Middle-class life in the United States has always been defined less by a single number and more by a bundle of expectations: a stable home, a reliable car, some savings, and a shot at college for the ...

In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons with wood paneling. The median U.S. household income was $21,020, enough to buy a modest home, a ...

Path to Growth – Building and sustaining upper middle class status comes from increasing income, investing in real estate for passive cash flow, and using tax-efficient strategies to accelerate wealth ...

Upper-middle-class status has always been a moving target, but in 2025 the bar has shifted higher and become more dependent on where you live. A salary that once felt aspirational can now be barely ...

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 ...

A recent study explored the income levels required to be considered middle class in each state, including Oregon. Oregon's cost of living is 12% higher than the national average, making it the eighth ...

The middle class is often depicted as a kind of mythical economic group living in perfect financial balance. However, the reality is the middle class continues to shrink in much of the country amid ...

Economic commentary, published Tuesday by veteran Wall Street strategist David Rosenberg, highlights the “historic divide between household assessments of the economy, labor income and personal income ...

There's a lot of variation within each group. The top 5% of earners, for example, bring in $295,000 or more per year. That's nearly 10x what someone in the lowest quintile earns annually. It's also ...

For 10 years, my wife and daughter and I lived overseas. We lived an upper-middle class lifestyle on my wife’s teacher salary of around $50,000, while saving and investing every penny of my income. We ...