Birmingham City 2024/25 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2024/25 · top earner Ibrahim Osman on £38,000 per week · see the current Birmingham City wage bill
We hold a wage for all 43 players in that squad. The average is taken over the 22 players aged 22 or over that we hold a wage for.
Then and now
Birmingham City pay £574,995 a week in 2026/27 — 28% higher than the £449,978 of 2024/25.
Where the money went in 2024/25
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 5 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2024/25 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ibrahim Osman | £38,000 | £1,976,000 | 20 | AM L, ST | Ghana | ||
| Carlos Vicente | £33,000 | £1,716,000 | 26 | AM R | Spain | ||
| Demarai Gray | £32,000 | £1,664,000 | 29 | AM RLC, F C | Jamaica | ||
| Tommy Doyle | £26,000 | £1,352,000 | 23 | DM | England | ||
| Kyogo Furuhashi | £25,000 | £1,300,000 | 30 | AM RL, ST | Japan | ||
| Christoph Klarer | £24,000 | £1,248,000 | 25 | D C | Austria | ||
| Phil Neumann | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 28 | D RC | Germany | ||
| Marvin Ducksch | £22,000 | £1,144,000 | 31 | AM/F C | Germany | ||
| Kai Wagner | £21,000 | £1,092,000 | 28 | D/WB/M L | Germany | ||
| Patrick Roberts | £20,000 | £1,040,000 | 28 | AM RLC | England | ||
| Jay Stansfield | £18,000 | £936,000 | 22 | AM RC, F C | England | ||
| Bright Osayi-Samuel | £18,000 | £936,000 | 27 | D/WB R, M RL | Nigeria | ||
| Tomoki Iwata | £17,000 | £884,000 | 28 | D C, DM | Japan | ||
| Alex Cochrane | £15,000 | £780,000 | 25 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Kanya Fujimoto | £15,000 | £780,000 | 26 | AM RC | Japan | ||
| Lukas Jutkiewicz | £15,000 | £780,000 | 35 | ST | England | ||
| Lee Buchanan | £15,000 | £780,000 | 24 | D/WB L | England | ||
| Jonathan Panzo | £13,000 | £676,000 | 24 | D LC | England | ||
| Jack Robinson | £12,000 | £624,000 | 31 | D LC | England | ||
| August Priske | £9,500 | £494,000 | 21 | AM R, ST | Denmark | ||
| Paik Seung-Ho | £9,000 | £468,000 | 28 | DM | South Korea | ||
| Ethan Laird | £8,300 | £431,600 | 23 | D/WB R | England | ||
| Ryan Allsop | £8,000 | £416,000 | 33 | GK | England | ||
| James Beadle | £4,100 | £213,200 | 20 | GK | England | ||
| Jhon Solís | £3,100 | £161,200 | 20 | DM | Colombia | ||
| Jonathan Grounds | £1,100 | £57,200 | 37 | D LC | England | ||
| Frank Tattum | £849 | £44,148 | 19 | ST | |||
| Alvaro Ruiz Rente | £764 | £39,728 | 19 | AM R | Cuba | ||
| Cody Pennington | £645 | £33,540 | 19 | DM | England | ||
| Byron Pendleton | £490 | £25,480 | 19 | D/M R | |||
| Brad Mayo | £490 | £25,480 | 20 | GK | England | ||
| Cameron Eubank | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | ST | England | ||
| Trae Briscoe | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | D RC | England | ||
| Szymon Terenowicz | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | GK | England | ||
| Caleb Sanders | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | WB/AM R | England | ||
| Zaid Betteka | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | AM RL | England | ||
| Alezandro Da Silva | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | M C | England | ||
| Bria Bateman | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | ST | England | ||
| Yusuf Ahmed | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | AM RL, ST | England | ||
| George Wynne | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | DM | England | ||
| Will O'Sullivan | £220 | £11,440 | 17 | GK | England | ||
| Will Burrell | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | D C | Ireland | ||
| Ben Wodskou | £220 | £11,440 | 16 | ST | |||
Wage vs age, 2024/25
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2024/25 squad, against the share of the bill they took
Top 5 earners took 34% of the squad wage bill, across the 43 players we hold a 2024/25 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2024/25 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Birmingham City wages, 2024/25
What was Birmingham City's wage bill in 2024/25?
Birmingham City paid £449,978 a week in 2024/25 - £23,398,856 across the year - spread over a squad of 43. We hold a wage for all 43 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Birmingham City player in 2024/25?
Ibrahim Osman was the highest earner in the 2024/25 squad on £38,000 a week, 2.1x the 22+ squad average of £17,700.
What was the average Birmingham City salary in 2024/25?
The average Birmingham City player aged 22 or over earned £17,700 a week in 2024/25, across the 22 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 43. The top five earners took 34% of the bill between them.
How do Birmingham City's 2024/25 wages compare with now?
Birmingham City pay £574,995 a week in 2026/27, 28% higher than the £449,978 of 2024/25. The current squad is 69 players against 43 then.