Qualifying 125k as upper class is indicative of a gross misunderstanding of capitalism and wealth concentration.  Upper class are business owners, old money heirs, celebrities and the like who find it odd that other people go into work 9-5 for 40 hours of their lives for 40 years.  They are less than 1 percent of the population and have incomes from investments of generally over 500k&#x2F;year and net worths of 10 million+.<p>This is a much more accurate description of the various levels of upper class from Economist Felix Dennis:<p>$2-4 million: The comfortable poor<p>$4-10 million: The comfortably off<p>$10-30 million: The comfortably wealthy<p>$30-80 million: The lesser rich<p>$80-150 million: The comfortably rich<p>$150-200 million: The rich<p>$200-400 million: The seriously rich<p>$400-800 million: The truly rich<p>$800 million - $1.998 billion: The filthy rich<p>$1.998 billion and Above: The super rich<p>citation: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wallstreetoasis.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;who-is-rich" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wallstreetoasis.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;who-is-rich</a>