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The professional class refers to those individuals identified as professionals. Individuals in this particular group commonly distinguish themselves from other social groups by obtaining graduate degrees and holding highly specialized occupations <ref name="US Bureau of Labor list of professional occupations">US Bureau of Labor list of professional occupations. Retrieved on 2006-06-23.</ref>. Examples of such professions include academics, architects, engineers, lawyers, physicians, dentists, economists, political scientists and other scientists <ref name="NADbank classification of occupations">NADbank classification of occupations. Retrieved on 2006-06-23.</ref><ref name="US Bureau of Labor list of professional occupations">US Bureau of Labor list of professional occupations. Retrieved on 2006-06-23.</ref>. Persons of this group are most likely members of the upper middle class and tend to maintain comfortable incomes.<ref name="Dealing with Diversity">Adams, J.Q., Pearlie Strother-Adams (2001). Dealing with Diversity. Chicago, IL: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. ISBN 0-7872-8145-X.</ref>

[edit] See also

• Upper middle class
• Managerial class
• Upper class
• Profession
• Social class
• Household income in the United States
• Six figure income

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Social stratification: Social class
Bourgeoisie	Upper class	Ruling class	Nobility	White-collar
Petite bourgeoisie	Upper middle class	Creative class	Gentry	Blue-collar
Proletariat	Middle class	Working class	Nouveau riche	Pink-collar
Lumpenproletariat	Lower middle class	Lower class	Old Money	Gold-collar
	Slave class	Underclass		Classlessness
Social class in the United States
Middle classes	Upper classes	Social structure	Income	Educational attainment