As living costs increase throughout the country, so does the income range considered to be middle class. See how median salaries vary by Texas city.

California joins states like Maryland and New Hampshire, where households with high incomes can still be middle class.

Comfortably maintaining a middle-class lifestyle working a job you enjoy but wish you could bring in more money? If your company lacks the funds to offer you a raise and you're dead set on your

According to calculations by SmartAsset, Rhode Island is in the top 15 most expensive states to be middle class. Massachusetts is the most expensive.

How much do you need to make to be middle class in North Carolina? According to the Charlotte Observer, the group SmartAsset looked at census data to find out. ALSO READ: Carolinas awarded hundreds of millions to help low-income families adopt solar It found a household had to earn between $47,

Maintaining a middle class status in Dallas-Fort Worth only gets harder as the years go on, and the income ceiling to even be labeled as such has just risen even higher. So says SmartAsset's annual "What It Takes to Be Middle Class in America" report for 2025.

Are you considered middle class in Virginia? How about “upper middle” class? According to GoBankingRates, the median household income in Virginia is $90,974. In order to hit the upper middle class threshold,