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Meet the NHL's New Highest-Paid Player

Minnesota Wild sign Kirill Kaprizov $136M deal over 8 years

(Newser) - The Minnesota Wild have signed Kirill Kaprizov to the richest contract in NHL history, at $136 million over eight years. General manager Bill Guerin announced the record-setting deal on Tuesday, reports the AP . Kaprizov will count $17 million against the salary cap beginning next season. That's the highest annual...

Bidding Wars for AI's Top Talent Would Make an NBA Star Blush

Tech giants battle for top minds with record-breaking deals

(Newser) - The bidding war for artificial intelligence talent is looking less like a job market and more like NBA free agency, minus the salary cap. Take 24-year-old Matt Deitke, per the New York Times : Meta dangled an initial offer of $125 million in cash and stock to recruit him from...

Ex-Saints QB Explains His 'Crazy' Reason for Retiring

Derek Carr, 34, says he would've felt bad drawing $30M salary while recovering from needed surgery

(Newser) - Last month, New Orleans Saints quarterback Derek Carr made a surprise announcement that he was retiring from the NFL at age 34 due to serious shoulder issues. He's now revealing more on that decision, which apparently involved some guilt on his part on possibly sitting out injured while still...

With WNBA Draft Looming, Salaries Are Again in Spotlight

UConn star Paige Bueckers is likely to be first draft pick, make a bit more than Caitlin Clark

(Newser) - Paige Bueckers may soon redefine rookie earnings in the WNBA as discussions heat up around player salaries. As the projected top draft pick, the UConn star is expected to be the top pick in Monday's WNBA draft, in which case she'd earn a base salary of roughly...

Don't Have a Degree? These Jobs Pay Decent Bucks

Elevator/escalator installer is at top of Kiplinger's list, with a median annual salary that's over 6 figures

(Newser) - Not sure if a university degree is for you? There are still plenty of jobs that offer a pretty good paycheck sans that piece of paper. Kiplinger sifted through data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to see which gigs present the best salaries and job growth projections, all without...

Want to Make $620K? Walmart's Hiring

Regional, or market, managers welcome retailer's latest compensation changes

(Newser) - Office workers in Walmart corporate probably aren't loving some of the cuts and changes coming their way, including the phasing out of telecommuting, reduced pay, and a downgraded health-insurance plan. Regional managers for the big-box retailer, however, are getting an ample paycheck boost: The Wall Street Journal reports that...

In US' Richest Towns, Homeowners Need to Earn Big Bucks

Average household income is $366K in Palm Beach, Florida, but you need $2.3M to buy a place

(Newser) - Those aspiring to keep up with the Joneses in one of the wealthiest towns in America will need a hefty paycheck—one that's often more than the average household income in said towns, reports Voronoi . GOBankingRates first pulled out all smaller cities with populations between 5,000 and 10,...

$85.6M Haul Makes QB the NFL's Top-Earning Player

Detroit Lions' Jared Goff takes top spot, per Forbes

(Newser) - The National Football League's 10 highest-earning players are set to make a collective $644 million this year—more than twice what the top players earned in 2017, reports Forbes . At the top of the list is 29-year-old Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff, who helped push his team to their...

Pay Needed to Tempt Workers Away Reaches 10-Year High
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Pay Needed to Tempt Workers Away Reaches 10-Year High

Average desired wage climbs nearly $8.5K in 4 months, according to New York Fed survey

(Newser) - The lowest compensation job searchers are willing to accept for a new position has increased to the highest level in a decade, even as hiring slows. Job searchers say they require $81,822 in annual compensation, on average, to switch jobs, according to the latest consumer expectations survey , conducted every...

Dog Walkers Probably Make More Than You Think

In New York City, established ones pull in 6 figures

(Newser) - The most lucrative side hustle in the nation is dog walking, according to the online tutoring service Preply . It pegs the average hourly wage for the task at $43, ahead of freelance design ($32) and freelance writing ($29). If that rate sounds high, a story in the New York Times ...

In Bankruptcy, Alex Jones Battles for $1.3M Salary

He asks judge to order Infowars' parent firm to go back to paying him $54K biweekly, up from $20K

(Newser) - A salary of $10,000 a week isn't enough for a bankrupt Alex Jones, who has asked a judge for almost three times that amount. The Infowars host on Monday requested that federal bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez restore the $1.3 million annual salary he received from Infowars' parent...

In America's Largest City, a Big Change in Job Listings

New York City now requires companies with 4 or more workers to disclose salary ranges

(Newser) - It's not only a new month on Tuesday—it's the first day in the nation's largest city where job seekers will finally know how much most positions pay before they get too deep into the application process. A new law has officially gone into effect in which...

Dreading an Internship? Would Being Paid $16K a Month Help?

Finance companies are paying big bucks amid a 'particularly tough recruitment year'

(Newser) - College students continue to vie for coveted Wall Street internships over the summer, and for good reason: Unlike internships in many other industries, they come with a fat paycheck. Fast Company cites a recent Glassdoor ranking of the top-paying US internships, a list in which finance companies "performed extremely...

These Bosses May Get Paid Just a Little Too Much

Investor advocacy group as you sow published its most overpaid CEO list

(Newser) - As the chief executive officer of Paycom Software, Chad Richison claims pay of more than $210,000,000, while the average worker at Paycom takes home $71,259—a CEO-worker ratio of 2963:1. And he's not the only head honcho that has a salary that's way in...

Johnny Depp Shot Just One Scene. He'll Get His Full Salary

Warner Bros. asked actor to resign from 'Fantastic Beasts' role, but contract still requires he gets paid

(Newser) - Johnny Depp shot just one scene as Gellert Grindelwald in the next Fantastic Beasts film when it was announced to the London production crew that Warner Bros. had asked him to step down after he lost his "wife beater" libel case against a UK tabloid. Depp agreed to resign,...

Friends Stars Will Be Here for You—for a Hefty Payday

Figures are ranging from between $2.5M to $4M each for hourlong 'Friends' special

(Newser) - "It's happening." That was the joint Instagram post Friday of Friends co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, and Matt LeBlanc (whose post featured a slightly different twist). The happening they speak of: what Quartz describes as "an hourlong hangout session,"...

You Could Make $100K Working at Taco Bell

Parent company to offer six-figure annual salary for general managers in select locations

(Newser) - Dollar signs don't typically come to mind when one is considering a job in fast food, but during a tight labor market , Taco Bell's parent company is trying to change that. Bloomberg reports Yum! Brands will be testing out a six-figure annual salary—$100,000—for general managers...

CEO Raising Everyone's Salary to at Least $70K

The process will be finished in 2024

(Newser) - When Gravity Payments bought Boise, Idaho, firm ChargeItPro three years ago, the lowest-paid employees made $24,000 a year. That soon went up to $40,000—and Gravity CEO Dan Price says it will be $70,000 by 2024. To mark the opening of a new Boise Gravity office, which...

You May Be Surprised by What Walmart Store Managers Make

$175K a year, says company

(Newser) - Walmart is out with a report on its social responsibility, and one stat in particular is getting a lot of attention. The chain says its store managers make an average of $175,000 year, reports CNN . Walmart has about 4,700 such managers, and the Wall Street Journal notes that...

4 of Top 5 Highest-Paid TV Actors Hail From One Show

'Big Bang Theory' actors are bringing home nice bank

(Newser) - Talk about going out with a bang. Forbes has put out its list of the highest-paid actors on TV, and four of the top five are from one hit show: The Big Bang Theory on CBS, with lead Jim Parsons banking a comfortable $26.5 million a year—not only...

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