The salary you need to be considered middle class in every U.S. state
The salary you need to be considered middle class in every U.S. state
The upper bound of what’s considered middle class for households exceeds $100,000 in every U.S. state.
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Hawaii
Low end of middle class: $63,542
High end of middle class: $190,644
Median household income: $95,322
Similar to California. I’m making close to 150k a year on my own. Single income home. And I barely survive.
Yeah, there's kind of a big flaw in this. I'm in California, too. It's a huge state, and there re giant swaths of it that don't have especially high cost of living, but the population centers like LA and San Francisco are very, very expensive. Taking the median isn't going to give you a realistic answer for most of us.
I’ve been looking at homes in those areas.
Not sure about your political persuasions, but sadly the inexpensive areas of California tend to be deep red as well.
I’m fully aware. I’m from the Appalachian mountains originally. I’m used to the Bible Belt.
"Barely surviving" as a single on $150K is a little too much even for SF critters.
My last home was a 5 room house I rented for $2400 in the beginning and was $3600 a month by the time I was moving out. The place was a shit hole in a dangerous neighborhood.
5 room house I rented
as a single, barely surviving?
With 6 other people.
TIL I've spent my 30s struggling and didn't notice it.