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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
I would say it's more like 15-25%.
Even if it's one in ten at the low end of your assessment that's pretty common.
Are people saying a couple that are say a pipefitter and an RN aren't middle class?
Because that's a couple that easily makes 200k a year, and to me that is solidly middle class.
Two people with even minimal skills would make $100,000 combined.
Two people with some degree of education (Diploma level) and ten years experience in their fields should be able to make $150,000 combined easy.
A carpenter and a dental assistant would make $150,000 combined without working any OT.
$200,000 pre-tax is not rich level money anymore.
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Rich is a relative term. If only 15-25% of households have a pretax income of over $200k then they are at the very least considered better off than any household that earns less than that. While a household that earns $190k may not consider a $200k earning household to be rich in comparison, I’d argue that most households earning $100k or less would categorize those $200k households as rich.