how much does a baseball player start out earning?
829855
For the 2006 season, the minimum salary was $327,000.  This obviously doesn't include signing bonuses that many players receive with their first major league contract.\n\nhttp://mlbplayers.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/pa/info/faq.jsp#minimum\n\nWith the new CBA now in place, this amount will rise to $380,000, and to $400,000 by 2009.\n\nhttp://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2006/11/03/mlb-labour.html
230404
It is a simple lesson in economics supply and demand. For athletes, people are willing to pay money to see a game and receive a service. Owners are willing to pay star players more because they attract more fans to the games, sell more gear, get more endorsements, get more radio/tv money. The players pay for themselves.\n\nTeachers, policemen and other civil servants does not fall so much into this same criteria. Most of these are paid with taxpayers money.  The taxes come from property, sales or income taxes.  At the same time, they do not produce the revenue that a baseball player/team can produce.  Due to both of these factors they do not get paid as  pro athletes do.\n\nThe same applies to anyone with a specific job with the city, county, state or federal government such as an attorney or an engineer. They typically get paid less than a counterpart in the private industry. They have the same skill set and experience but get paid less. In exchange, they usually get better hours, more benefits. More importantly they usually enjoy knowing that they are working for the citizens.\n\nAs with everything in life there is a tradeoff.
680347
Yes, they are overpaid...BUT, who pays these guys?  The owners.  Why do they pay them so high?  Because they can!  The owners, especially in Baseball because there is no salary cap, make so much money from the revenue they get from T.V deals, marketing, ticket sales, parking, etc. etc.  Yes it's not fair that military, police, teachers, are not even in a baseball players galaxy in compensation, but the owners pay them.  If your boss was a multi-multi billionaire at your company, and you were at the top level of your craft, wouldn't you think you would be compensated well.  As long as WE THE FAN continue to go to the games and pay enormous prices for everything, that money that we earn, that we in turn give to these teams, will go to the owners checkbooks, which will be deposited into players bank accounts.  It's unfair to us, but that's the world we live in when in comes to professional sports.
429875
I assume you mean from sports alone - no endorsments or acting gigs. If this is the case, the highest paid athlete is Alex Rodiguez (NY Yankees) - a bit more than $25 million a year. With endorsements deals and pet projects, it is Tiger Woods.
700769
Hey that is my idea. The only difference is I go to a sports stadium and if the home team wins I will ask for a dollar from as many people as time permits. At the end of the night I can rack up about $300 to $400 dollars. It's a great way to obtain extra income.
1168490
Just go down to their offices and sign up -- it's that simple!  You see, not many other people would like to play professional sports, so it's really easy.  Pardon my sarcasm if you're under the age of 12.  But really, the way someone breaks into sports like that is usually by playing that sport in high school, then college, etc. So I would focus on just trying to play baseball as much as possible in little leagues and school. If you're good enough, the path to pro will probably be shown to you by coaches and others.
239847
About 40 thousand a year. The best players can make a little more.
364095
around $500,000/year, they are usually someone who knows the game inside and out, or maybe has pitching background, they are used as a coach, to find whats wrong with pitchers when they are warming up! They are very important people!
1099617
What I would do if I were starting a selective 14-15 yr. old team would first be to spread the word of a tryout. Talk to nearby High School coaches and ask them for any athlete contacts. Put an add in the newspaper. Make lots of phone calls. Next, hold a tryout and assemble a team. Hold practices. Sign up for games to be played and tournaments to be played in. I'm not sure of the overall cost, but you could potentially get some sponsors to help shoulder the load. Most baseball tournaments are at least 200$ per team. Next is uniforms, travel, overnight stay, etc. Good luck with your team!
479328
There are certainly many athletes who seem to have no idea how to handle the riches that come with their success--and act like it.\n\nHowever, you put this question in the baseball category, and it does seem as though fewer of those players are quite as conspicuous with their wealth.  Then again, there are very few baseball players with big contracts who are just out of high school.\n\nAn increasing number of athletes are wisely permitting experienced business and money managers to handle their finances.  They often incorporate players into businesses to obtain tax advantages, invest their incomes, pay out allowances for the player, his family, and whoever else may have their hand out.
180891
$14-$16 is a good starting pay
820310
The sky is the limit, it could be anywhere from $30,000 or more depending on what you are actually doing.  Some areas make more, but I would say even without experience I would expect at least $50,000 to be a starting average.  With experience it could easily be two to three times that amount.
325809
Their salary is determined by the surf companies that sponsor them. They usually don't get that much in terms of income but they get perks such as clothing, gear, travel perks, etc. They also get paid for endorsing certain products in their sponsors line. Income is also earned from contest winnings, which is not much compared to other professional sports.
45433
A Free Agent Acquisition Budget (or FAAB) is used to acquire free agents. Most leagues start with $100 available for each team. The team owner who bids the most is awarded the free agent and his FAAB then is decreased by the amount of his bid.
358675
MLB has the highest average salaries, I believe, at $2.5-$3 million.  The NFL has average salaries close to $1.5 million.  The NBA and NHL are also in the $1-2 million range.  I'm quoting these from memory, as I've seen the numbers before, but they may have changed since I read the article.\n\nNote that the best players get payed quite a bit more than that (some are over $20 million).  All of the leagues have minimum salaries in the $300k-$500k range.
988746
This is only true for those players playing in the US, those playing outside ie in the European Leagues are in similar pay scales. All are conditional to what the team they are playing for and what they think they are worth. The US based players get paid what they are worth based on the market. When the sport becomes as popular as basketball and baseball and the teams start making the same kind of money the salaries of US based players should increase.
29161
Ive seen bills for cities, and they were $12500. I think it depends on the size, etc (majors more expensive than minor leagues, etc.)