With a median income income hovering around $75,000 in the United States, some of the shrinking middle class is moving to the upper class. The share of income held by the middle class fell from 61% in ...

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 ...

Does your annual salary place you among the lower-middle class? It depends on the state you live in, according to GOBankingRates data. The minimum income threshold for the lower-middle class in states ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. Have you ever caught yourself wondering, “Am I ...

In the last 30 years, life has gotten significantly more expensive. As the costs seem to grow endlessly, taking a ride on a time machine to see what it took for a household to qualify as upper middle ...

“Middle class” is often used as a monolithic term. When politicians invoke it, they’re referring to anyone who isn’t wildly wealthy or who wouldn’t classify as financially disadvantaged. But there’s ...