Once in a while, everyone likes to know how much they're averaging in their pay. Whether it has to do with an application for something like a loan, or just to more accurately prepare the family budget, an average on regular income is always useful. Determining the average for a salary can be remarkably simple, employing little more than a grade-school mathematical principle known as mean value calculation.
Calculate the Mean
Step 1
Gather your pay stubs, or other receipts of payment, spanning the desired length of averaging, such as a month or year.
Step 2
Add together the values on the pay stubs for payment rendered on a calculator.
Step 3
Divide the sum by the number of payments in the period. The number you reach is the average, or mean, of all payments received.
