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Josh Bailey New York Islanders 2010-2011 NHL statistics
Wearing number 12, Josh Bailey played the position of left winger while playing for the New York Islanders during the 2010/2011 National Hockey League season. He reportedly earned $875,000 for his time on the ice. The total team salary for the New York Islanders was reportedly $29,727,500, so his salary was about 2.9% of the team's total reported payroll. Comparing his salary to the other players on his team, reportedly, the average salary for a player on the New York Islanders was $1,143,365, while the median salary was $765,000. During the 70 games that he played that season, he scored 11 goals and had 17 assists - a total of 28 points. To find out how much he earned per game played, we can divide his reported salary by the number of games played. He earned $12,500.00 per game. Josh Bailey had a plus/minus of -13, 37 PIM (penalties in minutes), 5 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 2 GWG (game winning goals), and took 102 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 10.80%. 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 $79,545 and his salary per point was $31,250.
Don't forget about taxes. Although each NHL season is composed of months two separate calendar years, having a salary in the United States of $875,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $281,534 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 35 median high school teachers, 39 median police officers, or 56 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $593,466 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.
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