What do you consider to be a middle class income ?

[KurtNYC]

(for a family of four, total income, one OR two working adults)

[Drale]

1. I really think it depends on where you live because

my home is worth about 250,000 where I am, but move it to LA and its easily a million dollar home.

[salin]

13. another referent point supporting your view... I answered based on a midwestern

city - and came to one calculation. More than a decade ago I lived in the San Francisco Bay area - and I would have to apply a drastically different calculation. I own a modest home here, there is no way I could do anything but rent (and pay far more) there.

[Dawson Leery]

2. This should be based upon the real(unspoken) rate of inflation due to speculators

and where one lives.

[Modern_Matthew]

3. Too much to be considered the main victims in all of this. nt

[leftstreet]

4. 250k +

other

[elocs]

8. Where I live 250k puts one at worst in upper middle class,

leading a very comfortable life.

Obviously this depends where one lives and their family size.

[Angry Dragon]

I voted other

because I really do not know where the middle is anymore.........

[BOG PERSON]

5. median household income is about $50K

i voted $40K+, in fairness to mississippi

[JackBeck]

6. It really depends on where someone lives.

So I can't answer your poll since what we earn as a family unit as barely middle class on the East Coast would look more like 'comfortably middle class' in other areas of the country.

[underpants]

7. The median household income in 2009 was $49, 777

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_household_income

Half of the households make less than that, half make more

[tahrir]

11. it should be at least 80k - but unfortunately as the numbers bear out it is much less

what a tragedy :'(

[Trajan]

9. I was tempted to go with >= $80,000

But that is simply too high compared to reality - That would be considerably greater than most families enjoy ...

>= $60,000 ....

[REP]

10. Truly middle class? Private school, country club, vacation middle class? Almost extinct.

Most people don't really understand what middle class means anymore and even fewer are in it.

[gkhouston]

12. Something I used to have, and sorely miss. n/t