Average Salaries of New Yorkers
This morning I gathered up all of my tax information and found that I can expect a paltry tax return from the US government. But it got me thinking about the average salaries of workers in the New York City area. Here is an interesting comparison:
Everybody comes to New York City to be an actor. Many years ago, after seeing Chicago even I wanted to be a star on Broadway. I’m sure my mother is happy that I abandoned that dream. Not everybody makes $35,000 per week like Julia Roberts did for her performances in Three Days of Rain. Or Rosie O’Donnell’s $10,000 per week for Fiddler on the Roof. No, most Broadway performers begin at a salary of $1,400 per week and Off-Broadway actors can start as low as $500 per week.
TV dramas based in New York City have found popularity among the television viewing public. One of the most popular, Law & Order features a group of NYPD cops and a few attorneys making sure that crime doesn’t pay on the streets of New York. Law & Order’s Sam Waterson rakes in $2.5 million for his portrayal of Jack McCoy, a Manhattan District Attorney. Real civil-servants in New York City make considerably less– a real Manhattan DA makes about $150,000 per year. A NYPD recruit begins at $25,000 and moves up to $36,878 once they complete training at Police Academy, about six months later.
Governor Elliott Spitzer collects $179,000 per year and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg decided to forgo a city salary and instead collect $1 per year. Don’t worry… he always can dip into his reported $11.5 billion net worth if he needs the extra dough.
David Neelman former CEO of JetBlue Airways had to step down after a operational meltdown at JFK last year but that year he still collected a $286,971 salary. That of course does not include any bonuses that nearly all CEOs collect. Average salary for a commercial flight attendant is about $37,000 and commercial pilots average $70,000. Some of those flight attendants would do better being a subway conductor because their average salary is $46,883.
New York State is one of the best places to be unemployed because it has one of the highest unemployment compensation rates– over $400 per week. And according to one of my friendly neighborhood panhandlers, he can make $1 per minute during peak times. And, of course, there is Eddy Wise, a Bronx panhandler, who made over $10,000 (tax-free) then successfully sued the city and received a settlement $100,001 proves that you don’t even need to have a “real” job to keep your bank account on the right side.
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