And average wage is a bad metric anyway - a more appropriate one would be median hourly wage, which is in the neighborhood of $18/hr[1] [1] https://www.bls.gov

And average wage is a bad metric anyway - a more appropriate one would be median hourly wage, which is in the neighborhood of $18/hr[1] [1] https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm