The least expensive house in the 92118 zip code (USA) is currently for sale for $1,145,000. The least expensive house in the 92067 zip code is currently for sale for $1,100,000. The least expensive house in the 10065 zip code is currently for sale for $$8,900,000—a whole lot cheaper than the house at 19 E. 61st St, New York, New York that is currently for sale for $40,000,000!
According to The U.S. Census Bureau, the median household income was $59,039 in 2016. The 2008-2012 Annual Median Household Income in Blackwater, Arizona was $9,491. The 2008-2012 Annual Median Household Income in Loudoun County, Virginia Was $117,876.
I believe that it is obvious from this data that the location of the pastor’s church is highly significant in determining the pastor’s salary. I also believe that that pastors who have earned both a Ph.D. and a Th.D. from exceptionally fine universities and seminaries deserve a salary that is commensurate with their education—and that pastors who have less education than my dog Rover do not deserve so much as an annual dog biscuit!
Cardiovascular surgeons in the United States, who perform surgery on the heart rather than on the soul, with six years in that practice, earn an average annual salary of over $560,000—with pediatric cardiovascular surgeons earning an average annual salary of over $762,000. However, becoming a cardiovascular surgeons requires a B.A or B.S. degree from an excellent college or university, plus an M.D. degree, a five-year residency, and then a post-residency fellowship in a surgical program for two or three years.
How much is your pastor worth to you—more or less than a cardiovascular surgeon? Moreover, how much education and training should a pastor have—more or less than a cardiovascular surgeon?