....

Me too. SAHM and IT professional. HHI of $300K. 3 Master degrees between the two of us.

SFH in the boondocks and the schools follow curriculum 2.0!!

Ok but what is an IT professional and how do they make 300k? Is he a software developer?

Probably more like an architect or product owner than an actual developer. . . . maybe started out as developer after college, but moved up and stayed technical. I'm theorizing here

[Anonymous]

^Or what 18:28 said!

[Anonymous]

trump will change this