In describing the salary structure of a team, the mean (average) salary of the players is usually higher than the median of those salaries.

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This is because the mean is heavily influenced by outliers or high salaries, while the median represents the value at which half the salaries are lower and half are higher. Therefore, if there are a few players with extremely high salaries, the mean will be skewed upward, causing it to be higher than the median.

In Describing the Salary Structure of a Team, the Mean