It is sometimes stated that the 'mean' means average. This is incorrect if mean is taken in the specific sense of arithmetic mean as there are different types of averages: the mean, median, and mode. For instance, average house prices almost always use the median value for the average.
Loss prevention agents can make more or less than their detective counterparts, depending on their actual industry. For example, loss prevention agents who worked for security services made an average hourly wage of $21.17, as of May 2010.
The best-paid 10 percent could make $60,220 or more, equal to $28.95 per hour, while the lowest-paid 10 percent made $25,280 or less, the equivalent of $12.16 per hour. The largest number of drug counselors in the BLS survey worked in outpatient care centers. These 17,700 workers averaged $39,180 per year.