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For a single person

Who spends 3100 a month on nets? Are you a fisherman?

Thats clearing 36k so pretty middle class
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Complete_Idi0t posted...

Who spends 3100 a month on nets? Are you a fisherman?

Depends on where you live, your standard of living, how much of your gross went into pre-tax contributions (such as a 401(k)). Assuming California, that's about 50k gross, which is a fairly average household income. If you have a spouse who also earns that much, that's 100k total for one household, which is not bad if you're fine with working for at least a couple more decades.
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That's double what I make a month right now, so to me that's pretty good.
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Depends one what you mean by "net".

Net as in after rent/mortgage/food/internet/car insurance/utilities/ taxes: Yes that is very good money.
Net as in after taxes? Meh. Really depends on your circumstances.

the1337fleet posted...

Depends on where you live, your standard of living, how much of your gross went into pre-tax contributions (such as a 401(k)).

This. Sounds pretty middle-class to me. Good for a single person in a state with reasonable cost of living. Probably shitty for a family of four with no other income earners in an expensive place like california or new york.
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That's a couple thousand below the average income for single filers in the US. So basically average in the US, but extremely well off in terms of the world population.

Your mileage is obviously going to vary depending on where you live though.
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sktgamer_13dude posted...

Thats clearing 36k so pretty middle class

$100K is middle class in California. Anything below that is considered poverty.

FFVII_REMAKE posted...

$100K is middle class in California. Anything below that is considered poverty.

Even in California, it depends on where you live. There are still suburbs where you can buy plenty of space with a $300K mortgage. You might have to commute 3 hours to your job each way, but there's at least some housing supply in the desert.

Of course, a million dollars in a coastal city will get you a 1BR condo with no yard or a dilapidated mobile home on a small plot of land.
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Depends where you are

Poor in New York city
Doing well in Minnesota

$3100 is average for first world countries.
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