The size of the middle class depends on how it is defined, whether by education, wealth, environment of upbringing, social network, manners or values, etc. These are all related, though far from deterministically dependent. The following factors are often ascribed in modern usage to a "middle class":[by whom?]
Lifestyle. In the United Kingdom, social status has historically been linked less directly to wealth than in the United States,[5] and has also been judged by pointers such as accent, manners, place of education, occupation and the class of a person's family, circle of friends and acquaintances.[6][7]
Cultural identification. Often in the United States, the middle class are the most eager participants in pop culture whereas the reverse is true in Britain.[8]
The second generation of new immigrants will often enthusiastically forsake their traditional folk culture as a sign of having arrived in the middle class.[citation needed]
In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class.
她可能想让大家知道她的老公收入很高,她不需要工作还是有长期饭票,我就帮她挑明了,让各位羡慕她吧。
另外从头到尾都没有人说自己属于中产,只是有人提及中产阶级的负担很重,因此纠缠在这个中产的划分上毫无意义。不过为了回应你post的阶级划分文章,我也告诉你我摘录的表格来自The Progreessive Economics forum里面的文章what is a middle class income these days?表格是2009年的,但文章是2011年写的。google上找来的。