They were fairly well off.
They had excellent health.
Plenty of food.
The area was known for gold and jewels but the locals didn't put the value on them that Europeans did .... they were simply very pretty rocks.
Cacao beans ...... THOSE were more valuable than gold.
They were also in power, which means they took their "winnings" also.
I read once that the losers of their "soccer" game AND their fans had to give up their clothes to the winners.
Of course they DID have an "elite" class ..... royalty, priests, wealthy merchants, etc but on the whole, it was a well to do society.