About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recent available government data. Roughly three-in-ten (28%) were in ...

We have all heard the grim news. The middle class is shrinking. Income inequality is rising. It raises the question: What does it really mean to be middle class in 2018? Well, that depends on who you ...

A SmartAsset poll ranks Iowa 34th in the country on list of highest middle class household incomes.

A new 2026 study from financial advice technology company, SmartAsset, says you need to make at least $53,147 to be considered middle class in Texas. The study uses Pew Research's definition of middle ...

Most Americans guess wrong about which class they belong to. Here's what your 2026 paycheck says about you.

(The Hill) – What does it take to be middle class? Roughly $82,000 a year in household income in San Francisco, $74,000 in Seattle and $60,000 in Washington, D.C., a new study says, but only $24,000 ...

For many middle-class Americans, kids, marriage, and even a car now feel harder to afford. What that shift could mean for your finances in the years ahead.