Being a Public Handicapper?

[Stickhorse]

I wonder once in awhile how much do our friends, or in some cases our bane, the Public Handicapper's make as a base salary. I think the job would be too tough for many of us, especially me!

We are lucky enough to have many superior Public Handicappers grace Steve's show. Certainly they are all a little different in the level of their handicapping emphasis. For example Andy Serling, who I consider the cream, seems to be able to focus almost entirely on his circuit and does not have the distraction of having to write daily columns like Dave Litfin. Mike Welsch does his share of writing too but also does a lot of clocking. Joe Kristufek, when last I check has to include program notes for ARL, 'caps in the Midwest and can be seen often in chats. Kenny Peck seems to be responsible for several circuits. Jon White is really focused because his opinion is only in print at Santa Anita. Then you have the disappearing breed: the newspaper 'cappers. Seems like they often have other duties with their newspapers that can take them away from the track.

So what do you guys think? If one was thinking about getting into this very competitive profession what could one expect to make?