article_snippet.sent: Crunching the numbers, a new study by Pew Charitable Trusts has revealed the exact salary you need to qualify in each state.
article_snippet.sent: Maryland's middle class is the highest paid in the country, with an average income of $72,483.
article_snippet.sent: The top five is completed by Hawaii and the District of Columbia, where middle class citizens are paid an average higher than $67,500.
article_snippet.sent: With an average income of $37,963, Mississippi's middle class is the lowest paid in the country.
article_snippet.sent: Mississippi's middle class is followed by Arkansas with $40,511, West Virginia with $41,253, Alabama with $42,849, and Kentucky with $43,399.
article_snippet.sent: The lowest paid middle class citizen in New York earns $38,246 and the highest paid takes an annual salary of $114,738.
article_snippet.sent: The average is $57,369.
article_snippet.sent: In California, 11th on the table, the average middle class income is $60,190, with a lower limit of $40,127 and an upper limit of $120,380.
article_snippet.sent: Technically, Pew's researchers explain, middle class households earn between 67 and 200 per cent of the state's average income.
article_snippet.sent: The national average income is $52,250.
highlights_snippet.sent: New study calculates how much middle class citizens earn in each state .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Highest paid middle class is in Maryland, Alaska, New Jersey, Hawaii, DC .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Lowest paid is in Mississippi, Arkansas, West Virginia, Alabama, Kentucky .