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The phrase "average less than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing a specific value to the average of a set of data, indicating that the value is below that average.
Example: "The average less than 50% in test scores indicates a need for improvement in the curriculum."
Alternatives: "below average" or "less than the average".
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Wal-Mart's grocery workers average less than $9 an hour.
Currently, Forza Italia is polling on average less than 12%.
Roma average less than 40,000 fans per game.
Killings in the city average less than two a day.
Care workers earn, on average, less than $10 per hour.
Today, they are paying, on average, less than 1.15 percent.
The tourists' sixth and seventh wicket average less than 12 in this series.
Net investment looks set to average less than £30bn a year over the next five years.
Wages on St Helena average less than £4,000 a year.
This happens, on average, less than once per two-year Congressional session.
Meanwhile, poor girls in rural northern Nigeria average less than six months in school.
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