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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There are a lot of good answers here but I would add:

Salary is lower-bounded at but without any upper bound. As a result, the mean will naturally skew higher than the other measures of center (median and mode).

As a result, the mean is a poorer reflection of the actual circumstances under which people live than the other two in this instance.

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