The share of middle class Americans has fallen in the last 50 years. And while most (51%) are still middle class, according to the Pew Research Center, it makes sense to question how those classes are ...

Though terms like these can’t fully encapsulate people’s specific financial realities, they can be useful. The differences between how the lower middle class and upper middle class are living can ...

A lot of people think the U.S. middle class is shrinking. But as of 2022, a good 52% of Americans lived in a middle-class household, says Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, 28% of Americans are part of ...

A Business Insider analysis reveals the household income needed to be middle class in major US cities, and it's highest in California and Virginia.

Considering the number of American families considered to fall into the middle class has decreased in the past several decades, as a study from the Pew Research Center shows, it’s important to ...

Having money or being “upper class” is about much more than the money in your bank account. According to a study from the British Journal of Social Psychology, our socioeconomic status plays a role in ...

Gen Z has a surprisingly specific number in mind for when a paycheck stops feeling merely "comfortable" and starts looking like upper class. Their benchmark is lower than what older generations expect ...

There’s a distinction between the lower, middle and upper classes, but did you know there’s also a category between them called the “upper middle” class? While the middle class is often considered ...