If the supposed figure you are using is 1,000, $195,000 per FAM per year doesn't seem that much if you consider that that would only be $975 per day per FAM assuming only 200 days of work per year; that figure seems in the ballpark given the historical practice of extensive use of premium seats, sometimes on very high-revenue flights. It doesn't seem like that much, does it?
This article from February puts the number of air marshals at 3,000.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/...n6163909.shtml
Also, it does not paint a very favorable picture for the organization.