STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — In an era of questionable affordability, one might wonder what exactly it means to be a middle-class citizen in New York in 2026.
SmartAsset recently conducted a study to find out the precise salary parameters that would classify residents across the United States as middle class.
To be a middle-class New Yorker, the “upper bound for middle class income” sits at $171,640. The “lower bound,” on the other hand, is just $57,213, according to the analysis…