How Much Santa Is Worth As An Essential Worker

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Let's be real, Santa already has a tuff job, especially during the pandemic. He's got to go fly around the world, deliver gifts to everyone, and he needs to do that all in one night. That's why insure.com honors him every year with the Santa Index.

It takes all the jobe he does and figures out his salary and what raise he deserves. But don't forget that he does so much more than work on Christmas Eve. This year, it's a 2-percent raise and his salary is $157,300.

Here are the jobs, 15 of them, Jolly Old St. Nick does throughout the year:

• Running the workshop
• Professional shopper
• Gift wrapper
• Labor negotiator (elves)
• Letter reader
• Sitting in the mall chatting with kids (this year online)
• Investigator (are we good or bad?)
• List checker (twice)
• Reindeer caretaker
• Snow plow driver
• Sleigh Pilot
• Going down chimneys
• Cookie & milk taster
• Distributor (the gifts)
• Announcer (Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!”)