Distribution of Monthly Salaries

This chart illustrates the distribution of monthly salaries for a job you're considering, assuming a normal distribution. The average (mean) salary is $5,000, with a standard deviation of $1,000. The colored areas represent the percentage of salaries that fall within one, two, and three standard deviations (σ) of the mean:

1. 68.2% of monthly salaries are expected to fall within the range of $4,000 to $6,000 (±1 standard deviation).
2. 95.4% of monthly salaries are between $3,000 and $7,000. (±2 standard deviation)
3. The further a salary is from the mean, the less likely it is to occur.