According to Insure, research shows that Santa could earn more than $157,000 this year for running one of the world’s largest toy shops by using salary information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to estimate Santa’s earning power.

Analysts factor in the number of hours per day he likely spends on various tasks such a running the workshop, reading letters, checking his list (twice), and caring for reindeer and came up with The Santa Index 2020.

Hopefully this year Santa can get a Christmas bonus from Mrs. Claus for being probably the MOST essential worker of the year!