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

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

Yes, the middle class is hollowing out—because more are rising upward.

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 ...

Between 1979 and 2024, productivity in the U.S. soared by 80.9%, while hourly pay grew by just 29.4%, according to research by the Economic Policy Institute. This trend has often been referred to as ...

Data now shows that comfortable amenities like gym memberships and rooftop solar panels are no longer as commonplace in the ...

In part of her New Year's Day message on Thursday, Gov. Kathy Hochul took time to remind residents of several tax relief and affordability measures that began effective ...

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.

While the average middle-class income has increased slightly over the past decade, a great deal of their expenses, from healthcare to groceries, rent, and transportation, have become more expensive ...

Rising costs could make these six once-attainable luxuries unaffordable for the upper middle class in five years—see which ...

Most studies purporting to find a shrinking middle class are prone to a variety of measurement and analytical problems.