[fahadkhan]

Pedantic note. You probably mean mean (or mode) vs median. They are all different types of averages (amongst others).

[rootusrootus]

I'm guessing OP did in fact mean median, since the point is that outliers at the top can really skew the mean. Median gives a more realistic idea of what people are typically earning.

[fahadkhan]

My comment was about "I would also be wary of average vs. median"

[alexbanks]

You're right, it was pedantic.