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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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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 ...

Upper-middle class means different things depending on where you live. I asked ChatGPT what household income qualifies in ...

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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 ...

Inflation and regional cost differences exaggerate the gaps in class status, the AI said. Housing costs, especially, are ...

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