What does average salary mean?

Average salary gives you a general idea of earnings you would expect in this profession. It is presented here in annual terms, or in other words, the average earnings in an entire year for a particular profession.
Average salary has been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual salary has been directly calculated from reported survey data.