the average amount a pro athlete makes a season is around $29,450 (not evryone can be LeBron James and make $20 million)
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The number changes everyday!
no they do not have to pay taxes on their winnings.
1 out of every 250 college athletes 'Go Pro' according to the NCAA and NAIA stats, so in a given year where on average there are 400,000 student athletes, there are potentially 16,000 of them that would go pro over the next four years. If for estimate sake, we say 25% of those will be the senior graduating class, then about 4,000 athletes each year go professional. Not sure of the latest stats on US population, but as of the latest info I could get my hands on, there are appx. 300,000,000 people in the US today, and the average tenure of a pro athlete is only 3-5 years depending on the sport. (some longer/shorter) So the percentage of actual current pro athletes to US population would be somewhere in the ballpark of 12-15k (est) pro athletes in the US and so you would be looking at something like .00005%
Because athletes are mainly entertainers
the average pay is around 48,690 bucks!
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Nothing; most Olympic athletes make money from endorsement deals and other ways of trading on their fame such as book deals, television commentary, interviews, etc. Many, particularly in less popular sports have regular jobs, or are supported by their families.
about $25 an hour
In most places, no you do not. Most countries do pay a bonus award to athletes that win medals, even the US.
The US has 529 athletes in the 2012 Olympics.
There are too many to count. There are dozens and dozens of basketball leagues, a few American football leagues, soccer leagues, many baseball leagues, and so on. There is no kept count of professional athletes.