*50% of all workers in the US make less than $28,851.24 per year.
*158,186,786 wage earners.
*67.2% of all workers earn $44,569.20 or less.
"The "raw" average wage, computed as net compensation divided by the number of wage earners, is $7,050,259,213,644.55 divided by 158,186,786, or $44,569.20. Based on data in the table below, about 67.2 percent of wage earners had net compensation less than or equal to the $44,569.20 raw average wage. By definition, 50 percent of wage earners had net compensation less than or equal to the median wage, which is estimated to be $28,851.21 for 2014."
https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/netcomp.cgi?year=2014