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Meet Slovenia’s elite. Click to enlarge.
If you added up the salaries of Slovenia’s top 25 earners, you’d get a grand total of about five million euros. That’s roughly what one baseball player at the Boston Red Sox makes.
It’s not a fair comparison, of course, because there are significant differences in costs of living and what-not between the U.S. and Slovenia. Slovenia’s big 25 also have far more power and influence over other human lives than, say, an MLB shortstop. But still. It’s strange to think about it.
Looking through the list, it’s also worth noting that there’s only one female: Veronika Å keta of Kompas MTS. She clocks in at spot 19.
Here’s a look at the top five:
| Name | Company | Industry | Annual Salary |
| MiloÅ¡ KovaÄ?iÄ? | Krka | Pharmaceutical | 412.278 euros |
| Borut MokroviÄ? | Terme ÄŒatež | Tourism | 407.692 euros |
| Zoran Janković | Mercator | Retail | 359.336 euros |
| Janez LotriÄ? | Petrol | Oil | 261.790 euros |
| Alojz Deželak | Kolinska | Food | 230.108 euros |
If these salaries look modest to you (especially in comparison with America’s CEOs) keep in mind that these are their gross annual salaries. After taxes, they probably bring home about 50% less.
(Thanks Mitja!)
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Good point. I assume you gave up quite a bit, too. Considerng how mch Rush Limbaugh orHoward Stern make, huh?
Oh man, I just clicked on the baseball player link!
Don’t know if you know, but Nomar was traded to the Cubs…
Well, if I had to pick a media personality, I’d prefer living the O’Reilly life, which seems to be full of excitement these days.
But, yeah, you’re right. One thing I’ve been wondering about lately, though, is which country it’s better to be poor in. That might be something for a future post.
I had no idea about Nomar. I haven’t been following American sports closely since I left. With that link I mostly wanted to show that professional baseball players earn salaries in the millions.
Yeah, O’Reilly is having a blast, huh? Check out
tinyurl.com/4xouo
for John Stweart on Crossfire recently, too
The video is out there somewhere also, if you are interested. Funny funny.
Your point about the salaries was well taken. As a Slovenian living in the USA I just had to inform you of the biggest baseball trade this season
I was very dissapointed last week myself - thetime I decide to try and follow a Slovenia soccer match in realtime, they lose badly.