Getting a raise
Real people, real salaries
- May 4th, 2009
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You know you’ve thought it. Like that time your neighbor drove up in a brand-spanking-new car. Or when your co-worker waltzed into the office with a designer purse. Meanwhile, you’re still driving your car from 1997 and clothes shopping at Target. You’re thinking, “I’d love to know what that person gets paid.”
Every April, Parade magazine feeds our curiousity when it publishes its ”What People Earn” issue, which looks into the salaries of everyday and famous Americans. We talked about their annual issue a few weeks ago.
We’ve teamed up with our friends at Parade to give you more on this very topic. Every week, TheWorkBuzz will feature 10 real people across the country, what they earn and link to jobs similar to theirs. Take a look at this week’s list. C’mon, you know you want to know.
Beyonce, 27
New York, N.Y.
$80 million
Darin Anstine, 44
Fountain, Colo.
$102,000
Ann Sin, 34
Clovis, Calif.
$66,000
Kathleen Mason, 44
Midland, Ga.
$38,400
Alex Rodriguez, 33
Baseball player
New York, N.Y.
$34 million
Susan Meisner, 44
Lenore, Idaho
$30,000
Alvaro de Molina, 51
Charlotte, N.C.
$11.6 million
Joshua Gropper, 43
New York, N.Y.
$400,000
Brian Davis, 39
Katy, Tex.
$90,000
Eileen Coleman, 35
Port Republic, Md.
$86,300
Photography coordinated by J. Tyler Pappas Creative; Galley/Getty (Beyonce); Getty Images (Rodriguez)
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