Are You Middle class? This Calculator Aims To Tell You
Where you fall in America’s class system? Here is a calculator that can help you figure that out. The Pew Research Center’s updated calculator asks for your location along with some economic…
WASHINGTON – NOVEMBER 19: U.S. Mint Director Ed Moy pours hundreds of new presidential one-dollar coins with the image of Abraham Lincoln out of a black top hat during an introduction event at President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home November 19, 2010 in Washington, DC. The United States Mint introduced the coin on the 147th anniversary of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesWhere you fall in America's class system? Here is a calculator that can help you figure that out.
The Pew Research Center's updated calculator asks for your location along with some economic data. The payoff is it can give you a sense whether you are in the upper, middle or lower class You can also compare yourself to other Americans by selecting level of education, age, race/ethnicity and marital status.
Where you live is so critical to determining where you fall in the American class structure. For example, a couple with a household income of $100,000 in New York is considered middle class. In El Paso, Texas, that same couple would be in the upper class tier.
Is this info helpful to you? Does it make you want to work harder to move up a class?
