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Religion In America Pays Clergy Less Than Common Professions
An analysis of church spending shows about seven billion dollars from Americans goes to religion this year with roughly four billion for personnel and church staff. It notes vast disparities in pay between clergy and church workers, with Catholic priests earning from 75 to 300 dollars monthly and Protestant ministers averaging about seven thousand to eight thousand dollars yearly, well below many industrial jobs.
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