The share of upper-middle-class households has been increasing, but so too has the share of the lower- and lower-middle-class households. Making a six-figure salary used to be thought of as ...

Ask three economists what upper-middle class means in India and you will get at least four answers. The label is slippery ...

The lower, middle and upper levels of the middle class are calculated by breaking the middle class into thirds. The states with the income range in the six figures within the lower-middle class ...

The upper middle class earns more than the typical American ... where the cost of living tends to be much lower. In Mississippi, for example, Bestplaces reports a family needs just $29,880 ...

Defining what it takes to be part of the American upper class in 2025 is a combination of various factors, including ...

Since wages and costs are lower, it's not a surprise that you don't need to earn as much to be in the upper middle class. And this trend holds true for the other low-cost states on this list as well.

When retirement planning, you should focus on accumulating wealth over the years and imitating financially savvy upper-middle-class individuals ... and keep them much lower than your income ...

Four newly translated novels, including Tezer Özlü’s work about a Turkish woman who travels in the footsteps of the writers ...

And yet a 2024 Gallup survey found that only 12 percent of Americans identified themselves as “lower class” and just 2 percent as “upper class.” In short: No one wants to be perceived as ...

A New York City program wants to foster student journalism. It’s as vexed by reader engagement as the professionals are.