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Joe Pavelski San Jose Sharks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Playing center and wearing number 8, Joe Pavelski played for the San Jose Sharks during the 2010/2011 NHL season. His salary for the season was reportedly $4,000,000. The total team salary for the San Jose Sharks was reportedly $62,321,662, so his salary represented 6.4% of that total team payroll. We can compare his salary to the other players on his team. The median salary for a player on the San Jose Sharks was $1,950,000, while the average salary was $2,596,735. He played a total of 74 games that season, with 20 goals and 46 assists - a total of 66 points. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $54,054.05 per game played. Joe Pavelski had a plus/minus of 10, 24 PIM (penalties in minutes), 11 PP (power play goals), 1 SH (short-handed goals), 5 GWG (game winning goals), and took 282 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 7.10%. We can divide his salary by the number of goals scored, as well as by the number of points (goals plus assists), if we want to try to evaluate his performance strictly on offense. His salary per goal scored was $200,000 and his salary per point was $60,606.
But then, there are taxes. Each hockey season is played during two calendar years, however, given an annual salary in the U.S. of $4,000,000 we can estimate that he would have to pay $1,375,284 in federal income taxes. That is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 169 median high school teachers, 192 median police officers, or 273 median fire fighters. After paying the IRS, he would have $2,624,716 left over. However, he may still have to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.