And the disparity between classes is growing. According to USA Today, the median middle class household in 2016 was $78,442, up from $74,015 in 2010 -- just a 6 percent increase.

But he says so far in this decade, from 2010-2016, the middle class has stabilized overall with roughly half (52 percent) of American’s falling into that class. To find out where you stand, you ...

About this calculator. Data from the American Community Survey 5-year estimates of household income, 2011-2015. The "middle class" is calculated as the 30th through 80th percentiles of households ...

Based on Pew Research’s latest calculator, you would need to earn just $30,090 to be considered middle-class (technically, this data is based on nearby Akron).If you wanted to be in the upper ...