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Ok, show me a coach that can fill a 70,000 seat stadium at a minimum of $50 a ticket if he doesn't have his team with him... (btw, 1000000 can't be a median over a large number of teams... or?) (and i guess the top doctoral-granting universities pay their tenured faculty significantly more... just know bits and pieces about that labor market) (and, yes, i know this was meant to be funny and it is)

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Ok, show me a coach that can fill a 70,000 seat stadium at a minimum of $50 a ticket if he doesn't have his team with him... (btw, 1000000 can't be a median over a large number of teams... or?) (and i guess the top doctoral-granting universities pay their tenured faculty significantly more... just know bits and pieces about that labor market) (and, yes, i know this was meant to be funny and it is)

The $1 million figure for coaches is an average, not a median (unless a coach is somehow considered an "administrator," which would be a bizarre categorization). It is a very believable figure to me; the universities compete with the pro leagues as well as with each other.

The tenured professor numbers look right to me to. In physics, for example, I remember that the median was around $120,000 in 2005. In areas like finance and law the numbers are much higher (at least in top programs).

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At least the people on your chart have salaries. In Britain a lot of teaching in universities and colleges is now done by people who, despite having high academic qualifications, have no salary and are only paid for each hour taught - usually about £20 per hour. Just one of the lesser-known results of Thatcherism! :(

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Comparing academic salaries to entertainment salaries (coaches).

Why not compare academic salaries to the service industry salaries.

Another self serving study.

Most people with grad degrees are in the top 5% income level.

Except those who teach in universities and colleges in this country.

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Comparing academic salaries to entertainment salaries (coaches).

Why not compare academic salaries to the service industry salaries.

Another self serving study.

Most people with grad degrees are in the top 5% income level.

Except those who teach in universities and colleges in this country.

Depends on the field. Quite a few academics are extremely well-paid.

Guy

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Comparing academic salaries to entertainment salaries (coaches).

Why not compare academic salaries to the service industry salaries.

Another self serving study.

Most people with grad degrees are in the top 5% income level.

Except those who teach in universities and colleges in this country.

Depends on the field. Quite a few academics are extremely well-paid.

Guy

That's correct. Fields with non-academic alternatives that are fairly lucrative (like b-school, law, economics) get paid a bit more to stay in the academy than profs in less lucrative fields (fill your favorites in here).

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