The middle class is generally made up of people who fit some combination of the three. (This is not to say, for instance, that every 45-year-old black college grad is middle class.) ...

Researchers define middle class differently, ranging from household income to aspirational goals. Some experts say you are American middle class if you made between $51,200 to $153,000 in 2020.

America's middle class has been shrinking for the past 50 years. While middle class Americans remain the biggest income group by number of people, the same can't be said of the aggregate income ...

The term “middle class” was rarely used in the nation’s first 140 years. In the 19th century, it referred overwhelmingly to the self-employed: farmers, artisans, and merchants.

‘Middle class’ has lost all meaning: we need new ways to talk about society. The term is wildly out of date and used to describe the problems of the elite, writes Hannah Fearn.

Middle-class households spend 40% to 90% of their income on necessities. Another measure of the middle class is more qualitative, pegged to their role in society or their economic aspirations.

Middle class families are forward-looking, and they know that to achieve these goals, they must work hard, plan ahead and save for the future. Indeed, ...

(NEXSTAR) — With costs rising these days, it can be hard to tell whether you still rank in the middle class. Depending on where you live, what it takes to be a middle-earner can vary — greatly ...

The middle class is smaller than it was in 1971, according to a recent Pew Research Center study. Only 51% of Americans lived in middle-class households last year, compared with 61% just over five ...

Medical debt is a big burden for the middle class. Almost a quarter of middle-class Americans, or 17 million people, had unpaid health care bills in 2020, a larger share than those higher and ...

An annual household income of at least $131,566 is now needed to qualify as upper-middle class in New York state — but you need even more money in neighboring New Jersey and Connecticut.