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Greg Mauldin Colorado Avalanche 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 20, Greg Mauldin played the position of center while playing for the Colorado Avalanche during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $500,000. The total team salary for the Colorado Avalanche was reportedly $39,872,500, so his salary was about 1.3% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Colorado Avalanche was $1,000,000. The average salary was $1,594,900. During the 29 games that he played that season, he scored 5 goals and had 5 assists - a total of 10 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $17,241.38 per game played. Greg Mauldin had a plus/minus of 5, 8 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 2 SH (short-handed goals), 1 GWG (game winning goals), and took 46 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 10.90%. If we want to evaluate his performance strictly on offense, we can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists). His salary per goal scored was $100,000 and his salary per point was $50,000.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $500,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $150,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 18 median high school teachers, 21 median police officers, or 30 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $349,716 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.