Would you be considered middle class in New York?
As prices and the cost of living continue to rise, it can be hard to distinguish what it actually means to be middle class and whether it’s still attainable in 2026.
The expectation of being middle class is often deemed by home ownership, raising kids, having emergency funds, having retirement savings and being able to splurge on the occasional vacation. Pew Research defines the middle class in practice as making two-thirds to two times the median income…