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.
Those 27,000-plus daily accidents cost Americans $871 billion every year in lost productivity, property damage, medical bills, legal fees, and other expenses, according to a 2014 study by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).