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en-wikipedia-org-1150		American middle class - Wikipedia			.html	text/html	9304	1083	63	In terms of financial wealth income, the professional middle class fits in the top third, but seldom reach the top 5% of American society.[14] According to sociologists such as Dennis Gilbert, James M. According to this approach, occupation becomes more essential in determining class than income.[23] Whereas professionals tend to create, conceptualize, consult and instruct, most Americans do not enjoy a high degree of independence in their work, as they merely follow set instructions.[8][22] In 2004, sociologist Leonard Beeghley identifies a male making $57,000 and a female making $40,000 with a combined households income of $97,000 as a typical American middle-class family.[26] In 2005, sociologists William Thompson and Joseph Hickey estimate an income range of roughly $35,000 to $75,000 for the lower middle class and $100,000 or more for the upper middle class.	./cache/en-wikipedia-org-1150.html	./txt/en-wikipedia-org-1150.txt