OT: ESPN Salary Crunch
MgoBloggers prepare to feel inferior.....ESPN has created a site where you can select various athletes, then enter your own salary...and see what they would have to perform to make your salary.
For example....
For Miguel Cabrera to make my annual salary he would have to play in
.57 Games
.12 Home runs
.37 RBIs
.71 Hits
I would have to work for 280 years with my current salary to equal his annual salary.
sigh.......FML
you make $75,000 a year? FML...
Cosign. I would be ok being in the top 20% of the salary range in the wealthiest country in the world.
Who's living in Luxembourg?
http://www.richestpersons.net/top-ten-richest-countries-in-the-world-2010/
What if the definition of wealthiest was the country that has the most wealthy people? Then the US is #1.
Luxembourg is a tax haven, so while all of that income is generated within the borders of the country, most of the earnings end up elsewhere. So while the Luxembourgers (yes, that's actually what they're called) reap the benefits of this investment in terms of infrastructure and quality of life, the average citizen is not particularly wealthy.
Via wikipedia and Jim Adam's 400-level European econ class (highly recommended)
...than what my yearly tuition at Michigan was. I don't need to compare salaries with athletes to think FML. :-(
...than what my yearly tuition at Michigan was. I don't need to compare salaries with athletes to think FML. :-(
If you're 22-25 years old, don't worry about it. It builds character.
If you're 42-45....well, yeah, you're right.
From 1997-2000, during the absolute greatest economic boom times ever, I made about $16,000 a year. Then I got married, got a great new job (just finished my 10th anniversary) with good benefits, and my wife makes considerably more than I do. And we didn't have kids. So...there's hope.
Was my last donation to Beveled Guilt.
How much of it was for Brian, and how much for the hamster that powers the site?
For the opposite perspective, go here. http://www.globalrichlist.com/
Enter your salary. Hell, enter $5,000 (could anyone here imagine "living" on that?)
...puts things in perspective, doesn't it? Thanks for the link.
It's easy to forget that 1 out of every 3 people on the planet lives on less than $1 per day.
I've been involved in projects where imported, 3rd world construction workers were paid in the range of $12-$30 per day and some people thought this was equivalent to slavery but the workers happily signed up on their own free will and, compared to salaries back home for them, they did very well. In fact, when you figure in that their food, clothing and shelter were also accounted for these "poor workers" were left with quite a bit of money (relatively speaking) to put in their bank or savings.
...in the UAE? Talk about dancing with the devil.
That is pretty cool, however it would be nice to see the money distribution as well. Even though most people here will be under 1 percent, there is a pretty steep curve at the top. Anyone want to go in on some Honduras apples?
compare to JaMarcus Russell. It won't even take him two completions to earn my salary.
it'll take him at least five years to get those two completions.