Understanding your place within America’s socio-economic spectrum can be challenging, especially with the existence of five distinct wealth classes. These classifications vary significantly across ...

Upper-middle-class status has always been a moving target, but in 2025 the bar has shifted higher and become more dependent on where you live. A salary that once felt aspirational can now be barely ...

“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 ...

Path to Growth – Building and sustaining upper middle class status comes from increasing income, investing in real estate for passive cash flow, and using tax-efficient strategies to accelerate wealth ...

We’ve all heard terms like “middle class,” “lower class,” and “upper class,” but what do they really mean today? Class isn’t just about income or a number on a paycheck; it also reflects the types of ...

Ever wonder where your income puts you compared to the rest of the country? I do. Not in a comparison-obsessed way, but more like a quick "Am I doing OK?" check-in kind of thing. The U.S. Census ...

A Business Insider analysis reveals the household income needed to be middle class in major US cities, and it's highest in California and Virginia.

With recession worries at an all-time high, you might be wonder what counts as being upper class. Different people tend to disagree on what exactly rich or upper class means in 2025, in terms of ...

Corrections & Clarifications: An earlier version of this story misspelled Jeremy Horpedahl's name. America’s middle class is spooked about the economy. Consumer confidence has been falling for most of ...

The difference between wealthy people today and the upper middle class in the 90s is the wealth gap. In the 90s, more people could afford some of the basic status symbols they sought out in their ...

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 ...