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Randy Wells Baseball Salary 2011
Chicago Cubs pitcher Randy Wells reportedly earned $475,000 in 2011. Among the 25 players on the Chicago Cubs his salary ranks him as the 18th highest-paid player.The Chicago Cubs total team payroll in 2011 was $125,047,329. His salary represents 0.4% of that total payroll.For further comparison, the team's average salary was $5,001,893 and the median salary was $1,600,000. In 2011, there were reportedly 413 men playing the position of pitcher. The average pitcher earned $2,943,854 in 2011, so Randy Wells's salary ranks him as 259th among these 413 players.
Randy Wells's birthday was Aug 28, 1982. Batting right-handed, Randy Wells's height is 6 feet, 5 inches (196 centimeters), and he weighs 230 pounds (104.3 kilograms). If you want to compare salaries even further, an average salary among players who were born in 1982 is roughly $3,000,000.
What about taxes? With a salary of $475,000 he can expect to pay around $141,534 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 17 median high school teachers, 20 median police officers, or 28 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $333,466 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.
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