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.

However, the middle-class income range in a couple of cities was lower than the state average in 2023. Households in Greensboro needed to earn $41,161 to $123,494 to be considered middle class in 2023, for example, and those in Winston-Salem needed to earn $39,455 to $118,378.

It found a household had to earn between $47,000 and $141,000 to be considered middle class. That is about 45% of North Carolina families were considered middle class. Looking at Charlotte, a family needs to earn between $53,000 and $161,000 to be called middle class.

A new study looked to see how much a person in Texas needs to make in order to be considered middle-class. Here's what it found.

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,