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 ...

"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify nearly all government interventions, from tariffs to minimum-wage hikes to ...

It's no secret that the American middle class has been steadily shrinking: in the past 50 years, the share of Americans living in middle-class households dropped from 61% to 52% between 1971 and 2024, ...

Gina Young is an accomplished finance writer who has written for publications including SuperMoney, Examiner, Lexington Law, Talk Markets, and CreditRepair.com. Throughout her career in finance, Gina ...

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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 ...

The median net worth of Americans ages 55 to 64 was $364,500 in 2022, while those 65 to 74 had a median net worth of $409,000. These figures from the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finances ...

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