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Averages are not the same across different statistical distributions.

In the case of working hours, the Swedish median, mode and mean are heavily divergent, since the distribution is truncated at 40 hours by the law and thus heavily skewed.



> since the distribution is truncated at 40 hours by the law

which makes it a maximum.

Thanks for confirming that it makes no sense to compare hourly rates between Sweden and Seattle, where people could work 60 hours a week.




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