Well, not anything... It's pretty recognized that in most cases, median provides a more realistic and representative measure than average for this very reason (outliers).

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The median is an average. It's less susceptible to skew than the mean, the most commonly used average.

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Ok, I see what you mean. In my education, average and mean we're used interchangeably.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

median provides a more realistic and representative measure than average for this very reason (outliers).

Must be a hell of a lot of people earning SO much less than the median wage if the average wage excluding only 1000 out of ~335m is already significantly lower..

[–] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Yeh

[–] Bertuccio@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I wouldn't be surprised if half of Americans earned less than the median.

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The average annual salary in Canada in 2021 was $59,300

The median income in Canada is $68,400, after taxes, according to Statistics Canada's income survey (2021)

Huh.. seems backwards in Canada's case....

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Salary and income are not necessarily the same thing.

Most people's incomes are not salaries, I'd think.

[–] ShadowRam@fedia.io 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

https://www.dundaslife.com/blog/average-income-in-canada#toc-average-canadian-household-income-for-2024

This website seems to use salary and income interchangeably as if they were the same thing.