Indie dev2013 survey: average salary under $12k, average game sees under $500 in sales

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kitler53 said:

so average game makes $500 but average salary is 12,000.

so what am i to learn from that? that the average indie developer makes 24 games a year?

More likely it's a combination of contract work and paying salary in spite of low profits, i.e. running the business at a loss.