What counts as lower class?


What counts as lower class? What income do you need to be upper, middle, or lower class? Based on 2021 data, here's what you would need to earn in order to be in each class: Lower class: This is defined as the bottom 20% of earners. Those in the lower class have an income at or below $28,007.


What are the 5 income classes?

One way some researchers divide individuals into economic classes is by looking at their incomes. From that data, they split earners into different classes: poor, lower-middle class, middle class, upper-middle class and wealthy.


What jobs are middle class?

22 middle-class careers to consider
  • Massage therapist. National average salary: $44,268 per year. ...
  • Interpreter. National average salary: $47,825 per year. ...
  • Office manager. National average salary: $51,358 per year. ...
  • Electrician. ...
  • Police officer. ...
  • Social media specialist. ...
  • Truck driver. ...
  • Professor.