Now and then, you stumble upon a metric so obviously broken that it forces you to re-evaluate everything you thought you knew about how America works. The latest in a line of such relics is the ...

Six-figure income has become a cultural benchmark, but the people who actually reach it tend to treat it less like a lottery win and more like a system. The most consistent pattern is not a single ...

A six-figure salary doesn’t mean what it once did. That’s the takeaway from a new Harris poll, which suggests a six-figure income in 2025 equates to survival, but not necessarily to success. One in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Caroline Castrillon covers career, entrepreneurship and women at work. A college degree is no longer the only ticket to a ...