Hank took him on a ride along and showed him how much a money even a small meth operation could make... he was weak and he was vulnerable, He knew this and took advantage of him. Hank had a business partner named Gustavo Fring, he sold Walt in servitude to this man and when he tried to quit Fring threatened his family.. Such a sad story 😭
@@joelteemo3730 s5ep8, around the middle of the ep so 15-20 minute mark if i recall it correctly. he was talking with Walt about his summer job back in college which is marking trees.
Not true, I lived in Albuquerque for 20 years and that neighborhood is in the NE Heights and all those houses in that area are pretty swanky and cost around that much.
@@agentbarron3945 Glory years?? Really?? The amount of people that lost they're homes and commited suicide but that's the glory years for the housing market right? Please seek help.
Hank talks about his days in college with Walter when Walt had all Mike's guys killed in jail. He said when he was in college he had a job marking tree's. He said it didn't pay much all he wanted was enough money to buy beer, but it was better than chasing monsters.
I always thought it was kind of strange that he lived in such a nice house when he's basically a government employee. But for the time we knew him, he was always pretty high ranking and his rank only grew as time went on but still, that wouldn't necessarily mean that he would have enough to buy a house like that ON HIS OWN. However, I think it's worth noting that Marie was also working as a nurse in the radiology department. Radiology being one of the most lucrative medical fields there is, especially for doctors. They work relatively short days and yet make doctor level bank. I can imagine their nurses are probably paid pretty well as well. So I thought between the two of their incomes, that is where it actually begins to make sense. That house wasn't completely paid off, either, it was probably being paid off via mortgage like most people's homes are.
I just looked up what both jobs make you money wise. Marie probably earned more money than Hank before he got promoted. Nowadays a DEA agent in Alberquerque makes 25 bucks an hour while a radiology nurse makes 36. The DEA doesn't seem to pay very well for what they expect from you.
@@G-Mastah-Fash not really. DEA agent is federal employee. They have pay grades. He's likely at gs-13. Average dea salary in NM is like $60,000. I'd assume he'd be in the 80 or 90,000 salary range honestly. Marie is likely making $60,000/year. Both dual income they could easily afford a 1 million dollar home. Let alone something worth $700,000 today. Almost 2 decades ago? Easily. Houses weren't this obscene back then.
Living in New Mexico would also help immensely. Part of the stereotype that FBI agents are underpaid is because the ones who live in the Washington DC area have a higher cost of living. If Hank lived in somewhere like Hyattsville, MD, or Fairfax, VA, he'd be decidedly average. And he'd look poor because he'd be living amongst houses owned by senators and lobbyists.
Additionally, assuming Hank is considered killed in the line of duty, Marie gets 50% of his income tax free for the rest of her life (unless she gets remarried before a certain age) plus there are Public Safety Officer death benefits which would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Arguably, he wasn't on the clock, but I'm guessing they'd look the other way on this one.
@@LogicallyAnswered The answer as it always is is poor writing that is not consistent as it just made up and the dont bother to make it correct! claiming any more is getting carried away with baseless ideas that have no foundation in the story line!
I have a feeling Hank did at least a tour of duty with the military prior to his law enforcement career - it’s not made clear but the show tends to be vague about that stuff, for example Mike being a Vietnam vet is only alluded to once AFAIK. He’s incredibly skilled with firearms and tough as nails when injured and under pressure - see his confrontations with Tuco and the Salamanca twins for examples of this. I’m not sure most cops and feds would be at that level of skill in combat without some military service under their belt. Plus, it just makes sense for the character - his whole vibe is way more former army/marines than college kid getting fast-tracked. Only argument I would make against this is that Hank winds up with fairly serious PTSD after shooting Tuco, which a combat vet might have found easier to handle. But then, lots of veterans never actually fire a round in real combat and even if he had been fired at in Iraq or wherever, doesn’t mean he’d just shrug it off when it happens to him as a cop.
PTSD isn't a given when serving in the military, it can occur during any form of traumatic event. If Hank did serve, it could be possible he served in a noncombat role or if he was in combat, he didn't face anything particularly traumatic in it. My father served in the Navy for 17 years and has been in combat against smugglers, yet suffers no PTSD as he didn't find the experience particularly traumatic.
People like Hank, and Marie would definitely have all forms of retirement accounts maxed out... which is not money for healthcare, thus Marie accepts money from her cash millionaire sister.
@@agentbarron3945 Umm. No. That's not a common benefit. IF your company offers health insurance it's still not free. They take hundreds of dollars out of your check every month. Nothing is free stop claiming it is
@@HR29422 personally I think he would have added much more value to Grey Matter since he has a PHD and is a nobel prize winner. Both Elliott and Gretchen would be the business masterminds though since they have a good sense of business from the looks of things.
Remember that chuck wanted 8 mill to be bought out.. but realistically Hamlin didn't have that kind of dough, he was going to pay him off every way possible, he gave him a 3 mill check, and said he was going to get money from bank loans and money from the investors.. so it is impossible to know exactly how much it was really worth..
He's filthy rich In fact mafia experts say he's so rich that there's no way real NJ mafia bosses could be that rich. That's one of the few unrealistic stuff of the otherwise epic show
@@SavvySide964 The Sopranos were bigger in the show than the real Jersey mob in general. But Tony wasn't filthy rich, and as the series go on he starts losing incomes and stacking expenses.
What about taxes? Approx 30% goes into tax and 10% as mortgages +10-20% expenses including a child...so take ~4o% of 3.7 million... 1.2 million left plus student loans and other spending like vacations and expensive purchases or bad investments not withstanding...
Well fortunately for them, they don’t have any children and students loans weren’t nearly as bad when they went to college in the early 80s or so. I think saving 10-20% of their gross income per year is pretty reasonable considering how much they make.
@@LogicallyAnswered there would also be other expenses such as property tax , probably some kind of maintenance fee for garbage removal and lawn care. then we have their vehicles which would need maintenance as well+insurance. lets not forget hank and Marie's life insurance which for an extremely dangerous job like DEA isnt going to be cheap. we also havent covered hank's costs for his professional equipment, i dunno if government pays for all his weapons and uniforms, but those things costs money too. throw in their wardrobe costs and eating expenses and they probably arent as well off as one might think. Hank getting injured would drastically sap any life saving they had very quickly regardless. when you make more money, your bills become bigger just to live a little bit larger than you used to.
@@chukzombi 200000 THOUSAND bro. tax, 25%, 1500000. property tax? 15000 max, 135000, garbage really? 600 a year. lawn care. 100 a week 52 weeks max, 5200.129200 insurance for 2 cars at their age, 2400 a year. 126800. Hank probably gets insurance from his job since that is how it works in the states, and he is a federal employee, but lets add a 5000 contribution from his own pocket. 121800. weapons and uniforms are a capital cost even if he payed for them, so we cant take away their cost from one year. eating 200 in food for 2 people a week is luxurious so minus 10000 a year. That is 111800. they didnt take lavish vacations since they were surprised to hear Skyler and Walt were going to Europe to vacation, right as they were leaving the White's house after Hank found the book with Gabe's handwriting. Wardrobe costs? Marie likes to shop it seems, when she is not shoplifting. minus 5000 a year, 113800. Any other scraps you want to throw at the calculation? Say he's paying off the 700000 house on a 30 year mortgage, thats 23000 a year. 90,800. Say you remove 500 a month for utilites like electric, water, phone, gas what not, and another 500 for luxury like television, internet, backyard pool whatever. minus 10000. that is 78,000 in savings a year after living as lavishly as the show portrays them to be at the very most. multiplied over 10 years is still 780,000. They have been working for over 20 years, but i gave it 10 since their salaries could have been far lower in the early years. Still they should have almost a million in savings.
Something this video doesn’t bring up is the fact that housing prices were extremely different in 2008 when the show came out. That house is value back then realistically probably was around $250,000 in Albuquerque. Not to mention his paycheck but his wife is also a medical x-ray specialist which easily makes around $50,000 a year back then. On top of both of them having a decent salary they also don’t have children.
Hank and Marie probably made 170k in the year of 2010, while the median SFH price in ABQ in December 2010 was 176k. This was a very decent amount of income.
i LOVE these analysis. I love seeing people's lifestyles in films and TV shows and wondering how much money people earn. These are sufficiently detailed that it makes them really interesting and engaging. Thank you for making them! The one on Lydia and Gus was amazing too!
yeah but walter didnt get to spend even 5% of it, while tony has a huge mansion and he can spend his money freely, tony's bussiness is for long term while walter is short lived
Hank would be making $125,000 easy. I say that as that an retired IRS agent. I lived in Albuquerque for several years. That house Hank had easy cost $750,000 to $1.0 million. A special agent in charge probably pulled down $150,000 per year easy plus bonuses. The work for the federal government is a royal pain. You cannot go to the bathroom without filling out a form and documenting how many times you shook your Jimmy. It is not sitting around drinking coffee. They work you like a field slave.
not so much Hank talked about a summer job with the Forrestry department duing a summer break from college in one episode don't remember the episode though
One of my only issues with breaking bad is our characters having awful insurance. One of the only things Teachers do have is great benefits. I would have to imagine the same would be true for a federal law enforcement officer.
@@Brandooooo5 No it doesn’t. Government employees have the best benefits…especially for something work related. He’d get anything he needed. Plus, private pay therapy is like $100 a session today, so he wouldn’t quickly rack up an insurmountable debt. I think it is a bit of a plot hole. Walt and Hank would have virtually no money trouble related to medical bills bc of their jobs
Depending on how close the house is to ABQ, $600,000 is potentially not that much, plus I bet the property value got quite a hefty boost after the show.
Imagine if Hank manipulated Walt into becoming a meth cook so that his department would receive more funding to tackle the meth crisis. Would be a funny alternative.
Now that this is all laid out (great job, btw), it really makes no sense that they were going to be financially crippled after Hank's shootout and had to accept Walt's "gambling money."
@@RenaldyCalixte in reality a federal employee injured due to something work related is getting every penny paid for medical bills. Government workers have the best insurance imaginable
Hank was a cop as seen on Better Call Saul. Also the numbers of govt service are all available and the guesses that are given are totally wrong. At GS 14 you'd be a high level manager (not the top though) in DC. As an ASAC he would probably be around a GS12. I'm guessing someone like Hank would be on a 8,9,11 ladder with a GS 12 being the job his wife kept pushing him to apply to.
You also gotta remember that Hank doesnt have kids, and his wife, Marie, is a pretty successful nurse, too. Kids are another mouth to feed, and the mire you have, the more you have to split your money amongst them. But Hank's household has two well paid people with no particular responsibilities or dependants. Hank just doesn't NEED to lose money. It just accumulates. Walt, however, had a son with cerebral palsy and a newborn girl, and his wife didn't work, so that's three rather large mouths to feed on a high school teacher's salary.
@@designercaolho i understand, by real life standards I agree but they make it a point to state Walt and Sky spent 177,000 on his treatment. I just think they’d be able to “afford” it. God America has to get their shit together.
Dating someone that was an engineer as my first serious live in boyfriend really squewed my idea of money a lot . My ex use to say that $150k was a salary at which someone would starve lol
In San Francisco there are people on six figure incomes who qualify for assistance loans and bailouts because they're considered too poor to survive. That's a disaster.
This actually makes the series even darker. Hank was willing to pay for treatment. Hank would have looked after Walts family after he died. All that happened, was all because of Walts pride...
Yeah from what Marie knew, definitely selfish. But considering that it in reality, Hank wouldn’t have gotten shot without Walter, Walter definitely owed Hank atleast his medical bills.
@John Bozo they showed it in one episode . Because of that I was sure that she is going to be the one that Walt poisons with the ricing in the end of the show
Yet, they couldn’t afford the treatment hank needed because his or they’re insurances wouldn’t cover it. They asked Walter to help as he paid for their rent and etc so id understand this ...
Don't forget, Hank had a dope salary + he probably got a few bonuses (CASH) from drug dealers when he arrested them. DEA always get a cut of the stash on a bust.
@@oogs9114 It could be a problem if they don't save any money. It would explain why Hank didn't seem to think about it. Medical bills are also absurdly expensive in cases like this.
Not to forget that Marie also works, even though it's never disclosed what she does. My guess is most of their money went into the loan for the house. They're well-off, but they don't have much in savings, which would explain why they freaked when Hank's medical bills came up.
He also had a kleptomaniac wife who was constantly getting into trouble who needed presumably expensive therapy she kept skipping, which without notice they would still charge the fee. He definitely didnt have hundreds of thousands saved because if he did, it wouldnt have even been a plot point behind the expense of the physical therapy.
One big plot hole for the series was the fact that Walt and Hank had trouble paying medical bills. Teachers and federal employees have the BEST insurance plans. Hank was injured due to a work related incident, so he’s getting absolutely everything he needs.
@@caimanaraujo479 Walt’s pride was his downfall bc he several opportunities to solve his problems, but didn’t want charity and didn’t want anyone else taking credit. Gray Matter offered to pay his bills at one point and Hank had given up on the Heisenberg case until Walt inadvertently changed his mind bc he was offended that someone else would get credit as the chemistry genius. That being said, teachers and federal employees never have to worry about medical bills. Those jobs offer the best possible health benefits, so it was a bit of a cheat to use that a plot thread. Walt having no savings to support his family after died? Absolutely. Not being able to cover his medical expenses? No way.
@@patrickthomas8890 perhaps in the us its diferent, but on brazil, if you are using private healthcare, you can choose to be on the insurance or not. If thats the case in the us, its very simple to explain that. Walt didnt want that healthcare plan "for teachers". Perhaps went to a cheaper one, because he never admited he could get sick. Idk lol
@@caimanaraujo479 Ah, I see what you mean…and that probably explains it. Sounds like it is different in the US. Teachers typically don’t take home a lot of money in their paychecks, but they do get great healthcare and pensions…which is why people want those jobs. I’ve never heard of a teacher opting out of the union health plan (Especially for a family) bc it would cost so much more money and probably wouldn’t even be affordable. Teachers get basically free (or almost free) health care for life, which covers everything. Private healthcare is super expensive and usually doesn’t cover all types of things and has yearly/lifetime limits etc…the health plan “for teachers” is usually as good as it gets and way cheaper
Hank is the actual villain of breaking bad. The Ron Paul sticker on Gail's notebook hints that the show was actually about when America broke bad, back in 1852 (Massachusetts is first state to adopt government-run schooling), 1906 (Pure Food and Drug Act gives control of personal medical and dietary choices to Congress), 1913 (prohibitionist Federal Reserve totalitarians became highest branch of government), and 1914 (Harrison Narcotics Act). Death of a thousand cuts...
There is a scene in Better Call Saul where you can see the insides of Nacho's safe and his house amd I think he says how much there is, not really sure but either way you can see the money and get an idea
It would be cool if you factor in how much they would be paying in expenses as each year goes. So we have both a net and gross number at the end when you do the grand totals.
All DEA “agents” are 1811 criminal investigators, officially “Special Agents.” Hank held a supervisory role, specifically, that of ASAC, or Asst. Special Agent in Charge.
Hank obviously became wealthy by forcing his brother in law, who was reeling from a cancer diagnosis, to cook methamphetamine for him.
Idk kinda suss
Forced the poor man to be his chemist😭😭😭
Hank took him on a ride along and showed him how much a money even a small meth operation could make... he was weak and he was vulnerable, He knew this and took advantage of him. Hank had a business partner named Gustavo Fring, he sold Walt in servitude to this man and when he tried to quit Fring threatened his family..
Such a sad story 😭
@@waynejohnson1786 I love breaking bad fans 🤣🤣
Hank is rich because he started a meth empire and dragged walt into it
finally someone who gets it
*sad sobbing twerking*
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AND don't forget his lucrative side business... Schraderbrau!
Haha!
I just realized that Schraderbrau is a real thing, and you can buy it online!
@@Down247Town Congrats, you get two
You’re not funny 😐
very fucking lucrative. 70 bucks for a 6 pack. honestly i can buy a carton of export for half that price
Everybody knows that Hank invested his money....in minerals.
Dude they are rocks
@@vitocoppola6082 theyre minerals marie not rocks
Maybe he wanted higher returns than the stock market.
Nice....
They're just rocks
Hank did go to college. He mentioned it in one episode where he discusses a job he had in his college summers.
what episode and time
@@joelteemo3730 he mentioned it in gliding all over, just after Walt kills the 10 guys in prison and is at Hank's, having a drink with him
@@joelteemo3730 s5ep8, around the middle of the ep so 15-20 minute mark if i recall it correctly. he was talking with Walt about his summer job back in college which is marking trees.
@@somethingtosomeone3571 better than catching monsters
He also had a wife who made pretty good money, who had a penchant for shoplifting😆
The reason why Hank's house is expensive was that after Breaking bad, the price of the house Skyrocket to that price.
And also the fact that the housing market has gone way up since 2008
@@grilledcheesefan13 08 was the glory years to buy property, everything was forclosed, beautiful properties for cheap
Not true, I lived in Albuquerque for 20 years and that neighborhood is in the NE Heights and all those houses in that area are pretty swanky and cost around that much.
@@agentbarron3945 Glory years?? Really?? The amount of people that lost they're homes and commited suicide but that's the glory years for the housing market right? Please seek help.
@@Jason-rk4nd yes thats exactly what he meant by that, definitely not that property was cheap
Hank talks about his days in college with Walter when Walt had all Mike's guys killed in jail. He said when he was in college he had a job marking tree's. He said it didn't pay much all he wanted was enough money to buy beer, but it was better than chasing monsters.
@@jukicdalibor watch the movie Joe with Nicolas Cage. They make it seem like its a pretty low level job.
Hank and Walter went to college together?
@@spacemann1425 No it was just a conversation between Walter & Hank in Season 5
And the monster he was chasing was stood right next to him
Close enough to check him for a hernia one might say
I always thought it was kind of strange that he lived in such a nice house when he's basically a government employee. But for the time we knew him, he was always pretty high ranking and his rank only grew as time went on but still, that wouldn't necessarily mean that he would have enough to buy a house like that ON HIS OWN.
However, I think it's worth noting that Marie was also working as a nurse in the radiology department. Radiology being one of the most lucrative medical fields there is, especially for doctors. They work relatively short days and yet make doctor level bank. I can imagine their nurses are probably paid pretty well as well. So I thought between the two of their incomes, that is where it actually begins to make sense. That house wasn't completely paid off, either, it was probably being paid off via mortgage like most people's homes are.
They also had no kids = less expenses while Skylar and Walt do
I just looked up what both jobs make you money wise. Marie probably earned more money than Hank before he got promoted. Nowadays a DEA agent in Alberquerque makes 25 bucks an hour while a radiology nurse makes 36. The DEA doesn't seem to pay very well for what they expect from you.
@@G-Mastah-Fash not really.
DEA agent is federal employee. They have pay grades. He's likely at gs-13. Average dea salary in NM is like $60,000.
I'd assume he'd be in the 80 or 90,000 salary range honestly.
Marie is likely making $60,000/year.
Both dual income they could easily afford a 1 million dollar home.
Let alone something worth $700,000 today.
Almost 2 decades ago? Easily.
Houses weren't this obscene back then.
@@gankhiskhan5140 yeah it's not that they're rich they're just comfortable
Mortgage is the answer. Maybe they couldn't afford it with a single payment, but the income was pretty good to pay through several years
Yeah all these people are worth a lot, Howard, etc.
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But interesting HOW MUCH DOES the vacuum-cleaner guy makes!?
Oh shit yea
I have the theory that nacho will use that guy for escaping
@@comradeluis2536 yeah but Saul Goodman doesn't know the guy yet. Or maybe this is where he gets to know him!
@@gregtheflyingwhale the actor passed away so they'll have to work around if they want to make that happen
@@comradeluis2536 nacho won't leave because if he does his dad dies
Yeah, Nacho would be interesting
He wouldn't he smart and robbed Criminal definitely not DEA Agents 😂
I just know Nacho is going to have an extremely heartbreaking end... He's just too good for the Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul universe.
We should wait for s6
@@indalcecio Lalo will hunt him down, and he will assasinate his dad, probably in front of him.
@@SCH123-c6w sadly I think that's not an unlikely prediction
Living in New Mexico would also help immensely. Part of the stereotype that FBI agents are underpaid is because the ones who live in the Washington DC area have a higher cost of living. If Hank lived in somewhere like Hyattsville, MD, or Fairfax, VA, he'd be decidedly average. And he'd look poor because he'd be living amongst houses owned by senators and lobbyists.
$600,000 today, probably would’ve been half that when Hank and Marie purchased it.
Additionally, assuming Hank is considered killed in the line of duty, Marie gets 50% of his income tax free for the rest of her life (unless she gets remarried before a certain age) plus there are Public Safety Officer death benefits which would be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Arguably, he wasn't on the clock, but I'm guessing they'd look the other way on this one.
She doesnt
Get remarried
Hank can get billions by selling those minerals.
Great point
They were really cool rocks.
@@LogicallyAnswered The answer as it always is is poor writing that is not consistent as it just made up and the dont bother to make it correct! claiming any more is getting carried away with baseless ideas that have no foundation in the story line!
"Hey marrie what's this vibranium looking huge ass mineral ?"
video: "Hank's house is worth 600 grand? How did he get so stacked?"
actual homeowners: LOL you think that's a lot?
Well it’s above average. Not like extremely rich, but definitely upper middle class
Depends on location. You can get a much bigger house for much cheaper in the Midwest than you can in NY or California.
Bank credit ?
@@CommunistHydra Video says he must have secret millions to own that house. Not that its above average
Average house in Toronto suburbs is about 800 grand id say 600k for that is quite cheap
Hank and Marie had NO children which should have saved them a ton of money
Facts
For people keep saying that Marie was selfish. Dont forget, thats after Skyler and Walter "confessed" to Marie. They told her he made bank
I have a feeling Hank did at least a tour of duty with the military prior to his law enforcement career - it’s not made clear but the show tends to be vague about that stuff, for example Mike being a Vietnam vet is only alluded to once AFAIK. He’s incredibly skilled with firearms and tough as nails when injured and under pressure - see his confrontations with Tuco and the Salamanca twins for examples of this. I’m not sure most cops and feds would be at that level of skill in combat without some military service under their belt. Plus, it just makes sense for the character - his whole vibe is way more former army/marines than college kid getting fast-tracked.
Only argument I would make against this is that Hank winds up with fairly serious PTSD after shooting Tuco, which a combat vet might have found easier to handle. But then, lots of veterans never actually fire a round in real combat and even if he had been fired at in Iraq or wherever, doesn’t mean he’d just shrug it off when it happens to him as a cop.
It was actually quite common for vets to join the police too
PTSD isn't a given when serving in the military, it can occur during any form of traumatic event. If Hank did serve, it could be possible he served in a noncombat role or if he was in combat, he didn't face anything particularly traumatic in it. My father served in the Navy for 17 years and has been in combat against smugglers, yet suffers no PTSD as he didn't find the experience particularly traumatic.
Hank did say he went to college right before the Crystal Blue Persuasion montage.
Ah ok
Well Marie was also a thief so she probably made additional income 😂
Add several tiny spoons to their net worth, subtracting the gas money to get to the open houses.
They got sued by Pinkman for the beating and lost his badge and gun before the cousins attacked. That's why they're at financial crisis. Right?
pinkman dropped the suit to work in guss 's lab with walt
He could also probably afford that house because government employees often get access to favorable mortgage rates and low money down on real estate
People like Hank, and Marie would definitely have all forms of retirement accounts maxed out... which is not money for healthcare, thus Marie accepts money from her cash millionaire sister.
@Jason Lords Cash money millionaires
Marie works in a hospital, a pretty common perk in hospitals are free healthcare, but she wanted to go out of network
@@agentbarron3945 Umm. No. That's not a common benefit. IF your company offers health insurance it's still not free. They take hundreds of dollars out of your check every month. Nothing is free stop claiming it is
How much would Walt have been worth if he didn't quit Grey Matter?
1.5 billion
billions. with a B
Gray matter was worth 2.1 Billion near the end of the show so a third of 2.1 billion, being 700 million dollars
1. His personality would have probably ruined the company in some way.
2. Or he helped make it worth more.
@@HR29422 personally I think he would have added much more value to Grey Matter since he has a PHD and is a nobel prize winner. Both Elliott and Gretchen would be the business masterminds though since they have a good sense of business from the looks of things.
How much is Howard Hamlin/Chuck McGill worth
Ah yes, been thinking about this one for a while. Only problem is that there's not much information on it.
Remember that chuck wanted 8 mill to be bought out.. but realistically Hamlin didn't have that kind of dough, he was going to pay him off every way possible, he gave him a 3 mill check, and said he was going to get money from bank loans and money from the investors.. so it is impossible to know exactly how much it was really worth..
was*
I think Hank had high integrity and can’t imagine him being a corrupt cop.
I'd be interested to know what Tony Soprano was worth
He worth 6 million usd
Ya I’de like to see that
I once read a fan site that speculated that Tony Sopranos was making close to 1 Million/ Year between his investments, W2, and other shakedowns.
He's filthy rich
In fact mafia experts say he's so rich that there's no way real NJ mafia bosses could be that rich. That's one of the few unrealistic stuff of the otherwise epic show
@@SavvySide964 The Sopranos were bigger in the show than the real Jersey mob in general. But Tony wasn't filthy rich, and as the series go on he starts losing incomes and stacking expenses.
What about taxes? Approx 30% goes into tax and 10% as mortgages +10-20% expenses including a child...so take ~4o% of 3.7 million... 1.2 million left plus student loans and other spending like vacations and expensive purchases or bad investments not withstanding...
Well fortunately for them, they don’t have any children and students loans weren’t nearly as bad when they went to college in the early 80s or so. I think saving 10-20% of their gross income per year is pretty reasonable considering how much they make.
@@LogicallyAnswered there would also be other expenses such as property tax , probably some kind of maintenance fee for garbage removal and lawn care. then we have their vehicles which would need maintenance as well+insurance. lets not forget hank and Marie's life insurance which for an extremely dangerous job like DEA isnt going to be cheap. we also havent covered hank's costs for his professional equipment, i dunno if government pays for all his weapons and uniforms, but those things costs money too. throw in their wardrobe costs and eating expenses and they probably arent as well off as one might think. Hank getting injured would drastically sap any life saving they had very quickly regardless. when you make more money, your bills become bigger just to live a little bit larger than you used to.
@@chukzombi 200000 THOUSAND bro. tax, 25%, 1500000. property tax? 15000 max, 135000, garbage really? 600 a year. lawn care. 100 a week 52 weeks max, 5200.129200 insurance for 2 cars at their age, 2400 a year. 126800. Hank probably gets insurance from his job since that is how it works in the states, and he is a federal employee, but lets add a 5000 contribution from his own pocket. 121800. weapons and uniforms are a capital cost even if he payed for them, so we cant take away their cost from one year. eating 200 in food for 2 people a week is luxurious so minus 10000 a year. That is 111800. they didnt take lavish vacations since they were surprised to hear Skyler and Walt were going to Europe to vacation, right as they were leaving the White's house after Hank found the book with Gabe's handwriting. Wardrobe costs? Marie likes to shop it seems, when she is not shoplifting. minus 5000 a year, 113800. Any other scraps you want to throw at the calculation? Say he's paying off the 700000 house on a 30 year mortgage, thats 23000 a year. 90,800. Say you remove 500 a month for utilites like electric, water, phone, gas what not, and another 500 for luxury like television, internet, backyard pool whatever. minus 10000. that is 78,000 in savings a year after living as lavishly as the show portrays them to be at the very most. multiplied over 10 years is still 780,000. They have been working for over 20 years, but i gave it 10 since their salaries could have been far lower in the early years. Still they should have almost a million in savings.
@@LogicallyAnswered they have to take care of their elderly parents and their medical needs.
Something this video doesn’t bring up is the fact that housing prices were extremely different in 2008 when the show came out.
That house is value back then realistically probably was around $250,000 in Albuquerque.
Not to mention his paycheck but his wife is also a medical x-ray specialist which easily makes around $50,000 a year back then.
On top of both of them having a decent salary they also don’t have children.
Hank and Marie probably made 170k in the year of 2010, while the median SFH price in ABQ in December 2010 was 176k. This was a very decent amount of income.
i LOVE these analysis. I love seeing people's lifestyles in films and TV shows and wondering how much money people earn. These are sufficiently detailed that it makes them really interesting and engaging. Thank you for making them! The one on Lydia and Gus was amazing too!
Fun fact: heisenbergs net worth is about 13 times tony soprano's
So that means Tony's net worth is 6.5 million dollars?
yeah but walter didnt get to spend even 5% of it, while tony has a huge mansion and he can spend his money freely, tony's bussiness is for long term while walter is short lived
Hank started his own brewing company, so that was his investment.
Imagine if corona came in 2007 and he invested more in minerals... Damnnn. Alot of money.
Hank would be making $125,000 easy. I say that as that an retired IRS agent. I lived in Albuquerque for several years. That house Hank had easy cost $750,000 to $1.0 million. A special agent in charge probably pulled down $150,000 per year easy plus bonuses.
The work for the federal government is a royal pain. You cannot go to the bathroom without filling out a form and documenting how many times you shook your Jimmy. It is not sitting around drinking coffee. They work you like a field slave.
not so much Hank talked about a summer job with the Forrestry department duing a summer break from college in one episode don't remember the episode though
One of my only issues with breaking bad is our characters having awful insurance. One of the only things Teachers do have is great benefits. I would have to imagine the same would be true for a federal law enforcement officer.
Hank did have insurance but it covered everyone other than the top top top top physical therapists, which makes sense
@@Brandooooo5 No it doesn’t. Government employees have the best benefits…especially for something work related. He’d get anything he needed. Plus, private pay therapy is like $100 a session today, so he wouldn’t quickly rack up an insurmountable debt. I think it is a bit of a plot hole. Walt and Hank would have virtually no money trouble related to medical bills bc of their jobs
Depending on how close the house is to ABQ, $600,000 is potentially not that much, plus I bet the property value got quite a hefty boost after the show.
Imagine if Hank manipulated Walt into becoming a meth cook so that his department would receive more funding to tackle the meth crisis. Would be a funny alternative.
fight fire with fire
Actually Hank secretly worked for Don Eladio and was on his payroll. He is the reason there was little competition for Eladio in Albuquerque
😂😂
Now that this is all laid out (great job, btw), it really makes no sense that they were going to be financially crippled after Hank's shootout and had to accept Walt's "gambling money."
Maybe they didn't save money.
@@RenaldyCalixte in reality a federal employee injured due to something work related is getting every penny paid for medical bills. Government workers have the best insurance imaginable
4:31 at first I understood "after shooting Count Dooku" and i was like, what the fuck?!😂
Yes Hank took a bachelors degree for it! He told Walter Jr about it in an episode if I recall correctly!
That’s crazyyy they should make a show just about his brother in-law walt and another show about the lawyer that would be coo
_Up next:_ *Billionaire Huell*
still can't afford physical theropy. damn
No he can afford it, just not the very best treatment available.
Hank was a cop as seen on Better Call Saul. Also the numbers of govt service are all available and the guesses that are given are totally wrong. At GS 14 you'd be a high level manager (not the top though) in DC. As an ASAC he would probably be around a GS12.
I'm guessing someone like Hank would be on a 8,9,11 ladder with a GS 12 being the job his wife kept pushing him to apply to.
Ah ok, thanks for the clarification. I was just going based on what a few websites were saying, so you could definitely be right.
Walt and skyler offered because they felt guilty because skyler figured out Walt had some connection to Hank’s situation.
His widow would get so much money from charity given his story of nearly getting killed or alot of kick back cause people think he worked with Walt.
2 words: no kids. his savings didn't get eaten up.
I am happy to see that even after 8-12 years of this series its still fresh, BTW you have done a great research ❤️
You also gotta remember that Hank doesnt have kids, and his wife, Marie, is a pretty successful nurse, too.
Kids are another mouth to feed, and the mire you have, the more you have to split your money amongst them. But Hank's household has two well paid people with no particular responsibilities or dependants.
Hank just doesn't NEED to lose money. It just accumulates. Walt, however, had a son with cerebral palsy and a newborn girl, and his wife didn't work, so that's three rather large mouths to feed on a high school teacher's salary.
And yet Marie claims they can’t afford hanks medical bills. What’s up with that?
@@designercaolho i understand, by real life standards I agree but they make it a point to state Walt and Sky spent 177,000 on his treatment. I just think they’d be able to “afford” it. God America has to get their shit together.
Dating someone that was an engineer as my first serious live in boyfriend really squewed my idea of money a lot . My ex use to say that $150k was a salary at which someone would starve lol
In San Francisco there are people on six figure incomes who qualify for assistance loans and bailouts because they're considered too poor to survive.
That's a disaster.
This actually makes the series even darker. Hank was willing to pay for treatment. Hank would have looked after Walts family after he died. All that happened, was all because of Walts pride...
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Taking Walter cash for medical for hank seemed pretty selfish
Yeah from what Marie knew, definitely selfish. But considering that it in reality, Hank wouldn’t have gotten shot without Walter, Walter definitely owed Hank atleast his medical bills.
it fits Marie's personality .. she has some kind of condition . she was even stealing sugar / salt from restaurants and using it at home
@@NitpickingNerd Kleptomania
Nitpicking Nerd Marie and Skylar just have crazy running through their family
@John Bozo they showed it in one episode . Because of that I was sure that she is going to be the one that Walt poisons with the ricing in the end of the show
Back when this show was made that house was probably only worth like 180k
I thought it was pretty heavily implied in the show that Hank and Marie were fairly well off
As someone who lives in Australia, a 600k home does NOT mean you are 'stacked' that's the average cost of a home.
You have to remember the time too. It's possible Hank, and Marie could have picked up their house for a steal after the housing crash.
For sure, if you look at the zillow pricing history, during the early 2000s, the house was actually in the 800s.
@@LogicallyAnswered also if I'm not mistaken, didn't he get suspended without pay for a while...
@@sauljimmytakavic4286 only hours before he got shot and injured by the salamanca twins
I never thought about how much they made but I'm glad you did
Yet, they couldn’t afford the treatment hank needed because his or they’re insurances wouldn’t cover it. They asked Walter to help as he paid for their rent and etc so id understand this ...
Love your channel great videos
Thanks man!
Whenever Marie needed something, she stole it. So that helped cut down expenses.
She dont need a purple shoe, and definetly didnt steel her car.
love the way you say "JHaaoB" at 1:33
Don't forget, Hank had a dope salary + he probably got a few bonuses (CASH) from drug dealers when he arrested them. DEA always get a cut of the stash on a bust.
Good point
On that case there’s no way they couldn’t of covered them medical bills. Marie is sick
@@oogs9114 It could be a problem if they don't save any money. It would explain why Hank didn't seem to think about it. Medical bills are also absurdly expensive in cases like this.
Government employees aren’t underpaid. They actually get very high pay and many benefits, a lot of the time.
Not to forget that Marie also works, even though it's never disclosed what she does.
My guess is most of their money went into the loan for the house. They're well-off, but they don't have much in savings, which would explain why they freaked when Hank's medical bills came up.
It's disclosed several times. She's an xray technician
Marie had therapy sessions for her klepto and hank collected expensive rocks. lol
But Hank Did go to college. He said he was a tree marker during this time.
Love your content! Great analysis
He also had a kleptomaniac wife who was constantly getting into trouble who needed presumably expensive therapy she kept skipping, which without notice they would still charge the fee. He definitely didnt have hundreds of thousands saved because if he did, it wouldnt have even been a plot point behind the expense of the physical therapy.
maybe she could sell stuff she stole to make up for that lol... also there is such thing as a plothole
His breakfasts were more expensive than Walt Junior
Law enforcement in general in the US is a relatively well paying job.
You are over the moon if you work for Feds
@@pigroachgameingkhando7058 WHat about if you are The Director of the FBI? You get millions from taking a percentage of drug sales!
One big plot hole for the series was the fact that Walt and Hank had trouble paying medical bills. Teachers and federal employees have the BEST insurance plans. Hank was injured due to a work related incident, so he’s getting absolutely everything he needs.
Knowing how walt is prideful, hed ratter not be covered by insurance i think and hanks insurance is shown to not cover his needs in the show.
@@caimanaraujo479 Walt’s pride was his downfall bc he several opportunities to solve his problems, but didn’t want charity and didn’t want anyone else taking credit. Gray Matter offered to pay his bills at one point and Hank had given up on the Heisenberg case until Walt inadvertently changed his mind bc he was offended that someone else would get credit as the chemistry genius. That being said, teachers and federal employees never have to worry about medical bills. Those jobs offer the best possible health benefits, so it was a bit of a cheat to use that a plot thread. Walt having no savings to support his family after died? Absolutely. Not being able to cover his medical expenses? No way.
@@patrickthomas8890 perhaps in the us its diferent, but on brazil, if you are using private healthcare, you can choose to be on the insurance or not. If thats the case in the us, its very simple to explain that. Walt didnt want that healthcare plan "for teachers". Perhaps went to a cheaper one, because he never admited he could get sick. Idk lol
@@caimanaraujo479 Ah, I see what you mean…and that probably explains it. Sounds like it is different in the US. Teachers typically don’t take home a lot of money in their paychecks, but they do get great healthcare and pensions…which is why people want those jobs. I’ve never heard of a teacher opting out of the union health plan (Especially for a family) bc it would cost so much more money and probably wouldn’t even be affordable. Teachers get basically free (or almost free) health care for life, which covers everything. Private healthcare is super expensive and usually doesn’t cover all types of things and has yearly/lifetime limits etc…the health plan “for teachers” is usually as good as it gets and way cheaper
@@patrickthomas8890 ok, thanks for explaining hehe
Are all the numbers before or after taxes?
Before
Logically Answered so he basically earned a lot less or am I wrong?
I think the show was implying that Hank and Marie made a lot of money, but also spent a ton.
But he didn't have $100k for heathcare bills. Which BTW is insane that you even have to pay for heathcare privately out of pocket🤦
Who’s gonna pay for the healthcare then?
@@ultrafinest the state, like in any other normal country in almost entire world
@@andrijaas2095 Who do you think pays the state?
@@ultrafinest taxpayers ?
@@andrijaas2095 Yeah. So you’re still paying for it.
It always made sense to me that they would be comfortable. Two reasonable incomes and no kids.
I love how you say DEA lol. Deee-eeee-ayeee
Is it supposed to be pronounced Deah or something?
That is how you pronounce it, after all
@@Chizzle69420 say it like the cartel does, day-ya.
Hank is the actual villain of breaking bad. The Ron Paul sticker on Gail's notebook hints that the show was actually about when America broke bad, back in 1852 (Massachusetts is first state to adopt government-run schooling), 1906 (Pure Food and Drug Act gives control of personal medical and dietary choices to Congress), 1913 (prohibitionist Federal Reserve totalitarians became highest branch of government), and 1914 (Harrison Narcotics Act). Death of a thousand cuts...
Do Hank's disciplinary actions count as demotions? Not sure if they factor in to what he makes
homie whispering at 3 am to crank out this video
Please do nacho
There is a scene in Better Call Saul where you can see the insides of Nacho's safe and his house amd I think he says how much there is, not really sure but either way you can see the money and get an idea
Agree
Great analysis !
Bro a 600k house in new mexico isnt alot of money. Try new york city lmaoooo the same house would be 2 million minimum
More like 10 million
@Tuperwear where in Cali?
It's possible Marie made even more than that. As she would have earned more money every year as well based on her experience.
5:18 WHAT?!? Hank dies?!
Yep shot by neo nazis
w-w-what uncle H-h-hank is d-d-dead ?
I don’t want your money! You killed uncle Hank!!
LOL $700K?! Here in Los Angeles, a 2 bedroom condo can cost upwards of $600K and I'm not rich... Nowhere near.
Marie was a doctor right?
correct.
No she's a rad tech, they aren't doctors.
Good man. His end Crushes me every time i re watch BB. I’m hoping to see him and Gomey in season six of BCS
Walter White had between $70 to $80 million in cash.
He is stacked because he obviously has a job and Marie is a doctor also hank hasn’t had disability’s/diseases and they don’t any kids
With bcs over I would enjoy a show about Hanks early life and how he got his start at the dea
I think Hank and Marie had the money but devious as she is she couldn't resist getting that for free from her sister.
Appreciate you're research.
The mineral collection payed off
It would be cool if you factor in how much they would be paying in expenses as each year goes. So we have both a net and gross number at the end when you do the grand totals.
Your channel is dope. Great ideas
Thanks man!
All DEA “agents” are 1811 criminal investigators, officially “Special Agents.” Hank held a supervisory role, specifically, that of ASAC, or Asst. Special Agent in Charge.
This was the era of flip phones and beepers. That $600k - $700k house was only $150k at that time.