Middle class isn't about where you are employed, it's about you employing yourself eg. You're not dependent on someone else for money.

edit: although you are dependent on customers. But the recent /r/dataisbeautfiul post said that if you're employed, you're not middle class. Middle class is like a company owner.

I shall find the link.

Hurr tis

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/comments/54ahqj/eve...

Saw this somewhere on Reddit.

Factory work sucks, but I see people who put in the years and get to 50K, but fuck factory work. Unless you do something cool. In my instance cutting meat (doing the same thing, 6,300 times in a day)