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America's middle class is shrinking, but not because people are getting poorer. Instead, more households are climbing the ladder, new research suggests.

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Various forces shape individuals' economic classes beyond income, such as education level, marital status, home ownership status, the ability to take vacations and more. 54% of Americans self-identify ...

About half of U.S. adults (52%) lived in middle-income households in 2022, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of the most recent available government data. Roughly three-in-ten (28%) were in ...

Methodology: For this piece, MoneyLion found the median income in every state for households, families, married couple families and non-family households. With these median incomes found, MoneyLion ...

Rising national bar: The 2026 projected upper-class threshold nationally is above $180,000, driven by inflation and state-level cost pressures. State cost divide: Some states set upper-class ...

Upper class benchmarks: MoneyLion’s 2026 study finds upper class income minimums are roughly double median household earnings ...

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