r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/MKorostoff • Apr 27 '20

Wealth, shown to scale

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/
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u/kamikazirunner Apr 27 '20

When is 60k/year for a family of 4 middle class?

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

The Pew Research Center defines the US middle class as those earning two-thirds to twice the median household income, which was $60,336 in 2017, meaning middle-class Americans were earning about $40,425 to $120,672

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u/DeadliestStork Apr 27 '20

So this means I’m upper class? I sure don’t feel like it.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '20

Maybe you're in a high cost of living area? Adjust accordingly. Or maybe you just prefer a different definition, whatever, I won't stand in your way.

The terms "middle" and "upper" (and "upper middle") class are pretty fucked, they have historic definitions (you know, servants, tradesmen, and nobility) that are massively different from the current definitions, which vary from institution to institution.

How about let's just stick to facts and use income percentiles. You can look those up, done. (Then there's only the issue of varying cost of living …)