日本の雑誌も面白いけれども、アメリカのも負けていない（残念ながら広告が多すぎるのは両者ともに共通…）。
旅をしていて、何冊か雑誌を買ってみたりもした（買ったものの読むスピードが遅いので、雑誌はたまるばかり）。
そんな中、JFKから飛行機に乗る前に買った”New York”の特集”SALARIES ‘05”は面白かった。
いろいろな職に就く人々の給料がリストアップされている。
「え？こんな職種の給料までわかったの？」と思わず驚いてしまうものまで。
主な紹介例（あくまでも個人的な関心の高いものだけ）は下記の通り。
| Business | ||
| Edward Lamperd | Manager, ESL Investments hedge fund | $1.02 billion |
| Richard Fuld | Chairman and CEO, Lehman Borthers | $35,257,099 |
| E. Stanley O’Neil | Chairman, CEO and President, Merrill Lynch | $32,134,673 |
| Henry Paulson Jr. | Chairman and CEO, Goldman Sachs | $29,789,359 |
| Sanford Weill | Chairman, Citi Group | $29,121,679 |
| Chelsea Clinton | Consultant, McKinsey & Co. | $120,000 |
| Travis Harris | Shoe-shiner, Wall Street | $3,120 |
| Movies | ||
| Rebert De Niro | Actor | $20 million |
| Sarah Jessica Parker | Gap Spokeswoman | $38 milion |
| David Schmidt | Kim’s Video Clerk | $8,736 |
| Andy Warhol | Deceased artist | $16,226,741 |
| Music | ||
| John Lennon | Deceased singer-songwriter | $21 million |
| Media | ||
| Martha Stewart | Founder, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia | $3,565,969 |
| Martha Stewart | TV Star | $9.6 million |
| Parakash Patel | Newsstand Operator | $14,400 |
| Sports | ||
| Paul Tagliabue | Commissioner, NFL | $8 million |
| Don Garber | Commissioner, MLS | $250,000 |
| Brian Cashman | General manager, New York Yankees | $1 million |
| Joe Torre | Manager, Yankees | $6.4 million |
| Steve Crampton | Pitcher, New York Bears | $9,900 |
| Government | ||
| Gregory Burke | Private first class, US army, stationed in Iraq | $18,444 |
| John Wright | National Guard, Penn Station | $45,625 |
| Kofi Annan | U.N. Security-General | $341,094 |
| Hillary Clinton | US senator | $162,100 |
| Michael Bloomberg | Mayor | $1 |
| Police and Fire | ||
| Anthony Napolitano | Rookie police officer | $36,878 |
| Transpotation | ||
| Glen O’Sulivan | Subway conductor | $46,883 |
| Nzue Kohen | Yellow-cab driver | $37,000 |
| Personal Services | ||
| Christine Lanotte | dog walker, Petaholics | $20,000 |
| Flower | Cocaine dealer, Lower east side | $150,000 |
| Real Estate | ||
| Donald Trump | Chairman and CEO, Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, Inc | $1,947,853 |
| Donald Trump | TV Sar, The Apprentine | $1.6 million |
| Ramon Torres | Windows washer | $45,428 |
| Food | ||
| Amirul Islam | Fruit vender, Broadway and Warren Street | $9,100 |
リストの中で、もっとも気になったのがSarah Jessica Parkerが$38 millionもの収入をGAPのSpokeswomanという職で得ているということ。
GAP、間違ってません？
もっとお金の使い道はあるだろうに…。