This is a tough question. One could say Spider-man is a low powerhouse or a mid tier hero. He's stronger than most (if not all) marvel street level heroes and his speed is truly amazing. In the end, it depends on the author. For example, when Spider-man was first introduced he was completely incapable of being injured by ordinary humans or means. A refrigerator would fall on his head and Peter would be entirely unfazed. A peak human would punch him in the face and hurt their hand in the process while Peter just stared completely unimpressed.
Before the Superior Spider-man, Peter was going to apprehend Mysterio only to be punched in the gut. He doubled over as if he was sucker punched by Thor. Afterwords, during the American Son storyline a flashback was shown where Peter and Harry got involved in a bar fight and Peter walked out with a black eye and several bruises although no normal human should be capable of harming him.
Honestly, he's like Batman. He's whatever the writers want him to be.
Alpha level Spider-man? Sure, have him defeat Firelord, punch Gray hulk into orbit and punch out Galactus (all of which he has done).
Powerhouse? Why not? Have him land a 52 ton jet (still can't believe that happened).
Street-level hero? Yep, after staggering the hulk we should disappoint the fans and let him get humiliated by Daredevil and Captain America (which has also happened because, let's face it, They are awesome... ).
Personally? I view Spider-man as an upper mid tier hero. When Peter pulls out the stops he really goes all out. He's faced off against the fantastic four twice (once to the death) and dished out as much punishment as he received every time. How many can say that?
Even the inexperienced Spock was capable of putting up a fight against the avengers until he became distracted. (They also weren't holding back as ghost Peter noticed and half heartedly protested against.)
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