The NHL minimum salary is $525,000 for 2011-2012. (NHL.com)
The NHLPA shares 54%-57% of league-wide revenues, depending on total revenue. Can you imagine having access to over 50% of your company's revenue, as an employee? Wouldn't it be nice?!
The average NHL salary is reportedly $2,400,000.00 for 2011. (Source)
There are 30 NHL franchises, each with a 23 player roster at any given time. A total of 690 NHL players at any given time. (Does not include minors, etc. NHL uses 2-way contracts, etc.)
The MLB minimum salary was $414,000 for 2011. (MLB.com)
In 2010, the average salary of a Major League player was $3,014,572.00.
There are 32 MLB franchises, each with a 25 man active roster and a 40 man roster. There are 750 active MLB players at any given time. There are 1,280 players total if you include the entire 40-man roster.
The NBA minimum salary is $490,180 for 2011-2012. (NBA.com)
For a NBA player with 10 or more years of experience, the minimum salary is $1,399,507.
The average salary in the NBA was reported as $5,150,000 in August 2011. (NBA.com)
There are 30 NBA franchises, each team has 15 players on the roster and may dress 12 players each game. At any given time, there are 450 players on NBA rosters.
The NFL minimum salary is $340,000 for the 2011-2012 season. (NFL.com)
"NFL minimum salaries -- paid over 17 game checks (and not including any bonuses or incentives) -- range from roughly $340,000 per season to just less than $900,000 per season. Many players earn substantially more than $1 million per season in annual compensation.
"The average NFL salary exceeds $2 million per season; a player making $2 million per season would receive nearly $118,000 before taxes, per game check." (Source: Jason LaConfora, NFL Network, at above link).
There are 32 NFL franchises, each with a 53 man roster and an 8 man practice squad. That means there are 1,696 NFL players on the 53 man roster at any given time and 256 additional players on practice squads: grand total of 1,952.
There are several rules associated with the practice squad, read about them here.
Meanwhile, the AVERAGE citizen in the United States has an income of $27,041.00. (U.S. Census Bureau).
In this case, the average used is the mean - the total income divided by total number of citizens, or per capita income.
It would take the AVERAGE american, many years to earn the income of a Pro Athlete:
- NHL 1-year minimum salary $525,000 of takes 19 years and 5 months to earn as an average American.
- MLB 1-year minimum salary $414,000 of takes 15 years and 4 months to earn as an average American.
- NBA 1-year minimum salary $490,180 of takes 18 years and 2 months to earn as an average American.
- NFL 1-year minimum salary $340,000 of takes 12 years and 7 months to earn as an average American.
In total, the average 1-Year MINIMUM Salary for a Professional Athlete is $442,295.
It would take the AVERAGE U.S. Citizen 16 years and 5 months to earn that amount of income.
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