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Re:Everybody Thinks They're Middle-Class by handedness on Sunday September 25, 2016 @04:08AM (#12574412)
What's the source for that? Everything I've seen puts the US natinoal average for 1%-by-income in the low to mid $400K (AGI), and ~$30K globally.
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Re:Everybody Thinks They're Middle-Class by staticint on Sunday September 25, 2016 @09:46AM (#12575283)
~$400k is the threshold for household[1] income. ~$200k is the threshold for individual[2] income.

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_Unit...

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_income_in_the_Unite...

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Re:Everybody Thinks They're Middle-Class by okaram on Sunday September 25, 2016 @11:05PM (#12578951)
actually, it seems 200k is 95% (well, in 2014)
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