Wouldnt mean salary be a better representation of the public then median?
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> Say you paid your rent on Monday with a personal check of $408, and the other 14 purchases were your twice-a-day Starbucks latte habit. There were 14 checks for $3 and one check for $408, so the median check was $3.
https://www.payscale.com/career-advice/mean_vs_median__2/
The mean is more significantly affected by outliers (large numbers well outside the norm – the mega rich) than the median.
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