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David DeJesus Baseball Salary 2011
David DeJesus reportedly earned $6,000,000 in 2011 as a outfielder for Oakland Athletics. Of the 28 players on the Oakland Athletics, he ranks as the 1st highest-paid player.The Oakland Athletics total team payroll in 2011 was $66,536,500. His salary represents 9.0% of that total payroll.To compare salaries further, the team's median salary was $1,400,000 and the average salary was $2,376,303. There were reportedly 152 men playing the position of outfielder in 2011. The average outfielder earned $4,018,201, so David DeJesus's salary ranks him as 39th among these 152 players.
Batting left-handed, David DeJesus's height is 6 feet, 0 inches (183 centimeters), and he weighs 190 pounds (86.2 kilograms). His birthday was Dec 20, 1979.If you want to compare salaries even further, an average salary among players who were born in 1979 is roughly $5,900,000.
Don't forget about taxes. Having a salary of $6,000,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $2,075,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 255 median high school teachers, 290 median police officers, or 411 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $3,924,716 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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