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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]100K in dc is not upper middle.   Your numbers are off by a fact or two or more. (maybe not at the low end)

But it also depends on how you define the attributes of the classes.  I do not like defining status based on income.

According to your chart, I am affluent.  I do not feel affluent.  I am comfortable, but only because my house was purchased in 1999.

HHI of about 195K, family of three.  We can not take nice vacations.  But, we always have decent food on the table, drive reliable and safe cars (not luxury), and the house is cool (A/C).  I have to think about money, but do not worry about it.  There is always enough to pay the bills.  And I am on target for retirement savings.

To me, that is middle to upper middle.

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OP here. Except I said these figures were for singles, and said to double it for HHI (so there's your factor of two you said I'm off by). So, your $195k would equate to the $160,000 to $240,000, which is upper-middle. To get to affluent. It would be the next category up - $240,000 to $400,000.[/quote]

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