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Low six figure salaries are barely middle class in many cities the US.

The kinds of rich people being discussed in this thread are still a very small percentage of six-figure+ earners. I would venture to say (no pun intended) that most HN readers are not accredited investors.

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Sure, but "middle class" doesn't really mean much, the median income in the US is $61k.

I'm a little thick. What are you implying here?

I mean that "middle class" doesn't mean you're in the median.

Is that per capita, per household or by tax return?

I believe the median salary in Loudoun County, VA, which is the richest county in the US or close, is around $70K. The lower boundary of "middle class" must be lower, then.

So I continue to think that the six-figure norm people talk about is within a "reality distortion field".

Median incomes in metro areas all over the US often exceed 120k, meaning one half of people earn more than that.

Not sure if that’s right. Median income for SF is 74k, for instance.

Is that income or salary?

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