LOWER MIDDLE CLASS

In developed nations across the earth, the lower middle class, is, much like the upper middle class, a sub-division of the greater middle class which constitutes by far the largest socio-economic class. According to the U.S. Library of Congress, in the U.S. "[t]he lower middle class, constituting the bulk of the middle class, came primarily from upwardly mobile members of the lower class." This particular sub group is, as the quote infers, the largest sub-label applied to members of the middle class. This group encompasses the stereotypical "average Joe" blue collar occupations. While it is often stated that the lower middle class is simply a synonym for the working class, it has been widely accepted in most class models, such as the Weberian model, as a sub-group of the middle class in its own right, positioned in between the working class and the true middle class.

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Social class in the US at a glance

See also

Social class in the US at a glance

See also

★ Lower class

★ Middle-middle class

★ Middle class

★ Upper middle class

★ Upper class

★ Household income in the United States