Earning $300,000 a year is still considered middle class in this U.S. city—it’s not New York or LA

Around half the American population is considered middle class, according to the most recent Pew Research data. But being middle class looks different depending on where you are.

Pew’s commonly used definition of middle class sets the range of middle income salaries between two-thirds and double the median salary for a given area. That means you can earn $100,000 and be considered middle class in some locales, but not others.