X: What do you wanna earn?

Me: Well the average is $$$.

X: Okay. We will pay you $.

Me: ... okay.... .... ... ... -_-''

One third of the average? ;)

@daniello do you know some ASCII for half dollar sign? ;-)

I would never recommend saying averages as most employers won't take these numbers seriously. State it as this is what I'm worth.

In my case, at the time, when I first interviewed in the company I work now, my soon to be employer asked me how much did I want to earn, it went like:

(Let's establish the average as $)
E: So, how much do you want to earn?
M: Well, answering your question of how much I WANT to earn, the answer would be $$$$.
E: You know that this can't be done hahahaha
M: Well, then I ask YOU, how much you can pay me :)

And that's how it all started. I love my boss

I said 6k above average, got it.
It's all about how you sell yourself and convince them that you are worth paying this much.