Chances are that even if you make $500k a year you'll still have lots and lots of social interactions with people earning much less. Even most of your friends a

Chances are that even if you make $500k a year you'll still have lots and lots of social interactions with people earning much less. Even most of your friends and family will earn less. That's why it isn't surprising to me that most people choose to identify with the middle class, especially if you consider that most people associate with this term "normal working citizens". Maybe it is different once you have so much that you actually do not need to ever work again, but you certainly aren't in this position by earning $200k. You still have to work really hard, often even harder than the average person does.