America's middle class is not just feeling squeezed, it is objectively shrinking and losing ground in the national economy.

What feels fancy depends on what you grew up with. Some stores feel like luxury to lower-middle-class shoppers, but many ...

Across the country, middle-class Americans are discovering that expenses their parents treated as routine milestones now feel ...

Data now shows that comfortable amenities like gym memberships and rooftop solar panels are no longer as commonplace in the ...

In recent decades, researchers have identified a dramatic nationwide shift: The American middle-class family is struggling. The middle class is a social group that is defined mainly by income. A 2024 ...

Nearly a quarter of middle-income individuals struggle to pay all of their bills every month, according to a study from the Pew Research Center, causing them to make compromises, prioritize ...

Determining whether you’re rich or part of the middle class can be tricky. So many factors can eat into your income, such as cost of living, grocery bills and how many people you have in your care. It ...

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 ...

It's hard to determine a person's status based on their appearance alone, as not all wealth is flashy. Some of the most telling habits of upper-class people have nothing to do with showing off. They ...