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.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as of 2010 writers and authors earned a median salary of $55,420 per year, or $26.64 per hour. These numbers are for freelance writers and authors of books, though, and novelist income is harder to pin down because usually, income depends on book sales and contracts.