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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]But $100,000, or $200,000 per couple, IS upper-middle class. A working class wage (working class go by hourly wages) is more like $12/hr. If you mean to to imply otherwise, that's a sign of the bubble that posters keep referring to.

BTW, I'm at $110,000 and proud of my successes. It's afforded me a very nice lifestyle, too.[/quote]

If you have a graduate degree from a reputable full time program, work as a lawyer, physician, university professor, senior executive, have refined tastes, then you're likely upper middle class.

If you're in a GS-scale job, a middle manager, have a state college degree, watch TV at night, and so on, then you just have a nice income.

Remember that "middle class" is not "middle income". It's the class between inherited wealth and people who really on their own effort to get paid. The upper middle class are those who make enough to separate themselves from most of the managers, dentists, IT professionals, and the like, but still need to work. [/quote]

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