Wedding Cost Statistics

WEDDING FACTS Behind the Numbers Four in 5 brides were projected to spend less. $28,704 In 2009, The Wedding Report stated that the so-called "average" cost of a wedding was almost $29,000. However, the average, or mean, is misleading. A more realistic snapshot is the median cost, which more accurately reflects what "Average Joe and Jen" spend. $14,352 and 50% will spend less than $14,352. $10,000 The median is the middle figure when you line up a set of numbers in order of size. But the mean is especially susceptible to a single lavish exception: One $1 milion wedding put into the mix with 54 weddings costing $10,00 each would boost the mean to $28,000, although among the 55 couples, $10,000 would seem a much better representation of the typical cost. Some 34 percent of couples hoped to keep the cost of their weddings less than $10,000. SOURCES: Intimate Weddings, the Archdiocese of Denver, National Jeweler creators.com/ Frank Mariani