Times are (still) tough, but we’re betting the recession hasn’t quelled your obsession with the mighty dollar. Our annual salaries survey touches on just about every profession on the Main Line. If it’s not here, it isn’t for lack of effort on our part. And to those bigwigs who made the list without their knowledge, please don’t hate us!
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• Restaurant Staff
• The Billionaire’s Club
• CEOs
• State and City Government
• Public Servants
• Athletes
• Educators
• Other
FEATURED PROFESSIONALS
• Donna Marie Buscaglia, Bark Avenue Boutique, Ardmore
• Joseph Ferrer, Jay Michael Salon Group, Radnor
• Roy Halladay, Philadelphia Phillies
• Maki Garcia Evans, Cupcakes Gourmet, Malvern/Wayne/Ardmore
• Todd Zimmermann, Pictures by Todd Photography, Bryn Mawr
• Andrea Elovson, Sleepy Bug, Montgomery County
• Alicia H. Nathanson, Blossom Productions, Bala Cynwyd
LOOKING FOR A JOB?
• Top Employers in Chester, Delaware and Montgomery Counties
Donna Marie Buscaglia
Owner, The Bark Avenue Boutique, Ardmore
What she makes: $50,000/year.
Average hours worked per week: 75-80.
Typical workweek: “I’m in my store from open until close, seven days a week. Customers are my first priority, and if they’ve brought in their pup, I’m on the floor giving them lots of love and attention. My customers are like family, and so many have become great friends.”
Best part of her job: “I definitely don’t feel like this is a job—or even work. Beautiful, happy people and things constantly surround me.”
Previous profession: A vice president in the banking industry.
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Joseph Ferrer
Master Stylist/Editorial Artist, Jay Michael Salon Group, Radnor
What he makes: $100,000+/year.
Average hours worked per week: 40-75.
Best part of his job: “After 30 years in the business, through the ups and downs, I still love my job. Creating great hair is a difficult art. It’s psychologically rewarding when making a client connection. I enjoy participating in fashion shows in New York because it completes my artistic side and allows me to bring back fresh styles to my clients.”
Thing he’d like to change: The perception of the industry. “Doing hair sounds Barbie doll simple, but stand on your feet daily for a solid nine hours and we’ll talk. It’s very satisfying, but demanding both physically and mentally.”
Roy Halladay
Pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
What he makes: $15,750,000/year.
Maki Garcia Evans
Founder and Master Baker, Cupcakes Gourmet, Malvern, Wayne and Ardmore
What she makes: $0. (Her 2010 earnings were reinvested in the business.)
Average hours worked per week: 60.
Typical workweek: “I oversee all aspects of the business from baking and event management to customer relations and marketing design. My personal goal is to create a loving customer experience and delicious cupcakes that embody our mission of ‘love tastes like this.’”
Best part of her job: “Interacting with people and celebrating life’s special moments with cupcakes.”
Previous profession: Makeup artist for high fashion and wedding print and broadcast. “I had a similar goal at Cupcakes Gourmet: providing love and pleasure to each of life’s moments by making people feel good about themselves.”
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Todd Zimmermann
Owner, Pictures by Todd Photography, Bryn Mawr
What he makes: $4,500-$5,500 per wedding (plus income from commercial and corporate projects).
Average hours worked per week: 55-60.
Typical workweek: “I spend an average of 30-40 hours on each wedding, from initial consultations with the couple to album design and retouching.”
Best part of his job: “Every week and every job I have is different. I’d get bored doing the same thing every day. The appreciation and gratitude that we get from clients is really my main motivator.”
Previous profession: Manager of a camera store and photo lab in downtown Philadelphia.
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Andrea Elovson
Owner, Sleepy Bug, Montgomery County
What she makes: $80/hour for phone consults, $100 for home visits.
Average hours worked per week: 15-20 hours.
Typical workweek: “As an infant and toddler sleep coach, my days are never the same. I spend a majority of my time coaching parents. I run workshops and sleep clinics in and around Philadelphia, so I keep up with the latest pediatric sleep research and update my presentations.”
Best part of her job: “The relief I hear in my clients’ voices when I tell them that they aren’t the only ones whose baby isn’t sleeping. As a new mom, I thought my baby should ‘sleep like a baby.’ Most don’t. I love that I get to hear the truth, not a glossy version of motherhood. It keeps me grounded in my own role as a mom.”
Previous profession: Documentary television producer. “I produced news shows for the Discovery Channel, CNN and PBS. It was an exciting job, but it doesn’t mesh well with being a mom.”
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Alicia H. Nathanson
Co-owner, Blossom Productions, Bala Cynwyd
What she makes: $3,000-$5,000 per project.
Average hours worked per week: 40.
Best part of her job: “On the surface, we’re capturing a couple’s story on their wedding day as it’s naturally happening, with a modern, stylish, cinematic look. For me, it goes a bit deeper than that. The real gratification comes when we’ve preserved the emotion of the day.”
Dream job: “At this point in my life, this is my dream job.”
Previous profession: Television producer. “I traveled to almost every continent in the world, working 12- to 18-hour days, producing television for networks like TLC, the Travel Channel and E!”
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Eat (and Drink) Here
We tapped Connor Cummins, co-owner of Molly Maguire’s Irish Restaurant & Pub in Phoenixville and Lansdale, for currect restaurant-industry standard wages.
» Bartender (day): $6/hour, plus tips
» Bartender (night): $3/hour, plus tips
» Chef, downtown Philadelphia restaurant: $50,000-$100,000
» Chef, suburban restaurant: $45,000-$75,000
» General manager, downtown Philadelphia restaurant: $70,000+
» General manager, suburban restaurant: $45,000-$60,000
» Line chef: $30/hour
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The Billionaire’s Club
Who wants to be a millionaire when you can be a billionaire? We don’t know the actual annual salaries of the following local folks who made 2010’s “Forbes 400: The Richest People in America,” but we’re impressed enough with their net worth.
» Mary Alice Dorrance Malone, Coatesville, Campbell Soup heiress: $2.5 billion
» James Kim, Bryn Mawr, microchip entrepreneur: $1.3 billion
» Richard Hayne, Chester County, Urban Outfitters founder: $1.3 billion
» Jeffrey Lurie, Haverford, Philadelphia Eagles owner: $1 billion
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Looking for a Job?
You may want to try one of Pennsylvania’s top employers (according to the Center for Workforce Information & Analysis).
Chester County
1. Vanguard Group
2. Federal government
3. Siemens Medical Solutions USA
4. Chester County
5. QVC
Delaware County
1. The Boeing Company
2. Crozer-Chester Medical Center
3. Delaware County
4. Federal government
5. United Parcel Service
Montgomery County
1. Merck & Co.
2. Abington Memorial Hospital
3. State government
4. Main Line Health
5. Federal government
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CEO Watch
CEO salaries are based on the most recent information available at press time. Some CEOs’ salaries include additional compensation.
Richard T. Clark, chairman/president/CEO, Merck & Co.: $11,892,903
W. Edmund Clark, president/CEO, TD Bank Financial Group: $12,980,421
Douglas R. Conant, president/CEO, Campbell Soup Co.: $11,557,212
Jeffrey B. Kindler, chairman/CEO, Pfizer: $13,659,266
Gregory B. Maffei, president/CEO, Liberty Media: $87,489,469
W. James McNerney Jr., chairman/president/CEO, Boeing Co.: $13,705,435
Robert L. Parkinson Jr., chairman/CEO, Baxter International: $11,843,053
Brian L. Roberts, chairman/president/CEO, Comcast Corp.: $24,993,933
John W. Rowe, chairman/CEO, Exelon Corp.: $12,036,882
Thomas M. Ryan, chairman/president/CEO, CVS Caremark Corp.: $16,231,292
Glen T. Senk, CEO, Urban Outfitters: $29,944,180
Robert J. Stevens, chairman/president/CEO, Lockheed Martin Corp.: $20,473,451
Ronald A. Williams, chairman/CEO, Aetna: $16,392,345
Andrew Witty, CEO, GlaxoSmithKline: $12,595,450
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State and City Brass
Government salaries are based on the most recent information available at press time.
Tom Corbett, governor of Pennsylvania: $177,888
Bill Ward, Corbett’s chief of staff: $154,133
Annmarie Kaiser, Corbett’s secretary of legislative affairs: $135,003
Brian Westmoreland, Corbett’s special assistant: $119,003
Kevin Harley, Corbett’s director of communications and press secretary: $145,018
Kenya Mann, Pennsylvania’s inspector general: $126,000
Michael Nutter, mayor of Philadelphia: $195,000 (before furlough days)
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At Your (Public) Service
Animal warden, Lower Merion: $61,258
Assistant township manager, Lower Merion: $122,921
Chief fire officer/fire marshal, Lower Merion: $90,465
Director of finance/CFO, Lower Merion: $107,854
Director of parking services, Lower Merion: $78,408
Parking meter attendant, Lower Merion: $42,461
Police detective, Radnor: $79,750
Police lieutenant, Radnor: $109,374
Police officer, Radnor: $68,358-$75,953
Police superintendent, Lower Merion: $135,126
School crossing guard, Lower Merion: $16,138
Refuse collector, Radnor: $53,616
Refuse truck driver, Radnor: $56,107
Township manager, Lower Merion: $193,324
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Jocks
Fran Dunphy, head coach, Temple University men’s basketball team: $700,000 (2009)
Jay Wright, head coach, Villanova University men’s basketball team: $1,983,769 (2009)
Charlie Manuel, manager, Phillies: $3 million (estimated)
Andy Reid, head coach, Philadelphia Eagles: $3.5 million (estimated)
Chase Utley, second base, Phillies: $15,285,714
Cliff Lee, pitcher, Phillies: $9 million
Jimmy Rollins, shortstop, Phillies: $8.5 million
Shane Victorino, center field, Phillies: $5 million
Jason Peters, offensive team, Eagles: $11,456,000
Asante Samuel, cornerback, Eagles: $8,895,000
Trent Cole, defensive end, Eagles: $2,900,000
Reggie Wells, offensive guard, Eagles: $2.4 million
Chris Pronger, defenseman, Flyers: $7.6 million
Daniel Briere, center, Flyers: $7 million
Mike Richards, center, Flyers: $6.4 million
Andrej Meszaros, defenseman, Flyers: $4 million
Nikolay Zherdev, right wing, Flyers: $2 million
Elton Brand, power forward, Sixers: $15,959,099
Andre Iguodala, shooting guard, Sixers: $12,345,250
Jason Kapono, small forward, Sixers: $6,641,440
Evan Turner, shooting guard, Sixers: $4,602,720
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Class Acts
Kindergarten teacher, West Chester Area School District: $47,640
Eight-year veteran teacher (with master’s degree), Lower Merion School District: $76,467
Eight-year veteran teacher (with master’s degree), Radnor School District: $58,816
Thirteen-year veteran teacher (with master’s degree), Lower Merion School District: $101,129
Thirteen-year veteran teacher (with master’s degree), Radnor School District: $76,125
Superintendent (2008-2009), Lower Merion School District: $195,000
Superintendent (2008-2009), Radnor School District: $194,000
Superintendent, Philadelphia School District: $338,000
Superintendent (2008-2009), West Chester Area School District: $225,000
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All the Rest
Babysitter: $12/hour
Bagger, Acme Markets: $7.25/hour
Béke Beau, makeup artist: $700/day (editorial/commercial work)
Christina Duff and Elizabeth Larkin, doulas/owners, Well Born Baby: $1,000/client
Elizabeth Chance, owner/concierge, Bizzy Concierge: $40/hour
Dental assistant: $14-$17/hour
Dental assistant (expanded duties): $23-$28/hour
Dental hygienist: $33-$38/hour
Director, Philadelphia Museum of Art: $450,000
Dog groomer, Canine Creature Comforts: $50,000-$60,000
Dog walker: $16 per 30-minute walk
Dog trainer, Canine Creature Comforts: $40,000-$60,000
Harpist: $150/hour
Home stager: $75-$125/hour
House cleaner: $150-$200/week per house
Interior designer: $115-$150/hour
Kelly McBride, owner/pilates instructor, Belly Pilates: $65-$80/session
Musician, Brandywine Valley Talent: $300-$600 per private event
Personal trainer: $50,000+
Pet sitter (overnight, 12 hours): $75
Professional organizer (residential): $100-$125/hour
Tennis instructor: $30/hour
Yoga instructor (private studio): $35-$50 per session
Yoga instructor (gym): $25 per session
Zumba instructor (certified): $45-$50/hour
