The concept of being middle class in America has shifted dramatically. What used to guarantee a comfortable lifestyle now ...

Financial stability seems to be waning in America. With unrelenting inflation, stagnant wages and an overall feeling of being squeezed, the middle class is struggling. This has led many Americans to ...

GOBankingRates asked 1,000 adults across different generations what salary they think is necessary to be considered “upper ...

Social scientists use 3 common methods to define class—by occupation, income, or education—and there is really no consensus about the “right” way to do it. Michael Zweig, a leading scholar in ...

The definition of America’s middle class used to be a lot clearer than it is today — thanks to the changes of inflation and cost of living. According to data from Pew Research Center, the country’s ...

When my parents emigrated (separately) to the U.S. from Hungary in the late 1950s and 1960s, they both landed in the Midwest: the heartbeat of America, the hub of American manufacturing, and the ...

The rise of the global middle class is one of the great economic triumphs of our time, or so we’re told repeatedly. “For the first time, the number of people in the middle class surpasses those living ...