US real estate

I think I know why it is off…they are using median, not mean. There is no way SF is twice the price of NYC and NYC average home price is $388k. So since I would assume there would be very little salary differences for the same job in different countries/states I’m guess this is why everyone lives in a McMansion in the US? Seems odd that you can buy a median value home on the salary of a McDonalds job…

R