For the purposes of unfair benefits (such as in the book I mentioned), it is on the order of a million dollars.
It's definite if the person would be capable of living comfortably off of interest on their investments.
People with lower incomes than that, say the figures you mention, are wealthy as well, but are more upper middle class in my estimation. At the lower end of that range, it would depend on conditions such as family size and location.
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