Across the United States, the line between middle and upper-middle income is shifting, and it looks very different in Boston than it does in Birmingham. The gap is not just about how much money a ...

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

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

There’s good news for Americans who don’t yet earn a six-figure income and want to join the upper-middle class. The lowest end of upper-middle class income is under $95,000 in ...

Every election cycle, politicians focus on talking to the middle class. Clearly, that’s where most people live. But the ...

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

Earning a household income of $150,000 might sound like a lot, but in many of the biggest cities in the U.S. it still puts you squarely in the middle class. Middle-class households earn between ...

What is considered middle class? It might take more money than you think to reach this income tier. The Pew Research Center defines middle class, or middle-income households, as those with incomes ...

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 ...

A new report shows the metro outperforms most of the U.S. on middle-class affordability, but many are still struggling to make ends meet.