Financial stability seems to be waning in America. With unrelenting inflation, stagnant wages and an overall feeling of being squeezed, the middle class is struggling. This has led many Americans to ...

Trying to define the middle class in any region can be a tricky task, as it’s not necessarily based just on salary, but also on how far that salary gets you. The American South, even with its deeply ...

Geography now defines middle-class life as much as income does. Shrinking middle class numbers reveal deeper shifts in how Americans define stability. Budgeting realistically, diversifying income, and ...

While scrolling through the “finances” section of the Daily Princetonian’s freshman demographics survey for the Class of 2027, one statistic caught my eye: Of the freshmen coming from families who ...

The next time you call yourself middle class, think about what you really mean when you say that. Do you earn what might constitute a middle-class salary–somewhere between $37,000 and $147,000? Or is ...

The middle class is often thought of as the backbone of the American economy -- and decades ago it was. Today, however, the American middle class has become a shadow of what it once was. A number of ...

Where you live now shapes middle-class life almost as much as how much you earn.Fewer Americans identify as middle class as ...

Everyone, it seems, says they want to cut taxes for the middle class. President Trump promised such tax relief in the weeks before the election, though his plan never materialized. Now, newly ...

Gov. Phil Murphy constantly evokes the theme that his administration is all about working for the middle class and the "aspiring middle class." But how does he define them? Who, exactly, are his ...

In many cases, the definition of middle class remains somewhat subjective in the eyes of the paycheck holders. However, this notion of income-defining status is on that is deeply rooted in the ...