More families are moving up into higher income brackets, a new report from the American Enterprise Institute said, throwing ...

The share of families classified as upper-middle class has jumped from 10% in 1979 to 31% in 2024, the report found. For the ...

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"The middle class is shrinking" might be the assertion of the decade. Progressives and populists alike use it to justify ...

Most studies purporting to find a shrinking middle class are prone to a variety of measurement and analytical problems.

Upper-middle class isn’t about inherited wealth anymore. It’s about strategic income moves that compound over time. These five side hustles can push household income from $75,000 to $150,000 (or more) ...

“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 ...

Likely to signal a strain on resources for older adults, the octogenarians in a higher income bracket — or who have a good retirement nest egg — may be in the best position to retire comfortably. But ...

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 ...