About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recent available government data. Roughly three-in-ten (28%) were in ...

After a year filled with economic uncertainty, inflation concerns and job market anxiety, many Americans are entering 2026 ...

A Pew Research study found about 51% of Americans were living in middle-class households in 2023, down from 61% in 1971. But ...

A six-figure income used to be shorthand for “rich.” Now, it’s barely enough to get by in many parts of the country.

In high-cost states, $100K no longer buys upper-middle class living. A new report shows it’s lower-middle class in 12 states, ...

This report examines key changes in the economic status of the American middle class from 1970 to 2023 and its demographic attributes in 2022. The historical analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau ...

Various forces shape individuals' economic classes beyond income, such as education level, marital status, home ownership status, the ability to take vacations and more. 54% of Americans self-identify ...

A six-figure income used to mean you’d made it — but those days are long gone for Californians and residents of several other ...

A new MoneyLion report finds that in 12 high-cost states, a $100,000 household income falls into the lower-middle-class tier.

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Within that band, the lower third is classified as “lower-middle class.” In California, where the median household income ...

GOBankingRates referred to the Pew Research Center’s definition of middle class as two-thirds to double the median household income to determine the cities where a six-figure income is considered ...