According to the Social Security Administration, the average U.S. annual wage last year was in fact $53,383, with the median wage at $34,612. The Labor Department reported that median weekly earnings in the fourth quarter of last year were $1,010, which comes out to an annual wage of $52,520, according to MarketWatch.
Wharton professor Nina Strohminger tweets that some students believe Americans make $100,000 on average – The Washington Post
