You need to make this much to be considered ‘middle class’ in Southern California

What does it mean to be “middle class” anymore? The definition can be confusing — and it changes depending on where you live and how many people are in your household. 

In a study published in 2022, Pew Research Center defined “middle-income” adults as “adults in 2021 with an annual household income that was two-thirds to double the national median income in 2020, after incomes have been adjusted for household size.”

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Which is why I moved out of state when I retired. There's no way I could live on what I make now, even in the Central Valley.