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Talking about average wage is kind of meaningless. Here is an example of why. I will use military pay and ranks because it is fairly clear and readily public info.

Average monthly pay in the US military is about $9,400 (mathematical average of the high and low pay).

There are about 43 people making the highest wage (4 star generals). There are over 95,000 people at or near the bottom of the scale.

NO enlisted man makes the average wage (not really a surprise). You have to get to Warrant 5 or O-5 (Lt Col) to make that or slightly better.

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Just as a FYI, median wage is a better measure as the median wage is the wage that 50% of the people make more than and 50% of the people make less than.

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