Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dennis Hallinan / Getty Images In 1980 middle-class families lived in a world of Atari consoles, rotary phones and station wagons ...

In the U.S., whether you're considered middle class or not may depend on where you live. In some states, you can earn over $150,000 and still be considered middle class. GOBankingRates determined the ...

When it comes to your personal finances, you might think you know exactly where you stand on the economic ladder, but the reality of American income classes might surprise you. Whether you consider ...

Earning more than $110,000 in household income doesn't make you rich — but in most states, it means you're upper-middle class. Nationwide, upper-middle class households earn a median income between ...

Earning a six-figure salary used to be the hallmark of financial success but now doesn’t seem to stretch your means past the financial status of the middle class. This is true for many places in the ...

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 ...

Defining yourself within the American middle class can be tricky. Your social construct is based on more than just your salary; it depends on everything from where you live to how you live. In the U.S ...

The ranks of Americans who fall on the extreme ends of the income spectrum has been growing steadily in recent decades. According to a study from the Pew Research Center, 30% of the U.S. population ...

Making the middle class in Pennsylvania is getting harder as the national average is growing. The middle class is a socioeconomic group that falls between the working class and the upper class. They ...