I think I probably do have fairly accurate sense of how well my flist is doing financially. While I am quite certain that the vast majority of them come from more affluent backgrounds than I do (me = first generation to grow up with indoor plumbing), but, the bulk of them have less money. This is primarily because a large contingent are students, a smaller number have some rather serious and expensive medical problems, and others have recently had bad luck/made unwise decisions/who can really tell which - and then there are the 10 or 15 who seem to have successful careers.

I have a very boring, very secure clerical job. My income is very, very average but, I am probably more financially secure than some of the careerists just because I am quite manic about managing it and not spending more than I take in.

I put average for that one.