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People have wondered for what Santa does and how he does it for . Researchers have now come up with an to these age-old questions. The insurance insure.com has calculated a figure of $139,924 for Santa's efforts this year. This is a 1.5 per cent increase on last year, which is in keeping with measures suffered by most people around the world. The figure is twice the amount that caregivers in the USA would receive. Researchers at insure.com created a of the various jobs Santa performs throughout the year to create a job . They then estimated the total time spent on each to get the final figure for Santa's annual salary.

The researchers discovered that Santa is a multi-skilled worker, who much has to be a jack of all trades. Among his skills are reindeer handling, gift wrapping, chimney expert and reader. The majority of his salary, however, comes from managing his factory. It is estimated the bearded one spends 2,912 hours a year organizing his elves and making sure toys for the children are of the right . He gets the standard $40.09 an hour for this. His highest rate is for the ten hours he spends being a sleigh pilot and delivering presents. Comparisons were made with airline and researchers reckoned a pilot would earn $62.31 an hour.

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