Perceptions of social classes in Italy 2019

In 2019, most of Italians assumed to belong to the middle class. More specifically, 52 percent of individuals defined their social status as middle class. Moreover, 37 percent of Italians stated to be part of the lower social class. Data for social class perception suggested that the occupation with the highest share of upper-class people was being a student. At the same time, freelance professional was most popular job position among middle class citizens, while the majority of unemployed people felt to belong to the lower class.How much do Italians earn on average?From 2006 to 2015, gross household disposable income per capita in Italy was fluctuating with no precise pattern. In the next three years, however, gross income per capita steadily increased until peaking above 31 thousand U.S. dollars in 2018. This figure put Italy at the 17th place in the ranking of OECD countries with the gross disposable income per household.Income inequalities in ItalyNational average figures can be quite misleading. In Italy, substantial economic differences across regions and also due to gender can be observed. Inhabitants of the South and the Islands earn on average around ten thousand euros less annually than Italians from the North East. Moreover, female households’ average net income in 2017 was eight thousand euros smaller than male households’ income.

于2019年，多数意大利人自认为属于中产阶级。具体而言，52%的个体将自己定义为中产阶级。此外，37%的意大利人声称自己属于较低的社会阶层。关于社会阶层认知的数据表明，学生职业是上层阶级人士占比最高的职业。与此同时，自由职业者是中产阶级公民中最受欢迎的职业，而大多数失业者则认为自己属于下层阶级。意大利人的平均收入是多少？从2006年到2015年，意大利的人均可支配家庭收入呈现出无明确规律的变化。然而，在接下来的三年里，人均可支配收入稳步上升，直至在2018年超过31,000美元，这一数字使意大利在经合组织国家中的人均可支配家庭收入排名中位列第17位。意大利的收入不平等现象国家平均水平可能颇具误导性。在意大利，地区间的经济差异以及性别差异均十分显著。南部和岛屿地区的居民年均收入比东北部地区的意大利人低约一万欧元。此外，2017年女性家庭的平均净收入比男性家庭的收入低八千欧元。