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Highest Paid American Athletes 2007

by Catherine on February 3, 2008

in Income by Occupation, Incomes of the Super Rich

In honor of the the Super Bowl, I am posting Sports Illustrated’s Fortunate 50 top-earning American athletes (earnings include salary, winnings, bonuses, and endorsements). However, only one of the players in today’s game made the list, Tom Brady of the New England Patriots, Rank: 47.

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I found a nice table of this data on SportsColumn.com. Salaries are based on current or most recently completed seasons (exception: 2007 for NFL). For winnings-based sports (auto racing, golf, tennis), 2006 calendar year amounts used.

[tags]athletes, income, endorsements[/tags]

Tagged as: Athletes, Bar Chart, Blog, China, CIA, Income - Individual, India, Indonesia, Japan, United States

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NYTimes: More Than Ever, It Pays to Be the Top Executive

by Catherine on May 26, 2007

in Uncategorized

The New York Times had a graph on executive income for the article More Than Ever, It Pays to Be the Top Executive that shows the growing income gap between chief executives and their top subordinates. The article goes on to mention this “winner take all” behavior can be found in other industries like sports and entertainment. You can see more examples of this in the following graphs:

Highest Paid CEOs
Highest Paid CEOs vs Hedge Fund Managers
US Income Distribution
Highest Paid Athletes
Highest Paid Celebrities
Income/GDP Ratio
Income share going to the top 5%

[tags]income distribution, US income distribution, US income inequality, income inequality[/tags]

Tagged as: Athletes, Blog, Celebrities, CEO and Executives, GDP

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Highest Paid Athletes

by Catherine on April 6, 2007

in Income by Occupation, Incomes of the Super Rich

Here is an interesting graph about the highest paid athletes that I found on a site called Swivel. Swivel is more than just a graphing engine, their intent is to make sharing data and graphs as easy as sharing photos.