Your character's available equipment, income, and pocket change are determined by this factor. All characters start with a Resource Rank of 1 and can increase it by 1 Rank per FP spent. The following table gives a crude estimate of what your character's social status/class is, depending on his or her Resource Rank. Some examples from the Marvel universe are also given for each Rank.
| Rank | Description | Example |
| 1 | Reduced circumstances, unemployed, on Social Security or allowance | Aunt May, Power Pack |
| 2-3 | Freelance, poor credit risk, lower middle class, students | Spider-Man, Daredevil |
| 4-5 | Salaried employment, middle class | Iceman, Ben Urich |
| 6-7 | Professional employment, middle class | Doctor Strange |
| 8-9 | Small inheritance, small business, upper middle class, Avenger's stipend | Captain America, Tony Stark |
| 10-11 | Large business or chain of businesses, established trust fund, upper class | Angel, Wasp |
| 12-13 | Standard corporation, millionaire | Kingpin, Stark/Stane International |
| 14-15 | Large corporation, small country | Doctor Doom, A.I.M. |
| 16-17 | Multi-national corporation, government branch or military of major country, billionaire playboy | S.H.I.E.L.D., Great Britian |
| 18-23 | Major country, mega-corporation | United States, former Soviet Union |
| 24+ | Extra-dimensional realm, galactic empire or entity | Shi'ar, Asgard, Galactus |