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Yep, even accounting for that, it's still in the ballpark of "average salary". Nothing special.



No, the data show they are at average before accounting for the extra benefits. Since benefits are non-zero, they are above average.


"Ballpark Figure" means roughly or approximately. It is roughly around the average income. Within a standard deviation, therefore within the average salary range. A few dollars of benefits doesn't make a significant difference. Salaries have a distribution. It would be overly pedantic to say a salary is 1 cent higher than the exact average salary figure, therefore it is above average. That is not meaningful in the context of salary distribution.




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