Salaries

But in every single state in America, a $100,000 salary is no longer enough to be considered “upper-class”—and families with six-figure incomes are even struggling to get by. Growing up in the 90s a six figure job was like the epitome of ‘made it’. And now it barely covers the bills, and median income is even lower. Quote Citation: EMMA BURLEIGH, “People making six-figure salaries used to be considered rich—now households earning nearly $200,000 a year aren’t even considered upper-class in some U.