- Have high school diploma and some college experience
- Teachers, nurses, master craftspeople (plumbers, electricians, carpenters), and lower-level managers

Middle Class

- High School diploma, maybe a trade school
- Typical jobs are office support (secretaries, assistants), retail sales workers, factory workers, or low paid craftspeople

Working Class

University of Connecticut

Dennis Gilbert's model of class structure relies on income, occupation, and education. 

- There are 6 social classes that are situated within 3 broad categories:
- Privileged classes
- Majority classes
- Lower classes

The Social Class Structure of the US

Barian, A. et. al. (2020). A Sociology Experiment. https://www.sociologyexperiment.com/ 

A Sociology Experiment

Privileged Classes

Majority Classes

- Working poor
- Underclass
- People in these classes may have some education but not usually more than a high school diploma

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