I used to think I was being smart with money when I sold my first startup. Paid off my student loans, had some runway, and immediately started spending like someone who’d “made it.” Then the second ...

New state-by-state data reveals what it takes to reach the top 10% - and how living costs and inequality reshape what "rich" really means. BuchhaltungsButler, DataPulse Research In the United States, ...

If you had the displeasure of perusing through the social media site formerly known as Twitter over the recent Thanksgiving holiday, you’ve probably witnessed some of the least grateful people in ...

The U.S. government doesn’t officially publish a line called “upper class income.” Instead, most serious conversations about class use income tiers: lower income, middle income, and upper income. One ...

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 ...

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 ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Living in Colorado isn’t known to be cheap, with what it takes to have a “middle class” income in the state rising more than most. In several Colorado cities, however, even the ...

The dream of a Hawaii vacation is quickly slipping away as rising costs are pricing out middle-class travelers. What was once considered to be an attainable trip for many is quickly becoming a luxury ...

Upper-middle-class status has always been a moving target, but the next year will be especially pivotal as inflation, wage growth and housing costs collide. To get a realistic picture of where the bar ...

In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons with wood paneling. The median U.S. household income was $21,020, enough to buy a modest home, a ...

Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other Unexpected Places to ...