Ah yes, the kitchen of a man that makes $40,000 per month.
I highly doubt that he makes anywhere close to that much money but I don't think one's kitchen is a good indicator here.
Some people just don't really care that much about furniture and stuff like that. I was making more than 40k per month and still I bought rather
cheap furniture (and if my gf didn't insist I would not have bought any at all probably) because I don't care about it that much. I was living in
a cheap 3 bedroom appartment, the same that I was staying in when I was earning minimum wage. After staying in a few ~700$/night suites
when on holiday I quickly decided that this was not the right place for me and was going back to 20$/night hostels and cheap hotels.
I did however spend a lot on things that I like.