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Well, actually it's more like there are not that many average people. Let me explain... When you hear that an average family earns $50k/year, what (I think) is

Well, actually it's more like there are not that many average people. Let me explain... When you hear that an average family earns $50k/year, what (I think) is really happening is that many earn under $25k and few earn over 100k. I think same thing applies to individual people. I used to work as CNC machinist, and most of my coworkers were either really good or ok enough to not get fired. I as a developer now feel I'm below average, and I've met many like myself. Then there are really good devs out there I get inspired by. Just my 2c.

mrits 9y ago
Income reports almost always supply a median and a histogram though.
3minus1 9y ago
average income is typically a median, with 50% of people following above and below the median. it's specifically used because outliers can't throw it off.