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

That said, the shifts in middle-class household income requirements have not been the same in every state. In some states, the household income range of the middle class hasn’t increased quite as much ...

Ali Hussain has a background that consists of a career in finance with large financial institutions and in journalism covering business. CG Tan / Getty Images If your household income was between ...

When asked how they identify their social class 54% of Americans said they belong to the middle class, according to one ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The comment sections of TikTok’s “middle-class house tours” feature thousands of Americans arguing about what qualifies as middle ...

Spoiler alert: It costs much more in 2025 to be considered “middle class” than it did in 1990. And that makes sense, given that both wages and the cost of living have increased significantly over the ...

With no major relief announced for salaried taxpayers in Budget 2026, a video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s ...

If you’ve lived in California for a while, you’ve probably noticed that what once felt “comfortable” financially doesn’t quite stretch as far as it used to. Prices for housing, groceries and even a ...