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That's a very unique view of "Middle Class" considering the median income is $44,389. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_income_in_the_United...

If you earn $100,000 per year that puts you in the top 20% (for a household, if it's just you it's even higher).

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The median in SF is much higher than that, and in the peninsula even higher. Also, middle class is all but the 1%. The top 1% is the capitalist class of very good jobs (high finance, specialized doctors, exectives, some lawyers, etc) or people who own a lot of assets instead of working, owning 40% of the wealth in the country and 34% of the income. So yes, programming is a middle class job, though I suppose 'upper-middle class' would suffice as well.

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