Us Middle Class Income

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Us middle class income. About one fifth of american households 19 are considered upper class while 29 are lower class the median income of upper class households was 187 872 in 2016. Us middle income households spend a growing share of their budget on housing of middle income household spending dedicated to housing source. 2 person family middle class income range. The squeezed middle class figure 4 5 14 10 6 22 18 11 0 5 10 15 20 25 lower income middle income upper income lower income middle income upper income united states oecd.
According to a pew study released last fall the median income of middle class american households is 74 015 based on census data from 2016 the latest available. Middle class household income is between 46 013 and 137 406 annually using u s. 57 772 76 to 172 456 4 person family middle class income range. Population 52 but that is still less than it has been in nearly half a century.
51 695 19 to 154 314 3 person family middle class income range. Norm to join the middle class. But a household in the san francisco area needs a reported income of about 63 800 or 31 6 more than the u s. The pew research center defines middle class or middle income households as those with incomes that are two thirds to double the 2016 u s.
Thus to step over the national middle class threshold of 48 500 a household in jackson needs an income of only about 39 300 or 19 0 less than the national standard. The share of income captured by the middle class has. Median household income of 57 617.