WASHINGTON — As the kids are opening presents from Santa, did you ever think about all the jobs St. Nick has to do to pull off his yearly trip?
The jolly old elf wears a lot of hats — and he could potentially rake in a lot of dough, according to聽annual , which calculates Santa’s salary.
He鈥檚 an industrial engineer and labor relations specialist, running that workshop. He works as a private investigator and bookkeeper, keeping tabs on who鈥檚 naughty and nice. He has to be a rancher to take care of the reindeer. He鈥檚 a customer service representative who talks to kids in the mall. And when it comes time to get down to work on the annual trek, he鈥檚 a pilot, chimney sweep and agricultural inspector, tasting all those cookies.
If you tallied up all his hours of work in all those fields, the聽index says he should be making almost $140,000 for all his time. That鈥檚 about $2,000 more than last year.
But they also did a survey on what people think Santa should make.
The results are divided. 聽About a third think he should be a billionaire making about a dollar for every kid in the world (approximately 1.8 billion), but another third said he shouldn鈥檛 get paid.
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