That said, the shifts in middle-class household income requirements have not been the same in every state. In some states, the household income range of the middle class hasn’t increased quite as much ...

The middle class contains about half of America, according to the Pew Research Center — 50%, to be exact. Another 21% fall into the upper class and 29% are in the lower class. But what level of wealth ...

The concept of being middle class in America has shifted dramatically. What used to guarantee a comfortable lifestyle now barely covers basic expenses in many areas. With rising costs, changing ...

The first decade of this century witnessed an historic reduction in global poverty and a near doubling of the number of people who could be considered middle income. But the emergence of a truly ...

Florida is hard to define in and of itself, let alone when it comes to its spectrum of income levels. The Floridian lifestyle can range from retired beach bum to nightclub owner, and in that economic ...

Mike Savage calls on sociologists to resolve their differences over definitions of social class to allow better analyses of inequality. Global economic divisions have become so stark in the past ...

Social scientists use 3 common methods to define class—by occupation, income, or education—and there is really no consensus about the “right” way to do it. Michael Zweig, a leading scholar in ...