High earners have credit card debt, too. But they won't admit it.

Credit card debt can be embarrassing. Interest rates are often sky-high. A maxed-out card might feel like a symbol of poor choices or lax financial discipline. And card debt is especially embarrassing, apparently, to people who earn a lot. Roughly two-fifths of consumers with credit card debt have lied about the amount of their debt, according to a 2025 survey from LendingTree, an online lending marketplace. Among those with card debt who earn more than $100,000 a year, the share who lie about it rises ...