How much do you need to earn in the Bluegrass State to be considered middle class? Here’s what a report from finance company Smartasset found. Ryan C. Hermens rhermens@herald-leader.com More than 50% ...

If you asked most people what income makes you upper class, you'd probably hear numbers like $250,000 or $500,000. The data says otherwise. In 2026, upper class is primarily a percentile definition.

Billionaires are now Public Enemy No. 1 in America. Majorities of voters, in both parties, think the gap between the rich and poor is a big problem and that the rich have too much power. To be fair, ...

Methodology: For this study, GOBankingRates analyzed each U.S. State to find the line between middle-middle class and upper-middle class. For each state a number of factors were sourced including; ...

Jordan McGillis writes in “Why the Middle Class Feels Poor” (op-ed, Feb. 12) that middle-class families feel they’re “losing ever more ground to the upper middle class.” He calls this “intensifying ...

Virgin Atlantic has rebuilt its Upper Class from the ground up with the A350 Suites, but the real question is whether it can now compete with the industry’s best. This video goes inside the redesigned ...

What does it mean to have a comfortable lifestyle in the Valley? Maybe it means not worrying about the weekly grocery bill or a surprise car repair. Maybe it means fretlessly tapping that credit card ...

One thing this table hides is how wide the top tier really is. The top 5% bring in roughly $295,000 or more. At that point, income differences stop being gradual and start compounding quickly. It also ...

Middle-class families don’t feel as secure as they once did. It isn’t because the poverty line is “really” $140,000, as Michael Green claimed in a viral essay last year. Yet the impoverished feeling ...

Methodology: For this study, MoneyLion analyzed each state to find the line where upper-middle class begins. Median household income was sourced from the 2024 1-year U.S. Census American Community ...

Ray Perryman is the head of The Perryman Group and serves as a distinguished professor at the International Institute for Advanced Studies. Understanding how things are going for families of various ...