Talk:Personal income in the United States/Archives/2014

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Any idea what the mean is?

Okay - we have the numbers for the median - but I'm curious, what's the mean income, and why is the median emphasized over the mean? —CobraA1 17:45, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

The mean is highly susceptible to outliers whereas the median is more robust. Due to the nature of the distribution of wealth in the US, the Median generally a better metric of the average-person-salary than the mean. People like Bill Gates heavily skew the data.Onhech (talk) 17:49, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Average income?

Why isn't the average income listed anywhere on the page? 68.238.166.26 (talk) 16:37, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

The mean is highly susceptible to outliers whereas the median is more robust. Due to the nature of the distribution of wealth in the US, the Median generally a better metric of the average-person-salary than the mean. People like Bill Gates heavily skew the data.Onhech (talk) 17:53, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

"By educational attainment" Data Not Found....

I have searched the source document referenced for the "By educational attainment" section (US Census Bureau, 2006; income statistics for the year 2005) and found no reference to education in relation to income.I think this should be updated or removed (unless I'm missing something).Onhech (talk) 18:00, 28 May 2014 (UTC)