You could have basically just bezos and then thousands of workers working for free and the average wage would still look pretty good.

Just because the elites are paid insane sums, doesn't mean the majority are making anything reasonable.

Edit: I miss read and you have median. Fair enough. 35k usd is still terrible pay though, and I'd rather work somewhere that doesn't have 12 hour shifts for that semi ok pay. Can work elsewhere half as hard for the same money or better. Won't pass out from heat exhaustion, won't he fired for trying to unionize, won't have covid pay taken back, won't be denied safe working conditions in a pandemic, etc.