Comment by corey_moncure

The average salary distribution is surprising to me. I find myself right in the middle of the distribution (~50th percentile), and yet I know for a fact that I have the highest salary out of everyone in my social circle, which includes several competent workers in the same field. I also believe other data suggests that my household income puts me at least in the top 10% of earners. How can these both be true at the same time? Do these data really represent the state of the general labor market?