"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

Moving up the financial ladder doesn’t always look the way people expect. According to a 2024 Gallup Poll, 54% of Americans self-identify as middle class. Going from middle class to upper middle class ...

If you grew up middle class, you probably never gave a second thought to many of the items in your home or what your home looked like. But for those from a poorer background, visiting middle class ...

Spoiler alert: It costs much more in 2025 to be considered “middle class” than it did in 1990. And that makes sense, given that both wages and the cost of living have increased significantly over the ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Jeremy Horpedahl's name. America’s middle class is spooked about the economy. Consumer confidence has been falling for most of ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. CG Tan / Getty Images If your household income was between ...

It is possible to change your social class status but not without huge paradigm shifts, a great deal of intentional dedicated effort, acquiring new social and professional skills, and having mentors ...

Financial toughness for the middle class is less about luck and more about repeatable habits that protect every paycheck.

That said, the shifts in middle-class household income requirements have not been the same in every state. In some states, the household income range of the middle class hasn’t increased quite as much ...

A new study has revealed how much you need to earn to live a middle class lifestyle in every U.S. state, and the minimum income varies by $30,000 The American middle class is a broad socioeconomic ...