How the middle class was hollowed out from 1979 to 2022, according to new federal data

The top 1% saw its share of household income double from 1979 to 2022, going from 9% to 18%, the CBO said. The middle cohort ...

Struggling to afford kids, marriage, or a car? The new reality for the middle class

Geography now defines middle-class life as much as income does.Shrinking middle class numbers reveal deeper shifts in how ...

Here’s the Minimum Net Worth Considered To Be Upper Middle Class at 50

See how your net worth compares at age 50 and what qualifies as upper middle class. Plus, key factors that shape financial ...

How Middle-Class Income in 1995 Compares To Now

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 As The Upper-Middle Class Booms, Grows From 10% To 31%, Report Says

The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...
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Are you middle class? Here's what it takes to be middle class in Rhode Island in 2025

The income needed to maintain middle-class status in the United States has risen—and Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states, according to calculations by SmartAsset. Reaching middle-class ...
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11 Activities Upper Middle Class People Think Are Normal That Everyone Else Can’t Afford

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 ...
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A Six-Figure Income Is ‘Lower-Middle Class’ in These High-Cost Cities

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 ...

Here’s the Minimum Net Worth Considered To Be Middle Class in Your 20s

“You’re on middle-class footing in your 20s when your net worth is positive, an emergency fund is real and liquid, retirement ...