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 means are not robust and are too easily swayed by outliers.

Take a place where 99 people make US$ 1 and 1 person makes US$ 10000. The mean will be US$ 100.99, the median will be US$ 1. Now, which number reflects reality best?

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