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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Because of the massive and growing income inequality. The more fair and equal payments become the mean will be closer to the median value and otherwise deviate. When we mean the “average income” in common language, we are actually looking for a value that truly reflects the experiences of most people, not the strict statistical average of incomes.

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