re: What do you consider "Upper Middle Class"?

I think you'd have to be single to make it work. Add a spouse and that's a lot of change to put away.

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from 150k to 250k upper middle class. 75k to 150k middle class.

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I agree with the first part of this statement. Upper middle is 150k up. But to state that 75k is the bottom of the middle class is laughable. Tons of people making due on less than 75k a year for a family. And they are still considered middle class. Hell, middle class probably goes all the way down to the poverty line. I'm pretty sure my family would make it on a 50k income if we needed to and you wouldn't think we were poor.

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Single person income is obviously different than family income. Also, the income percentile calculator that I looked at has married filers of 75k as the 50th percentile. Single filers at 51k would put you at the 86th percentile.

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Fair point, but only looking at married filers cuts out a sizeable portion of the country, that's why I stuck to household incomes.

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there is so much oilfield trash that makes well into 6 figures but have nothing of real value

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You mean the type of people that make 180k a yr and buy a new F250 every summer with 70" rims and have four different 4-wheelers, yet live in a trailer and dont even have a savings acct?

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KG6

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If you see other posts, I corrected myself and stated that 50k-75k is probably lower middle class.

I guess my mindset is that two unskilled non educated workers could combine for 50k. I mean that's only basically ($12.50 an hour, $25,000 each person).

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If you see other posts, I corrected myself and stated that 50k-75k is probably lower middle class. I guess my mindset is that two unskilled non educated workers could combine for 50k. I mean that's only basically ($12.50 an hour, $25,000 each person).

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And sadly, that is the median household in the US. Not lower middle class.

no 24 hr pay on any platform I've ever been on unless something really bad was going on

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True, but he's only working 2 weeks out of the month.

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I was always found this to be false.
Quite often, you'll drive 6+ hours each way to get to the helo or boat.

So now that 7/7 is really 8/6. Plus, you are stuck out there with no women, no beer for 24 hours, so 168 hours a week.

I never thought it was a good deal.

(not the point of the thread)

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A timekeeper on a O&G job working 50 hours a week makes over $60K a year, your data is flawed.

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Please provide the math for this. Because when I do it im not getting your numbers. They'd have to make 21/hr and I am highly skeptical timekeepers are getting paid that.

ETA: Gross $60k