Joe Public

Annual Salary: $44,304

Britain's National Statistics Bureau estimates the median weekly gross salary of the country's workforce now stands at $852. That means the typical Brit would have to work more than five years to earn what Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard takes home in a week. That's a sobering thought for people fretting over their finances in the current economic downturn. Yet despite the disparity, interest in the Premiership, both from the domestic audience as well as from international fans, remains strong-–proving that soccer is one of the only industries not affected by the credit crunch.