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Are you in the American middle class? Find out with our income calculator
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:50 pm
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:50 pm
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About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2018, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of government data. Roughly three-in-ten (29%) were in lower-income households and 19% were in upper-income households.
Our calculator below, updated with 2018 data, lets you find out which group you are in – first compared with other adults in your metropolitan area and among American adults overall, and then compared with other adults in the United States similar to you in education, age, race or ethnicity, and marital status.
Our latest analysis shows that the share of adults who live in middle-income households varies widely across the 260 metropolitan areas examined, from 39% in Las Cruces, New Mexico, to 67% in Ogden-Clearfield, Utah. The share of adults who live in lower-income households ranges from 16% in Ogden-Clearfield to 49% in Las Cruces. The estimated share living in upper-income households is greatest in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (34%) and the smallest in El Centro, California (7%).
Your size-adjusted household income and the cost of living in your area are the factors we use to determine your income tier. Middle-income households – those with an income that is two-thirds to double the U.S. median household income – had incomes ranging from about $48,500 to $145,500 in 2018. Lower-income households had incomes less than $48,500 and upper-income households had incomes greater than $145,500 (all figures computed for three-person households, adjusted for the cost of living in a metropolitan area, and expressed in 2018 dollars).
where does the OT fall?
This post was edited on 7/23/20 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:56 pm to RLDSC FAN
YOU are in the UPPER income tier, along with 20% of adults in the O-T
Among all American adults with your education, age, race or ethnicity, and marital status, 6% are LOWER income, 54% are MIDDLE income and 39% are UPPER income.
Among all American adults with your education, age, race or ethnicity, and marital status, 6% are LOWER income, 54% are MIDDLE income and 39% are UPPER income.
This post was edited on 7/23/20 at 9:57 pm
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:56 pm to RLDSC FAN
Upper income tier (top 20%) of the Houston / Woodlands-Sugarland area.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:56 pm to RLDSC FAN
Aren’t you poor if you have to use the calculator? If you know then you know.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:57 pm to RLDSC FAN
Upper. 23% of people in my area are also in my income/class bracket.
This post was edited on 7/23/20 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:57 pm to CharlesLSU
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Houston / Woodlands-Sugarland area.
What side of Houston?
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:57 pm to bad93ex
Woodlands
Weird how it lumped them together
Weird how it lumped them together
This post was edited on 7/23/20 at 9:58 pm
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:58 pm to JAlohaM
Upper in Lafayette. I deserve some truck nuts
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:59 pm to RLDSC FAN
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This post was edited on 12/17/21 at 11:38 pm
Posted on 7/23/20 at 9:59 pm to CharlesLSU
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Woodlands
Curious as to how many O-T posters are here
Posted on 7/23/20 at 10:01 pm to RLDSC FAN
That’s amazing that everyone of you makes over $145,000 a year.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 10:02 pm to tigergirl10
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That’s amazing that everyone of you makes over $145,000 a year.
It's 2020. $145K isn't that much anymore.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 10:02 pm to RLDSC FAN
Upper, at least for the Columbia, SC area. I don’t feel upper class, though.
Posted on 7/23/20 at 10:02 pm to tigergirl10
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This post was edited on 12/17/21 at 11:37 pm
Posted on 7/23/20 at 10:03 pm to tigergirl10
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That’s amazing that everyone of you makes over $145,000 a year.
The DINK life is a good one
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