(NEXSTAR) – Wealth is in the eye of the beholder, a recent survey of 1,000 Americans found. GOBankingRates asked 1,000 adults across different generations what salary they think is necessary to be ...

Upper-class families with households of four or more members earn substantially more money than their smaller counterparts. According to a recent GOBankingRates study, four-person upper-class ...

GOBankingRates took a survey of 1,000 Americans (over age 18) and asked them what they considered to be upper class. Here’s a breakdown of the exact salary respondents considered to be “upper class” ...

In 2025, the concept of what it means to be “upper class” varies significantly across generations, with Gen Z, Millennials, and Boomers each setting different salary benchmarks to achieve this status.

Having money or being “upper class” is about much more than the money in your bank account. According to a study from the British Journal of Social Psychology, our socioeconomic status plays a role in ...

To determine how much upper-class families earn in each state, GOBankingRates analyzed key data, including every state’s household median income and the median incomes for two-, three- and four-person ...