Herod Archelaus' brother, Herod Antipas, was the son of Herod the Great and his Samaritan wife. Antipas was tetrarch (governor of a fourth part of a province) of Galilee during all of Jesus' life.
Average Author Salaries. The average salary for author jobs is $62,000. Average author salaries can vary greatly due to company, location, industry, experience and benefits. This salary was calculated using the average salary for all jobs with the term author anywhere in the job listing.
The BLS reports that 3,130 writers fell into this category as of May 2013. Independent writers may work across multiple highly paid writing sectors, which can limit available jobs. For example, an author of a successful series of books may also write scripts for the movie versions of his books. Cable and subscription programming also ranked high in terms of pay for writers, according to the BLS. The mean annual salary for writers in this sector was $88,010, while the mean hourly rate was $42.31. Jobs in this sector are in short supply with only 160 jobs reported. Independent writers and authors also work in this sector, which helps to explain the small number of jobs reported.