Insure.com has estimated that Santa, if he got paid, would bring in an annual salary of around 137 thousand dollars.

Insure.com has estimated that Santa, if he got paid, would bring in an annual salary of around 137 thousand dollars.

It was determined that the bulk of his work is overseeing toy making. His full-time, year-round capacity as a manufacturing executive is what makes him most of his money – nearly 115 thousand.

For the other 14 jobs he performs to make sure the world’s 1.8 billion children have presents under the tree come Christmas morning, he was paid by the hour.

For example, the time he spends settling disputes between elves earned him the about 5 grand. It’s guessed he spends a half hour a day, 365 days a year, functioning as a labor negotiator, a job that pays about 27 dollars an hour.

Among his other many professional functions are letter reader, investigator, reindeer handler, sleigh pilot, and distributer.

When insure.com asked the public how much they thought Santa should be paid, the results varied.

A whopping 37 percent tapped into their inner Scrooge and said he should get nothing. Thankfully, others were more generous and over 25 percent of respondents put Santa’s worth in the billions.