I guess by world standards working almost any job in G7 makes you relatively rich so I'm not sure that is a useful standard. Not sure if you're Canadian. But i

I guess by world standards working almost any job in G7 makes you relatively rich so I'm not sure that is a useful standard. Not sure if you're Canadian. But in case you're not most of Canadians net worth are tied up in housing that had been exploding in price the past few decades. For most normal jobs what you make is pretty irrelevant compared to what do you own. Many older teachers in Canada are far far richer than the equivalent of senior / staff SWEs. Canada has become a very difficult place to "earn" your way to becoming "rich" without inherited wealth. I think your definition of rich might be much closer to ... Maybe middle class (definitely not upper middle class). In addition to this I grew up in objective poverty by Canadian standards so I'm not sure what you are on about.