Anonymous wrote:We make about $350 and I'd say we are squarely middle class. Upper middle is probably $450 and up.

This is so obnoxious and tone deaf. You make 350K and consider yourself "squarely middle class"? Get a grip on reality, please.

Nationally, according to Wikipedia and if you define upper middle as top 20%, you'd be looking around 115-120. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United_States

I do think it depends on location. In this area, probably 200+ because most people in this area with higher paying jobs also have high debt due to high student loans for advanced degrees.

$150k poster illustrates why there should be two different criteria: one for dual-Woh households and one for single-income households with a SAH parent.

We make about $350 and I'd say we are squarely middle class. Upper middle is probably $450 and up.

Anonymous wrote:What I make is "normal." People who make more than I do are rich. People who make less than I do are poor.

-- Everybody

Nah. I don't feel this way

$200k and up if only one works. $250k if both work.

Anonymous wrote:$150,000 and up. Enough to have health insurance, save for retirement, and save for college.

We make $150K, have a $2000/month mortgage (PITI), which I don't feel is unreasonable for our income, have 2 kids in daycare, and are almost done paying off 1 student loan and 1 car (but our 14 year old car will need to be replaced as soon as the newer one is paid off). We make it a priority to save for college, but are only saving the bare minimum (enough to get the match) for retirement. We don't take nice vacations (last one was 2 years ago and we rented a condo in Shenandoah in the fall), and we visit family across the country 1x/year. Is that UPPER middle class?

$150,000 and up. Enough to have health insurance, save for retirement, and save for college.

Anonymous wrote:What I make is "normal." People who make more than I do are rich. People who make less than I do are poor.

-- Everybody

Nah, just folks who don't know where income percentiles land. http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/income-rank/index.html

And relative to the planet, nearly every household in the US is in the global top 1%. So based on that, we're all rich.

What I make is "normal." People who make more than I do are rich. People who make less than I do are poor.

-- Everybody

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Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what you all think. I believe 150K in this area and 100K in non-expensive cities (Detroit, Houston, Pittsburgh, etc.). Does this ring true with you?

Way too low. I'd say $400k

Are you kidding? 400k is upper class, enough for private schools. You can't possibly think that a family that makes in the 300's is just middle class. Bethesda is not the norm.

$200K in this area/other expensive markets like SF/Boston/NY, $150K in midsized areas.

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious what you all think. I believe 150K in this area and 100K in non-expensive cities (Detroit, Houston, Pittsburgh, etc.). Does this ring true with you?

Way too low. I'd say $400k

Seriously? Another HHI / SES thread? How obsessed can you be with this, DCUM?
Just live your life and stop categorizing!

I'm curious what you all think. I believe 150K in this area and 100K in non-expensive cities (Detroit, Houston, Pittsburgh, etc.). Does this ring true with you?