According to Dice's 2001 survey of 61,000 technology workers, nationwide salaries averaged $68,400 last year.

Kelly once stated that his salary at Disney averaged about $100 a week.

He said that it was hard for transit workers to support their families; their salaries average nearly $44,000 a year.

Yearly salaries at such firms can average $80,000 or more.

His salary will average $5,612,500 a year, the 10th-highest in baseball.

In the previous year (2002), it found salary and bonuses averaged $2 million.

The union, whose members' salaries average $44,000 a year, has called for a 24 percent raise over three years.

Paul said the players' salaries would average around $15,000, with the top players earning about $30,000 a season.

But he eventually settled for a shorter deal in which his annual salary could average $3.875 million over the next four years.

Neither will the players, whose salaries average about $1,000 a month, plus $13 a day for meals when the team is on the road.