9. I am lower middle class “ The lower middle class... these are people in technical and lower-level management positions who work for those in the upper middle class as lower managers, craftspeople, and the like. They enjoy a reasonably comfortable standard of living, although it is constantly threatened by taxes and inflation. Generally, they have a high school educational and perhaps some college or apprenticeship education." - Brian K. William, Stacy C. Sawyer and Carl M. Wahlstrom, Marriages, Families & Intimate Relationships , 2006 (Adapted from Dennis Gilbert 1997; and Joseph Kahl 1993)