>Entrepreneurship is a classic "high risk, high return" venture.
Sure, for the ones investing capital. For the workers, I can't imagine startup's mean pay being anywhere near as high as a "normal" job. A mean will cut out the Zuckerbergs, Serg, Brin, etc. Also, remember you can't compare mean startup salary to mean "normal" job salary since the bulk of startups are in the valley. To get a closer estimate you'd need to give the same weight to "normal" jobs in a given area as number of starups they have there (e.g. lots in SV, some in NYC, etc.).
Sure, for the ones investing capital. For the workers, I can't imagine startup's mean pay being anywhere near as high as a "normal" job. A mean will cut out the Zuckerbergs, Serg, Brin, etc. Also, remember you can't compare mean startup salary to mean "normal" job salary since the bulk of startups are in the valley. To get a closer estimate you'd need to give the same weight to "normal" jobs in a given area as number of starups they have there (e.g. lots in SV, some in NYC, etc.).