{"id":38115,"date":"2025-07-26T06:21:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38115\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T06:21:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T06:21:09","slug":"heres-how-much-money-is-needed-to-be-considered-middle-class-in-maryland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/38115\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s how much money is needed to be considered middle class in Maryland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/EDEDE539CEA57A10E0B64C5BF68EB4B9-0-1751210673587.jpg\" alt=\"State of the Economy: Unemployment rate, inflation and recession concerns\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-57dc2675=\"\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">BETHESDA, Md. &#8211; How much money does it take for a household to be considered middle class? A new study shows that the bar is pretty high if you live in Maryland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">By the numbers:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">GOBankingRates found that Marylanders required the most money \u2013 a median household income of $101,652\u00a0 \u2013 to be considered middle class.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The lowest end of middle class income, $67,768, was also the highest of all 50 states. And on the other end of the spectrum, $203,304 is the highest end of middle class income in Maryland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The personal finance site analyzed data from the 2023 American Community Survey as conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, then found the middle class income for each state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">The company\u00a0followed the Pew Research Center\u2019s definition of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/tag\/business\/personal-finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">middle-class income<\/a> \u2014 &#8220;two-thirds to double the\u00a0U.S. median <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/tag\/business\/personal-finance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">household income<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gobankingrates.com\/money\/economy\/what-is-middle-class-in-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">See the full report here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Which states require the most money to be lower class?\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Big picture view:<\/p>\n<p data-v-bd34935e=\"\">Other states that topped the list included New Jersey, Massachusetts, Hawaii, California, New Hampshire, Washington and Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This story includes information from a study by GOBanking Rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/tag\/us\/md\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Maryland<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/tag\/news\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/tag\/money\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Money<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5dc.com\/tag\/top-stories\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-bd34935e=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Top Stories<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BETHESDA, Md. &#8211; How much money does it take for a household to be considered middle class? 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