What counts as middle class depends on who and where you’re asking. Even…
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See if you are middle class
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How little we save for retirement
Saving for retirement is a slow process with an end goal that can…
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Income Sources
Most people have a job and receive wages in return, but that starts to change when you get into the higher income groups.
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More Dual Income, No Kids
People are waiting longer to have kids or not having kids at all, which leads to more dual income households with no kids.
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Multiple Income Households
Here’s household income by number of earners in the household, based on data from the 2022 Current Population Survey.
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Wealthy Percentiles Rising
The rich continue to get richer, and everyone else either only kind of earns more or stays where they’re at.
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Stripper earnings tracked over four years
Reddit user nerdydancing tracked her earnings on each shift for four years. If…
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Slow internet for the same price as fast internet
When you pay for internet, it seems like a reasonable expectation that if…
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More friendships between rich and poor might mean less poverty
Recently published in Nature, research by Chetty, R., Jackson, M.O., Kuchler, T. et…
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Income ladder for the children of immigrants
You’ve probably seen the moving bubbles that show how something changes over time.…
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Shrinking middle-class
Income distribution continues to stretch on the high end and squish on the…
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Comparing rich people incomes and the taxes they pay
Based on leaked IRS data for the 400 wealthiest Americans, ProPublica provides a…
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How Much Americans Make
Median income only tells you where the middle is. The distributions of income are a lot more interesting.
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Tree canopy and income
Ian Leahy and Yaryna Serkez for NYT Opinion look at income and tree…
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Divorce Rates and Income
Divorce rates are tied to job security, age, and occupation, so it should make sense that we see a pattern when we plot divorce rates against income.
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Income in Each State, Adjusted for Cost of Living
A dollar might not buy you as much in one state as it does in the other.
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Health conditions and income
A large proportion of those who died from Covid-19 had pre-existing medical conditions.…
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Social distancing isn’t available for everyone
For Reuters, Chris Canipe looks at social distancing from the perspective of household…
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A quiz to see if you’re rich
In a compare-your-preconceptions-against-reality quiz, The Upshot asks, “Are you rich?” Enter your nearest…
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Percentage of Households in Each Income Level
What percentage of households fall into lower-, middle-, and upper-income levels when you adjust for household size?
