Dance
Peter Martins
$619,000
Artistic director, New York City Ballet
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(Photo: From left, Mike Appleton/AP; Beatriz Schiller/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) |
Angel Corella
and Julie Kent
$171,000 each
Principal dancers, American Ballet Theatre
Magdalena Piekarz
$48,000
Teacher, Arthur Murray Dance Studios
Sports
Paul Tagliabue
$8 million
Commissioner, National Football League
Don Garber
$1.25 Million
Commissioner, Major League Soccer
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(Photo: Jeffrey Mayer/Wire Image) |
Larry Brown
$10 million
Head coach, New York Knicks
Isiah Thomas
$6.7 million
General manager, New York Knicks
Brian Cashman
$1 million
General manager, New York Yankees
Omar Minaya
$700,000
General manager, New York Mets
Joe Torre
$6.4 million
Manager, Yankees
Willie Randolph
$630,000
Manager, Mets
Tom Coughlin
$2.75 million
Head coach, New York Giants
Herman Edwards
$2 million
Head coach, New York Jets
Eli Manning
$7.5 million
Quarterback, Giants
Chad Pennington
$9.1 million
Quarterback, Jets
Adrian Awasom
$230,000
Rookie defensive end, Giants
Alex Rodriguez
$25.2 million
Third baseman, Yankees
Pedro Martinez
$13.25 million
Pitcher, Mets
Steve Crampton
$9,900
Pitcher, Newark Bears
($450 per week for 22 weeks, plus
$18 per diem on road trips)
Stephon Marbury
$17.5 million
Point guard, Knicks
Jason Kidd
$17.3 million
Point guard, New Jersey Nets
Trevor Ariza
$398,762
Final 2004 draft pick, Knicks
Becky Hammon
$89,000
All-Star guard, New York Liberty
Norm Roberts
$300,000
Head basketball coach, St. John’s
Patrick Magnan
$7,800
Head basketball coach, defending Manhattan champions Frederick Douglass Academy
(in addition to his teacher’s salary)
Marv Albert
$750,000
TV play-by-play announcer, Nets
Mike and the Mad Dog
$2.7 million
Talk-radio hosts, WFAN
($1.4 million for Mike, $1.3 million
for the Mad Dog)
Government
Gregory Burke
$18,444
Private first class, United States Army, stationed in Iraq
(includes $130 monthly hazardous-duty fee)
John Wright
$45,625
National Guardsman, Penn Station
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(Photo: Jim Spellman/Wire Image) |
Kofi Annan
$341,094
Secretary-general, United Nations
Hillary Clinton
$162,100
United States senator
Charles Rangel
$162,100
United States congressman
George Pataki
$179,000
Governor
Eliot Spitzer
$151,500
State attorney general
Sheldon Silver
$121,000
State Assembly speaker
Joseph Bruno
$120,500
State Senate majority leader
Michael Bloomberg
$1
Mayor
(official mayor’s salary: $195,000)
Peter Madonia
$162,800
Mayor’s chief of staff
Kevin Sheekey
$270,842
Bloomberg reelection campaign manager
Cristyne Nicholas
$238,981
CEO and president,
NYC & Company tourism bureau
John Doherty
$162,800
Commissioner, Sanitation Department
Lori Lyons
$48,996
Garbagewoman



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