The American middle class once defined economic security, yet today a large majority of households are stretched so thin that ...

To define the middle class solely by income range is weak and unreliable, because there are just too many other variables to ...

Do you know whether you’re middle class or not? Based on the Pew Research Center’s 2024 analysis of government data, roughly ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. The Good Brigade / Getty Images If your household income was ...

WASHINGTON – The American Council of Life Insurers announced the results of its October 2025 Financial Resilience Index, which measures middle-class households’ abilities to manage financial ...

There’s only so much you can control about your financial situation. You can’t snap your fingers and magically increase your salary. The reality is that if you’re in the middle class, one of the ...

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In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons with wood paneling. The ...

Discover the level of net worth people in their 60s typically need to be viewed as part of the middle class today in a ...

Many Americans underestimate their financial standing, especially those who prioritize saving over status or opt for stability over flash. While “upper-middle class” can feel like an elusive label, it ...

While many of the differentiators between wealthy people in the upper class and the shrinking middle demographic are almost entirely institutional, there are still several individual-level things ...