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A record share of American families now have both parents working full time. <\/p>\n

According to a new Pew Research Center study, 52% of two-parent households with children under the age of 18 are full-time dual-income earners \u2014 an increase of 21 points since 1975.<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the share of families where the father works full time and the mother isn’t employed has dropped from 42% in 1975 to 23% last year, according to the survey. More than 8 in 10 parents cite finances as a reason for why both parents work full time, but less than half say it’s had a positive impact on their children’s well-being, and 22% say the effect has been negative.<\/p>\n

It comes as the days of households earning $100,000 per year being considered upper-middle class appear to be coming to an end in some parts of the country. <\/p>\n

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According to a recent report by MoneyLion, a household income of $100,000 would put families in 12 states into the lower-middle class \u2014 defined as households making anywhere from two-thirds to twice the annual median income.<\/p>\n

The report found that residents of Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Hawaii, California, New Hampshire, Washington, Colorado, Utah, Connecticut, Alaska and Virginia all need household incomes of more than $100,000 to avoid being considered lower-middle class. Massachusetts had the highest threshold, with the top income for a lower-middle-class household at $116,476.<\/p>\n

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