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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The average (mean) human has one testicle. This is what happens when you have a bimodal distribution (lots of men, lots of women). The same happens with extreme outliers. When Elon Musk goes to a bar, the average person in the bar is a billionaire.

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