Four in 10 workers earning more than $500,000 a year are living paycheck to paycheck—and ‘lifestyle inflation’ is keeping them broke

fortune.com/2025/10/14/even-high-income-workers-are-living-paycheck-to-paycheck-broke-personal-finance-wealth-luxury-lifestyle-creep

U.S. workers are battling a cost of living crisis; prices of food staples like eggs have shot through the roof, housing costs have outpaced wage increases, and college tuition has reached an unaffordable high. Now, even six-figure earners at the top of their tax brackets feel like…

This story appeared on fortune.com, 2025-10-14 15:10:47.
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