* Upper-upper class. "Old money." People who have been born into and raised with wealth; mostly consits of old noble or prestigious families (e.g. Vanderbilt, Rockerfeller, Hilton). * Lower-upper class. "New money." Individuals who have become rich within their own lifetimes (e.g. entrepreneurs, movie stars, as well as some prominent professionals). * Upper-middle class. High-salaried professionals (e.g. doctors, lawyers, higher rung (were in the corporate market, yet left for a reason such as family time) professors, corporate executives). * True-middle class. Professional with salaries and educational attainment higher than those found among lower-middle class workers (e.g. bottom rung professors, managerial office workers, architects) * Lower-middle class. Lower-paid professionals, but not manual laborers (e.g. police officers, non-management office workers, small business owners). * Upper-lower class. Blue-collar workers and manual labourers. Also known as the "working class." * Lower-lower class. The homeless and permanently unemployed, as well as the "working poor."
1. Top out-of-sight: the super-rich, heirs to huge fortunes 2. Upper Class: rich CEOs, diplomats, people who can afford full-time domestic staff, and some high salaried, prominent professionals (examples include surgeons and some highly-paid types of lawyers) 3. Upper-Middle Class: self-made well-educated professionals 4. Middle Class: office workers 5. High Prole: skilled blue-collar workers 6. Mid Prole: workers in factories and the service industry 7. Low Prole: manual laborers 8. Destitute: the homeless and the disreputable (but still free) 9. Bottom out-of-sight: those incarcerated in prisons and institutions