I would classify it as follows

Lower middle >80=250
middle class >250=600
upper middle >600=800
upper class >800=1.5M
elite >1.5m

Just my thinking not based on any informed source

Per month Sober

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I believe the difference in lifestyle of people earning 300k-1M per month is almost negligible so they would nt fall into three distinct groups


In Kenya anyone netting over 50k I would consider middle class too, but you need to factor in lifestyle and education too[/quote]


Well mmmmh nice input though i differ 300K- 1M almost negligible? start with the likely locality of where they might stay, what they drive, which schools they take their kids etc then you will see the difference...

50k middle class, well okay lakini issh issh... i dont know maybe

Different dimension and a nice approach to the discussion, you have a solid point

Spending & income go hand in hand for classification purposes.
How would you classify:
1. A guy living in Ayani Kibera in his own house & has 10 rental houses @ 15k rent pm, takes his kids to Riara
2. A guy just across living in Hurlingham earning a salo of 150k net, living in a house where he pays 40k in rent pm, takes his kids to Riara & has investments worth 25m.

if you have the resources to cover all of your needs and some of your wants, plus the ability to save for the future, then you are in middle class, i.e you are neither rich nor poor.

Middle class isn't just about income and spending. Health, education, home ownership, political freedom, security -- are directly linked to the strength of the middle class.

You are also automatically in middle class by virtue of your profession (academic, accountant, lawyer, engineer, politician and doctor etc).

I once said!!!!

What do you call the class of young men that are living off their mom's money and "managing" (stealing) mom's real estate, collecting dad's rents, pretending to be rich, always in upscale clubs, restaurants and bars showing off, having people fetch faggis for them, talking big, drinking Heinekin and Johnny Mtembezi, driving older Mercedes or tricked-out Mitsubishis with the stereo way too loud, always bragging about the "mitas" that they have invested in the NSE or real estate, starting businesses that they cannot or don't know how to run, always making excuses for what they actually "do", that refuse to finish university and refuse to take on a steady job (even though their family practically GIVES them jobs and school fees), that you haven't seen in two weeks because they "have been in Dubai or Guangzao" and must have the latest, greatest phone?

...And are always hitting their siblings or in-laws up for KsH for the latest, greatest "investment opportunity".

Best,

Hill

Being middle class is relative to the standard of living one attains rather than salary etal. I would consider any one who affords to have decent basic needs and/ without comforts to be middle class.

where do people who earns 100k a month lives?