I think that's only around $200 a month in 2020. If you're a made guy and can't cough up that much a month during the peak of the mob's power, you need to get a new job.

Gambino might have been asking for a monthly head tax during the 60s too.
https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=r1IEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=gambino+head+tax+$20&source=bl&ots=uwe0f3D0Da&sig=ACfU3U26W9cqfOYmc6WKOnhYKPSrZ6JiJA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjwhv_yvNjpAhWXeX0KHQZSCAYQ6AEwAHoECBEQAQ#v=onepage&q=gambino%20head%20tax%20%2420&f=false