This Job Pays $40,000 - $50,000

This article in the New York times -- about a blogger who wrote that a recent murder in Pensacola, FL was not a robbery gone sour but was, in fact, a contract killing -- got me thinking. The hitmen in the case were allegedly paid between "$20,000 and $50,000." I was thinking, is this the market price for this sort of thing?

Simplyhired.com says (chillingly) yes: the average salary for a hire-to-kill job is $44,000. It also notes that "average hire to kill salaries can vary greatly due to company, industry, experience, and benefits."