Since allot of the posts lately end up with a few privileged among us telling the rest of us to"just marry upper class". Or, "those are mostly prole problems. Or my favorite, "upper class men don't marry down"

I figure it's time to take a look at the upper class. It's only about 3% of the population. Everyone else here probably works for a living, and i doubt the upper class men spend much time on Reddit anyway.

So a waitress landing an electrician is still trading up, and is probably considered a "high quality man" to her.

Models of U.S. Social Classes

A team of sociologists recently posited that there are six social classes in America. In this model, the upper class (3% of the population ) is divided into upper-upper class (1% of the U.S. population, earning hundreds of millions to billions per year) and the lower-upper class (2%, earning millions per year). The middle class (40%) is divided into upper-middle class (14%, earning $76,000 or more per year) and the lower-middle class (26%, earning $46,000 to $75,000 per year). The working class (30%) earns $19,000 to $45,000 per year. The lower class (27%) is divided into working poor (13%, earning $9000 to 18,000 per year) and underclass (14%, earning under $9000 per year). This model has gained traction as a tool for thinking about social classes in America, but it does not fully account for variations in status based on non-economic factors, such as education and occupational prestige. This critique is somewhat mitigated by the fact that income is often closely aligned with other indicators of status; for example, those with high incomes likely have substantial education, high status occupations, and powerful social networks.