Why Do Celebrities Get Paid?

Firefighters, police officers, and many other positions risk their lives for our safety, or provide necessary services to survive in today’s economy, every day and still get paid less than twice, or more, the amount that some celebrities get paid. Celebrities often can easily make 6 figures, over 100,000 dollars a year. Most celebrities make millions of dollars, and some even make billions. “The median annual salary for a firefighter is $43,580, with a range usually between $32,685 - $54,475 (Fire).” Police officers make about 48,336 dollars annually(Police). A celebrity who makes a million dollars, makes 20 times more than the average firefighter and police officer makes. While celebrities work hard to earn their money at the start of their career, celebrities end up getting paid too much in the end. Police officers and firefighters risk their lives every day and are more necessary than celebrities. Celebrities make more than enough money and could withstand a drawback in pay.
The average human doesn’t even make a million dollars in their lifetime, so it doesn’t make sense that certain people get paid millions, or quite possibly billions, for being widely known, producing a movie, singing a couple songs, or playing a sport very well. It was just announced that Michael Jordan was going to be receiving a check for 200 million dollars from Nike (Celebrity). Michael Jordan was a great basketball player, but not so great that it makes it okay for him to make millions off his name. Police officers and firefighters have to go out and risk their lives everyday to earn their