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Don Draper's Salary Today: He'd Command A Pretty Penny
- Advertising Age, Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:25 PM
The folks at Carrington College, who created an inforgraph updating aspects of "Mad Men" to today -- including Don Draper's and Peggy Olson's salaries -- get most of the details wrong, writes Rupai Parekh. We've gotta agree: Don making only $80,000? As Parekh notes, the "client-charming, big-idea-spawning" Don is more likely to command a salary 10 times that figure. Parekh cites other stats about how high salaries are these days for top talent -- and also debunks "the notion that there's no drinking or smoking allowed inside agencies today."
