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Jussi Jokinen Carolina Hurricanes 2010-2011 NHL statistics
During the 2010/2011 NHL season, Jussi Jokinen played left winger for the Carolina Hurricanes, wearing number 36. His salary for the time he spent on the ice that season was reportedly $1,900,000. The total team salary for the Carolina Hurricanes was reportedly $45,735,000, so his salary was about 4.2% 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 Carolina Hurricanes was $2,177,857, while the median salary was $1,900,000. During the 70 games that he played that season, he scored 19 goals and had 33 assists - a total of 52 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 $27,142.86 per game. Jussi Jokinen had a plus/minus of 3, 24 PIM (penalties in minutes), 8 PP (power play goals), 0 SH (short-handed goals), 1 GWG (game winning goals), and took 136 shots. He had a shooting percentage in the 2010/2011 season of 14.00%. 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 $36,538.
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 $1,900,000 we can estimate that he would have to hand over $640,284 in federal income taxes. For comparison, that is about the same amount of tax as the tax paid by 79 median high school teachers, 89 median police officers, or 127 median fire fighters. After paying the federal government, he would have $1,259,716 left over. However, he may still need to use some of that money to pay state or city taxes as well.