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Tyler Colvin Baseball Salary 2011
Tyler Colvin reportedly earned $440,000 in 2011 as a outfielder for Chicago Cubs. Of the 25 players playing for the Chicago Cubs, he ranks as the 21st 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 152 men playing the position of outfielder in 2011. The average outfielder earned $4,018,201, so Tyler Colvin's salary ranks him as 118th among these 152 players.
Batting left-handed, Tyler Colvin's height is 6 feet, 3 inches (191 centimeters), and he weighs 210 pounds (95.3 kilograms). His birthday was Sep 5, 1985.For further salary compaison, an average salary among players who were born in 1985 is roughly $1,200,000.
Don't forget about taxes. Having a salary of $440,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $129,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same 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 federal government, he would have $310,716 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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