moderate-income

American  

adjective

1. of or relating to those with a close-to-average income within the overall population.

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Example Sentences

The paper’s research showed that federal matching “substantially increases participation among low- and moderate-income workers when accounts are simple and accessible,” the Wealth Lab said.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

“But moderate-income consumers are pulling back and middle–income consumers are being very selective.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 25, 2025

“It’s exciting to see more low- and moderate-income households participating in the stock market,” said Timothy Flacke, chief executive of Commonwealth, which builds tools to help low-income workers save.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

It's critical that people whose job it is to protect the programs that low- and moderate-income people rely on focus on the threats and opportunities that are appearing.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2025

This would provide a tax break for 2.1 million low- and moderate-income working families.

From Definition & Reality in the General Theory of Political Economy by Colignatus, Thomas