re: What minimum salary would be required to be part of the middle class?

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Absolutely.

--the writing/messaging end of corporate PR. Someone writes those internal newsletters, HR communiques, etc. It could be you.
--Or the writing shop of a large university development (aka fundraising) division; big donors receive written proposals, tailored to their specific needs & giving motivations
--Or the sponsored research segment of a major research uni or med school (someone's got to make those grant proposals tidy and compelling)

You seem to have picked out your locale. So apply those humanities research skills to the business sector of (Birmingham, wasn't it?). Who's hiring? Who's expanding? Who do you know already working in similar fields? If corp communications/PR is a goal, joint the relevant local professional org (PRSA, for example).

I've discovered that many people trained in tech fields (engineering, IT) and business (esp accounting) simply cannot write. They're happy to encounter a person who can listen to their ramblings, or take their sketchy list, and create a workable document. That's your core skill: now start thinking about all the places you can possible market it.

That's the beauty of humanities education: it's not a set path carved in stone, but rather a broad set of skills you can use to interpret the world and explain it to others.

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