Is 100K for a 2 person family (husband/wife) considered lower middle, middle, or upper middle class in the northeast)?

[Phokus]

My fiancee thinks 100k here is LOWER middle class. I'm like, "WTF?!?"... i think it's at least middle class and maybe even upper middle class.

I think her standards are a little ridiculous of you ask me

edit: Oh yeah, this is me and my fiancee we're talking about and we live in connecticut.

I wanna move to texas and be RICH

 

[chambersc]

Voted middle. I'd say middle to upper-middle would be correct.

EDIT: is your fiancee financially responsible?

 

[tbike06]

I'd say for just 2 people 100k is upper middle easy.

 

[lokiju]

Originally posted by: chambersc
I'd say middle to upper-middle would be correct.

I concur.

 

[Strk]

I'd also go upper-middle, unless you live in Manhattan or somewhere equally insanely expensive.

 

[tfinch2]

Dirt poor.

 

[her209]

You'd barely scrape by in New York City.

 

[Phokus]

OMG, she says, 'we're poor people'... wtf!!?!?!?!?

 

[Demo24]

Where I am thats upper-middle class. Basicially I would be considered rich in my family if I could get to that pay range.

 

[sindows]

Isn't the average income for a US citizen about $40,000? If so, I would say you're in the middle class. Do I think thats a lot of money? I would have to say no...

 

[PhoenixOrion]

answer will depend on who you ask and where they live....

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
Where I am thats upper-middle class. Basicially I would be considered rich in my family if I could get to that pay range.

That's because you live in Georgia.

 

[mobiblu]

100k is pretty darn good...

 

[RaistlinZ]

For the Northeast I would say middle class at best. If you were in the south, then I'd say upper middle class.

 

[novasatori]

combined income or is only one person working

imo that would factor into your class

 

[mchammer187]

where I live it would be lower middle

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: novasatori
combined income or is only one person working

imo that would factor into your class

I'd say its on the border between middle and upper middle.

 

[Lifted]

For two people, averaging 50k each, that's def. mid-middle class in CT of all places, though I hate the whole class system as you've used it. "Working class" actually has some meaning.

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: Phokus
OMG, she says, 'we're poor people'... wtf!!?!?!?!?

Get the prenup ready

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Phokus
I wanna move to texas and be RICH

Wow, it amazes me as to how different parts of country are. My wife and I are the only two in our household. We pay a mortgage on a 1400 sq.ft. house (in great shape, too, not run down), a car payment, cable/cell/insurance/cc/etc bills every month, and still have plenty of money to do most whatever we please. Money is hardly an issue.

Oh ya, I think we may hit $50k combined this year . Central Kentucky FTW. If we were making $100k combined, we'd be considered high class around here, and would definitely be living "high off the hog".

 

[secretanchitman]

lower to middle in our area (hinsdale/oak brook/clarendon hills/westmont/burr ridge - suburbs of chicago).

 

[SlitheryDee]

Originally posted by: blurredvision

Originally posted by: Phokus
I wanna move to texas and be RICH

Wow, it amazes me as to how different parts of country are. My wife and I are the only two in our household. We pay a mortgage on a 1400 sq.ft. house (in great shape, too, not run down), a car payment, cable/cell/insurance/cc/etc bills every month, and still have plenty of money to do most whatever we please. Money is hardly an issue.

Oh ya, I think we may hit $50k combined this year . Central Kentucky FTW. If we were making $100k combined, we'd be considered high class around here, and would definitely be living "high off the hog".

I live in a 4 bedroom 3 bath 1900 square foot house (alone ) and pay insurance, house note, car note, various utilities, etc. on barely 30k a year. Central Louisiana FTW?

 

[Merlyn3D]

the answer depends on pics of said fiancee

 

[Aharami]

middle. 150K+ is upper middle

 

[Fenixgoon]

depends on how far northeast i suppose.. but 100k for 2 people is a $hitload