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John Scott Chicago Blackhawks 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Playing defenseman and wearing number 32, John Scott played for the Chicago Blackhawks during the 2010/2011 NHL season. His salary for the season was reportedly $500,000. The total team salary for the Chicago Blackhawks was reportedly $62,502,857, so his salary represented 0.8% 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 Chicago Blackhawks was $1,125,000, while the average salary was $2,604,285. He played a total of 40 games that season, with 0 goals and 1 assist - a total of 1 point. If we divide his reported salary by the number of games played, we find he earned $12,500.00 per game played. John Scott had a plus/minus of 0, 72 PIM (penalties in minutes), 0 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 0 GWG (game winning goals), and took 15 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 0.00%.
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.