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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As my later father used to say about averages. If you put one foot in freezing water and the other in boiling water of average you are comfortable.

Mean is a more representative value because it better represents the populations living experience and not the math.

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