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 ...

More Americans are breaking into the upper middle class, but for those left behind, the dream of homeownership may be slipping out of reach. About 31% of U.S. households earn enough to be considered ...

WASHINGTON — Ask two experts on Ohio’s economy whether the American middle class is shrinking, and you’ll get two very different answers. Both will have data to back them up. “The good news is we’re ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON - Few phrases carry more weight in American political life than ‘the middle class.’ Politicians invoke it constantly, economists argue about it endlessly, and most Americans identify with ...

Let’s take a break from the war and follow up on an important economic story, and that is the continued mobility of the great American middle class. There’s a lot more prosperity here than left-wing ...

A new analysis shows the income needed to reach the upper-middle class varies widely depending on where you live. Researchers at GOBankingRates calculated the income thresholds for upper-middle-class ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Labor unions are under attack by Republican governors across the country. The reason is that unions are ...