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Starlin Castro Baseball Salary 2011
Chicago Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro reportedly earned $440,000 in 2011. Among the 25 players playing for the Chicago Cubs, he ranks as the 20th highest-paid player.Compared to the Chicago Cubs total team payroll in 2011 of $125,047,329, his salary represents 0.4% of the total amount.To compare salaries further, the team's median salary was $1,600,000 and the average salary was $5,001,893. There were reportedly 47 men playing the position of shortstop in 2011. The average shortstop earned $2,852,726, so Starlin Castro's salary ranks him as 32nd among these 47 players.
Starlin Castro was born on Mar 24, 1990. A right-handedbatter, Starlin Castro stands 6 feet, 0 inches tall (that is 183 centimeters for you metric lovers). He weighs 190 pounds (86.2 kilograms).For further salary compaison, an average salary among players who were born in 1990 is roughly $1,300,000.
What about taxes? With a salary of $440,000 he can expect to pay around $129,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same dollar amount of tax as the tax paid by 16 median high school teachers, 18 median police officers, or 26 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $310,716 left over, although he still may have to pay city or state tax.
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