eli5 Why do we use median salary instead of mean salary?

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Wouldnt mean salary be a better representation of the public then median?

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If you are in a room with 30 1st graders, and a billionaire walks in, the average net worth in the room is over 33 million dollars. Averages can be badly distorted if the goal is to gauge what a typical experience is like, especially is scenarios with significant inequities.

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