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Reed Johnson Baseball Salary 2011
Reed Johnson reportedly earned $900,000 in 2011 as a outfielder for Chicago Cubs. Of the 25 players on the Chicago Cubs, he ranks as the 16th highest-paid player.The Chicago Cubs total team payroll in 2011 was $125,047,329. His salary represents 0.7% of that total payroll.To compare salaries further, the team's median salary was $1,600,000 and the average salary was $5,001,893. There were reportedly 152 men playing the position of outfielder in 2011. The average outfielder earned $4,018,201, so Reed Johnson's salary ranks him as 88th among these 152 players.
Batting right-handed, Reed Johnson's height is 5 feet, 10 inches (178 centimeters), and he weighs 180 pounds (81.6 kilograms). His birthday was Dec 8, 1976.If you want to compare salaries even further, an average salary among players who were born in 1976 is roughly $5,300,000.
But then there are taxes. Earning a salary of $900,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $290,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 36 median high school teachers, 41 median police officers, or 58 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $609,716 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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