From factory paychecks that bought houses to pension plans that actually existed, the economic reality of 1970s working families reads like fantasy fiction to their grandchildren drowning in student ...

Lower-middle-class sacrifice isn’t loud. It shows up quietly in the choices you used to make without thinking, and that ...

When more families cross into the upper middle class, that's a success. Don't let politicians sabotage upward mobility.

“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 ...

Hobbies reveal stark social divides, extending beyond income to differing views on time and investment. Upper-middle-class families treat leisure as strategic assets for networking and long-term gains ...

The middle class is indeed shrinking, but new research reveals the trend is actually good news.

GOBankingRates referred to the Pew Research Center’s definition of middle class as two-thirds to double the median household income to determine the cities where a six-figure income is considered ...

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 ...