Only four years ago, in 1987, the Mets' total payroll didn't reach that amount.

The nation's total payroll is $3.6 trillion this year.

Under the rescue plan, 2,833 jobs will be cut out of a total payroll of 18,000.

Around the country, national associations employ 567,000 people and have an total payroll of $15.6 billion a year.

So the staff cuts came, ranging up to more than 10 percent of the total payroll.

The total payroll is $857,814,23, obviously the highest ever in the majors.

The rest would be paid by employers, based on a percentage of their total payrolls.

By 2001 the total monthly payroll decreased to $80,000.

After eight players who had filed for salary arbitration signed Friday, the total payroll was about $810 million.

The demand for a tax of up to 25 percent on total payrolls is what led to the last breakdown in talks.