<prompt> Human: I am about to graduate from a Big Ten university with a degree in chemical engineering. I have had a job offer since this fall that I accepted right away. Ill be moving to a low cost of living area in the midwest, and be making 86,500 per year, which does not include the 1 months salary grossed up for relocation, and a 10,000 signing bonus. All told Ill be making more than 100,000 over the next 12 months.I have been reading a lot of articles on the middle class, and the recent one in the NYTimes stuck out to me Middle Class, but Feeling Economically Insecure. Patricia Cohn. 10 April 2015.I feel really weird when I see that many two-income households in their peak earning years make less than I do, and have the liability of children. Im really not sure what to think.I paid my own way through college, and the total cost of my tuition was about 60,000. I have about 24,000 in student debt.My question to Reddit is: how can I feel okay about making as much as I do?  <response>: No, you should join the Peace Corps instead so your smugness level can increase. 