Yahoo Finance 50 Cities Where Earning $200,000 Is Considered Middle Class
A generation ago, an annual salary of $100,000 meant you had arrived, that you were part of the upper crust in your community. Then, $100,000 in wages became the standard for living a middle-class existence.
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Now, there are plenty of places you could live where $200,000 in yearly earnings is considered middle class. GOBankingRates found the 50 largest cities, in terms of total households, where a person could be paid $200,000 per year and still be regarded as middle class. GOBankingRates defined a middle-class income as two-thirds to double an area’s median household income.
The results turned up cities in all four corners of the United States, and perhaps it’s no surprise that almost half of them — 23 — sit in pricey California. Here’s how the communities nearest to you fared in the study, listed by a city’s median household income, lowest to highest.
Scroll on to see if your city made the list.
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Stamford, Connecticut
Median household income: $100,718
Middle-class income range: $67,145 to $201,43
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Overland Park, Kansas
Median household income: $100,876
Middle-class income range: $67,251 to $201,752
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Washington, D.C.
Median household income: $101,722
Middle-class income range: $67,815 to $203,444
Chula Vista, California
Median household income: $101,984
Middle-class income range: $67,989 to $203,968
Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Median household income: $103,447
Middle-class income range: $68,965 to $206,894
Corona, California
Median household income: $103,727
Middle-class income range: $69,151 to $207, 454
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Scottsdale, Arizona
Median household income: $104,197
Middle-class income range: $69,465 to $208,394
Berkeley, California
Median household income: $104,716
Middle-class income range: $69,811 to $209,432
Costa Mesa, California
Median household income: $104,981
Middle-class income range: $69,987 to $209,962
Hayward, California
Median household income: $105,371
Middle-class income range: $70,247 to $210,742
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Rancho Cucamonga, California
Median household income: $105,534
Middle-class income range: $70,356 to $211,068
Plano, Texas
Median household income: $105,679
Middle-class income range: $70,453 to $211,358
Arvada, Colorado
Median household income: $106,014
Middle-class income range: $70,676 to $212,028
Santa Monica, California
Median household income: $106,797
Middle-class income range: $71,198 to $213,594
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Concord
Median household income: $107,789
Middle-class income range: $71,859 to $215,578
Olathe, Kansas
Median household income: $108,077
Middle-class income range: $72,051 to $216,154
Orange, California
Median household income: $109,335
Middle-class income range: $72,890 to $218,670
Torrance, California
Median household income: $109,554
Middle-class income range: $73,036 to $219,108
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Pearland, Texas
Median household income: $111,123
Middle-class income range: $74,082 to $222,246
Simi Valley, California
Median household income: $112,144
Middle-class income range: $74,763 to $224,288
Roseville, California
Median household income: $112,265
Middle-class income range: $74,843 to $224,530
Alexandria, Virginia
Median household income: $113,179
Middle-class income range: $75,453 to $226,358
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McKinney, Texas
Median household income: $113,286
Middle-class income range: $75,524 to $226,572
Huntington Beach, California
Median household income: $114,747
Middle-class income range: $76,498 to $229,494
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Median household income: $115,167
Middle-class income range: $76,778 to $230,334
Gilbert, Arizona
Median household income: $115,179
Middle-class income range: $76,786 to $230,358
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Elk Grove, California
Median household income: $115,864
Middle-class income range: $77,243 to $231,728
Seattle
Median household income: $116,068
Middle-class income range: $77,379 to $232,136
Santa Clarita, California
Median household income: $116,186
Middle-class income range: $77,457 to $232,372
League City, Texas
Median household income: $117,316
Middle-class income range: $78,211 to $234,632
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Median household income: $121,539
Middle-class income range: $81,026 to $243,078
Irvine, California
Median household income: $122,948
Middle-class income range: $81,965 to $245,896
Columbia, Maryland
Median household income: $124,537
Middle-class income range: $83,025 to $249,074
Centennial, Colorado
Median household income: $124,617
Middle-class income range: $83,078 to $249,234
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Cary, North Carolina
Median household income: $125,317
Middle-class income range: $83,545 to $250,634
Thousand Oaks, California
Median household income: $125,399
Middle-class income range: $83,599 to $250,798
Carmel, Indiana
Median household income: $132,859
Middle-class income range: $88,573 to $265,718
Carlsbad, California
Median household income: $134,139
Middle-class income range: $89,426 to $268,278
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San Jose, California
Median household income: $136,010
Middle-class income range: $90,673 to $272,020
San Francisco
Median household income: $136,689
Middle-class income range: $91,126 to $273,378
Arlington, Virginia
Median household income: $137,387
Middle-class income range: $91,126 to $273,378
The Woodlands, Texas
Median household income: $142,384
Middle-class income range: $94,923 to $284,768
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Naperville, Illinois
Median household income: $143,754
Middle-class income range: $95,836 to $287,508
Frisco, Texas
Median household income: $144,567
Middle-class income range: $96,378 to $289,134
San Mateo, California
Median household income: $149,152
Middle-class income range: $99,435 to $298,304
Newport Beach, California
Median household income: $149,471
Middle-class income range: $99,647 to $298,942
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Bellevue, Washington
Median household income: $149,551
Middle-class income range: $99,701 to $299,102
Santa Clara, California
Median household income: $165,352
Middle-class income range: $110,235 to $330,704
Fremont, California
Median household income: $169,023
Middle-class income range: $112,682 to $338,046
Sunnyvale, California
Median household income: $174,506
Middle-class income range: $116,337 to $349,012
Methodology: For this piece, GOBankingRates found the 50 largest cities, in terms of total households, where one could make $200,000 and still be considered middle-class. For this purpose, GOBankingRates defines middle-class income as two-thirds to double the income of an area. All data was sourced from the 2022 American Community Survey and is up to date as of June 10, 2024.
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