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Jiri Tlusty Carolina Hurricanes 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Jiri Tlusty played center for the Carolina Hurricanes, wearing number 19. He earned a salary, reportedly, of $500,000. The total team salary for the Carolina Hurricanes was reportedly $45,735,000, so his salary was about 1.1% of the team's total reported payroll. The median salary for a player on the Carolina Hurricanes was $1,900,000. The average salary was $2,177,857. During the 57 games that he played that season, he scored 6 goals and had 6 assists - a total of 12 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $8,771.93 per game played. Jiri Tlusty had a plus/minus of 1, 14 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 53 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 11.30%. 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 $83,333 and his salary per point was $41,667.
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.