Here's how you might just stack up to the average middle-class American in 2026.

This report examines key changes in the economic status of the American middle class from 1970 to 2023 and its demographic attributes in 2022. The historical analysis is based on U.S. Census Bureau ...

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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 ...

The term "middle class" can cause confusion when Americans talk to Brits because it doesn't means the same thing in the U.S.

All too often, middle-class Americans in their forties have a number in their head, and a number in their bank account, and ...

Americans are often curious about "how they are doing" in relation to others in terms of their investments, both in terms of performance and to see whether they are "missing out" on something that ...

A Pew Research study found about 51% of Americans were living in middle-class households in 2023, down from 61% in 1971. But some states are seeing middle-class households rake in bigger bucks.

How Long Will It Last? One of the great myths about America is that we are a middle class society. That is, most of us fit between the extremes of wealth and poverty. This myth may have originated ...

The good news is that Americans have never been richer. The bad news is that most of them don’t feel like it. There has been tremendous growth in income and wealth in the U.S. in the last half-century ...

A. Mechele Dickerson examines the creation of America's middle class and why it's struggling today. Owning a home, having stable employment and a retirement plan ... all of these are key elements of ...

The middle class may be the foundation upon which the United States was built, but a number of recent studies suggest the working class is being left in the dust. A study from the Pew Research Center ...