Median household income is 80k [1].

It's really easy to paint this in a negative light. You can go study for an extra decade to be a doctor to make as much money as not studying for a decade and working in fang. Becoming a doctor over many over professions puts you literally millions of dollars behind. Doctors are not the most lucrative profession.

[1]: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N