Upper-middle-class status has always been a moving target, but the next year will be especially pivotal as inflation, wage growth and housing costs collide. To get a realistic picture of where the bar ...

Moving up the financial ladder doesn’t always look the way people expect. According to a 2024 Gallup Poll, 54% of Americans self-identify as middle class. Going from middle class to upper middle class ...

For 10 years, my wife and daughter and I lived overseas. We lived an upper-middle class lifestyle on my wife’s teacher salary of around $50,000, while saving and investing every penny of my income. We ...

Upper-middle-class Americans fall into a gray zone between financial comfort and extreme wealth. They don’t necessarily have to worry too much about money — but they can’t afford to be reckless with ...

At over 1,000 pages long, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act certainly qualifies as “big.” It includes dozens of provisions that affect upper-middle-class taxpayers, from preserving the child tax credit ...

When you reach your 50s, it’s natural to start thinking about your financial status and how yours compares to other people the same age. The Brookings Institution defines the middle class as making up ...

While the bill has been touted as a way to offer financial relief to Americans, it doesn’t exactly give much help. “This thing is mostly smoke and mirrors for upper middle class families (that ...