To land in the top 20% of U.S. households, you'll need to earn $153,001 or more. Here's where your income puts you, plus what ...

The top 20% of earners make $153,001 or more. See how much income it takes to be considered upper, middle, or lower class.

Lower class, middle class, and upper class are all widely used, but rarely defined terms. For some people, lower class means living in poverty, upper class means a life of luxury, and middle class is ...

We’ve all heard terms like “middle class,” “lower class,” and “upper class,” but what do they really mean today? Class isn’t just about income or a number on a paycheck; it also reflects the types of ...

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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 ...

The power of a six-figure (or more) salary is seemingly fading depending on where you live, bumping some U.S. earners into a "lower middle class" status. "In America’s most expensive cities, the bar ...