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by seanmcdirmid 1501 days ago
No...average is always average, median is always median. Newspapers often mislabel the numbers they are reporting, but the distinction is always made clear in the data. See:

> The average annual wage in 2019 in the US was $51,916.27, and the median annual wage was $34,248.45. The median wage is the wage “in the middle,” while average refers to the measure of central tendency for all the data.

https://policyadvice.net/insurance/insights/average-american...

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I’m not disputing your citation. But I believe this is a lot clearer.

https://dqydj.com/household-income-percentile-calculator/