How much money did Don Draper’s mad man?

The best part of watching the television show is pulling out the old inflation calculator at any time when someone mentions money. Take an example that the scene in “Crazy Men” 4 season where pagga breaks out $ 400 from Roger: this Great Peggy moment No matter what, but it gets better when you understand that she just threw her way into an unexpected $ 4,000 bonus, and even more insane if you realize that Roger accidentally doesn’t have 4,000 money wherever he went.

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When it comes to being ahead of money, “Mad Men” is much better than most, because a lot of TV shows (modern or otherwise) want to keep their heroes vaguely, the same middle class. Therefore for a scene where someone offered a new salary, the show will often give us only a character reaction to the number for workNot the number itself. “For example, I met your mother,” will be excited about talking the gang about getting a “big fat check”, otherwise they will talk about Barney about the cost of several “buckets” a year for costumes. Writers for “Himym” do not want to focus on the class, so these details are repelled.

But “crazy people” are all About the class. This is a show about rich people who become richer; The show wants you to have a customized understanding of how long Don is loaded at any time, for a further accent on how the wealth is spent on the rich. The result is that for those who like to track these things, “Mad Men” offers a relatively thorough accounting of Don’s finance for the 60s. A decade for the Don may have been filled with ups and downs, but this number on its bank account has only increased. (Well, despite divorces.)

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In the 1st season, the salary of the Don (rumors rumored (jealous Pete Campbell) is about 30,000 dollars a year, which in 2025 would come out up to $ 325,000. If you assume that Pete exaggerates the number that comes out of anger, let’s reduce it to $ 300,000. We see: he has a wife and children in the osning, a hidden cash repository and a lot of spare changes for his many cases.

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At the end of 2 season we See the Don’s weekly salary Where it earns $ 947 a week, which comes to an annual salary of about $ 500,000 in modern money. It sounds great, but it gets better: after the heart attacks of Roger in the 1st season, the Don becomes a partner of the firm and gave 12% stock. Thus, up to 2 season, Don received a net cost of several million dollars, except for a salary of $ 500,000. This money turns into cash when PPL redeemed the company in 2 season, which effectively makes the dollar (in the 1960s) for the night.

At The end of the season 3When Don and others start their new advertising campaign, Don can easily use their money to cover their stake for starting costs. It is also easily capable of depriving $ 50 thousand. Make Don more comfortably that his wife Betty comes from wealth, and because she leaves another wealthy guy, she is uninterested in taking his money into his divorce.

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So, up to 4 season Don is already rich outside most of our most amazing dreams, and we are still in 1965 at that moment. (Show ends in 1971 counted Be about $ 3,250,000 forward, or $ 1.6-1.7 million after taxes. (Equivalent to $ 14 million in 2025.)

Although most viewers realized that Don was rich, in the following seasons it was easy to wonder how rich it is. Not only did he smash in major disposable transactions thanks to many business fusion throughout the show, but his impressive season 2 certainly continues to grow. Up to 7 season Don is so rich that even if it misses work for weeks to go for a drunken sagunder across the country, giving away his dear car for halfway, he is still at a zero risk if it will be poor.

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The biggest indicator of how much Don “did it” throughout the show is in his divorce from Megan (Jessica PACE), where he writes a $ 1 million check to her only. Megan herself struggles to believe that he is serious, and the fans: $ 1 million is about $ 8 million in today’s cash. We knew Don could cover this amount but could he afford to take away so much money quickly? It turns out: it was a few episodes after the company was sold to Maccan, so Don would still have at least $ 600,000 from this merger.

What to remember is that Don Draper is considered a genius of marketing in this show, especially in previous seasons. Its salary 1 season ($ 300,000 in modern money) is much higher than the average advertising firm at the time because Don Draper is just cool and talented. Financially speaking, Don is a uniquely successful man throughout the show; By up to 7 season, he can afford to be as reckless as he wants. As long as we reached the finals of the series, Don could buy something in the world Except for its peace.

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