According to the United States Census Bureau, 1995 was a year of growth. For the first time in six years, households ...

America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy.

The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...

“Middle class” is often used as a monolithic term. When politicians invoke it, they’re referring to anyone who isn’t wildly wealthy or who wouldn’t classify as financially disadvantaged. But there’s ...

When more families cross into the upper middle class, that's a success. Don't let politicians sabotage upward mobility.

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A gap of at least $40,000 sits between the high end of the middle class and the low end of the top 5%, according to a new study from GOBankingRates.

Economic commentary, published Tuesday by veteran Wall Street strategist David Rosenberg, highlights the “historic divide between household assessments of the economy, labor income and personal income ...

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 ...

If you're earning $50,000 a year, where you live could mean the difference between paying less than $50 or about $4,000 in state income taxes annually. That's a lot more in your pocket - or your state ...

Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...