$400K And Feeling Middle Class? Must Live In...

Sergi Alexander/Getty Images for Haute Living The Pew Research Center defines the US middle class as those earning 67% to 200% of the median household income. Middle-class Americans earned about $39,000 to $118,000 in 2016, according to Pew's definition, but middle-class incomes vary at the state and city levels. Some Silicon Valley residents earning $400,000 consider themselves to be in the middle class, a recent survey found.