[lorax]

> 48% of wager earners had net compensation less than or equal to the median wage

I'm surprised. I expected that 50% of wage earners would make less or equal to the median wage. If for no other reason than the definition of median.

[neaanopri]

If you're going to be this pedantic, 50 is greater than 48. They're not wrong.

[gumby]

It might have to do with rounding and the resolution of the cohort binning -- 48% being pretty close to 50%.

[Izkata]

Someone further up made a similar comment, and got a non-pedantic response: wages don't include bonuses, but net compensation does. That's why it's not 50%.

[cybersol]

Yeah I looked for a * or reference of some kind, but did not find one. I think they are using 30k as the threshold for the 48% number, while the median is the 31k and change number.

[tomrod]

Sure. Median(Variable) = Probability(value<=Variable) = 50%.

[sin7]

Ties. It's probably because of rounding.

[tonysdg]

Uh, are you thinking mean? Median is lining up every salary, counting to N/2, and selecting the number you happen to fall on.

[ralusek]

...which is exactly what they've described.