The Value of a Professional Footballer

ABOVE AVERAGE What happens when you compare the salaries of a football star, a movie star, and the president of the United States? 84 Peyton Manning $23 MILLION " 18 THE VALUE OF A * FOOTBALL PRO Robert Pattinson $ $20 It is common knowledge that NFL football players are paid obscene amounts of money each year, MILLION 2) BUT EXACTLY HOW President Barack Obama MUCH MORE DO THEY MAKE THAN AVERAGE $400,000 (base salary) 13] PROFESSIONS? COMPARING COMPENSATION Average NFL Player Salary However, not every football player makes what Manning makes. Here's a look at the average salaries of football pros and other professions. 14) 2$ 1,900,000 O Profession Average Annual Salary One Individual Janitor or Cleaner Construction Laborer Model $ 24,840 $ 27,830 $ 34,170 Photographer Legislator Chefs and Head Cooks $ 36,580 $ 38,860 $ 46,600 24 2$ %3D Elementary School Teacher Detectives and Criminal Investigators Firefighter $ 47,720 $ 55,270 $ 75,720 2$ Airline Pilot, Copilot or Flight Engineer Chemical Veterinarian Engineer $ 91,250 $ 99,440 $ 118,070 2$ 2$ Lawyer Dentist Pediatrician $ 130,490 $ 161,750 $ 168,650 Chief Executive President's 2$ $ 176,550 Annual Salaries 57 President's Annual Salaries 18 Highest Paid NFL Player Peyton Manning *BLS Data May 2011. NFL data from Jan. 2011. Go on about Give every single person in Rhode Island $1.80. (6 5,444 WEEK-LONG LET'S PUT $1.9 Caribbean cruises. (10] Pay for Buy about 100,263 HALF-POUND MILLION INTO 47 YEARS PERSPECTIVE. of undergraduate education at Harvard. 17 With $1.9 million, you could afford crab cakes. [1] to. Pay off about Purchase a 372 PEOPLE'S HANDFUL of private islands. [12) credit card debt. (8) Stay almost a WHOLE MONTH in the most expensive hotel room in the world (at 65,000 a night). 191 How Could $1.9 Million Help the World? With $1.9 million, you could afford to: Provide Sponsor 5,654 children in need for Help 527,777 dogs and cats get vaccinated and spayed/neutered. 15) 7,600,000 nutritious meals an entire year. [14) to the hungry. (13] CONCLUSION Comparing a football player's salary to other common incomes and expenses really helps put the NFL compensation into perspective. SOURCES: [1] http://www.forbes.com/picturesleddf45efgh/peyton- manning/#gallerycontent [2] http://www.forbes.com/wealth/celebrities/list?&ascend= true&sort=salary [9] http://www.cnngo.com/explorations/escape/worlds-15 -most-expensive-hotel-suites-747256?page=0,2 [10] http://www.carnival.com/BookingEngine/SailingSearch/ Search2/?&dur-D2&dest=C [11] http://www.crabcake.com/ [3] http://articles.marketwatch.com/2011-03-08/economy/ 30802270_1_public-service-private-sector-secretary-of-state-clinton/3 [4] http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#00-0000 [12] http://www.privateislandsonline.com/sale-price-under- 250K.htm [13] https://www.wfp.org/donate/fillthecup [5] http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/ 11 06/b4214058615722.htm [14] http://sponsor.savethechildren.org/cgi-bin/lansaweb? webapp=SPNPRD+webrtn= productcentral+ml=LANSA:XHTML+part=pr2+lang-ENG [6] http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/44000.html [7] http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/ best-colleges/harvard-university-2155 [8] http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-05-23/markets/ 30101275_1_consumer-debt-credit-cards-student-loans [15] https://donate.aspca.org/Donate/Donations/Website/ Website_Guardian.aspx?PlacementID=2471521