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What football club staff earn

The median member of a football club backroom earns £840 a week, which is £43,680 a year. That is the middle of the 11,986 coaches, physios, scouts, analysts and directors we hold a wage for, at 850 clubs.

The first-team manager has a page of their own and is not counted here. Every figure below is a median of at least five people from at least three clubs, so none of them is one person's wage.

MEDIAN WEEKLY £840
MEDIAN YEARLY £43,680
STAFF 11,986
CLUBS 850
ROLES 21

Every backroom job, ranked on its median wage

21 roles across 850 clubs

11,986 staff
Each backroom role at a football club, with the number of staff and clubs we hold a wage for and the median weekly and yearly wage.
# ROLE DEPARTMENT STAFF CLUBS WEEKLY YEARLY
1 Club director Management and administration 234 233 £3,150 £163,800
2 Set-piece coach Coaching 34 34 £2,800 £145,600
3 Technical director Management and administration 216 216 £1,900 £98,800
4 Head of youth development Management and administration 458 458 £1,600 £83,200
5 Loan manager Management and administration 74 74 £1,550 £80,600
6 Chief scout Scouting and analysis 270 270 £1,300 £67,600
7 Head of sports science Medical and sports science 188 188 £1,300 £67,600
8 Assistant manager Coaching 924 596 £1,100 £57,200
9 Head performance analyst Scouting and analysis 198 198 £890 £46,280
10 Head physio Medical and sports science 402 402 £890 £46,280
11 Recruitment analyst Scouting and analysis 284 158 £850 £44,200
12 Scout Scouting and analysis 1,416 441 £840 £43,680
13 Youth team manager Coaching 438 342 £820 £42,640
14 Performance analyst Scouting and analysis 926 430 £800 £41,600
15 Coach Coaching 1,334 535 £780 £40,560
16 Goalkeeping coach Coaching 1,229 713 £780 £40,560
17 Sports scientist Medical and sports science 456 235 £760 £39,520
18 Fitness coach Coaching 1,199 602 £740 £38,480
19 Physio Medical and sports science 1,692 637 £740 £38,480
20 Chief doctor Medical and sports science 5 5 £720 £37,440
21 Club doctor Medical and sports science 9 9 £630 £32,760

Every backroom job on one scale

Median weekly wage by role

Club director £3,150 Set-piece coach £2,800 Technical director £1,900 Head of youth development £1,600 Loan manager £1,550 Chief scout £1,300 Head of sports science £1,300 Assistant manager £1,100 Head performance analyst £890 Head physio £890 Recruitment analyst £850 Scout £840 Youth team manager £820 Performance analyst £800 Coach £780 Goalkeeping coach £780 Sports scientist £760 Fitness coach £740 Physio £740
Chief doctor £720
Club doctor £630

A club director is paid 4.3 times what a physio is. 11 of the 19 roles with a page of their own pay above the £840 median for backroom staff as a whole, and 7 of those are a head of department, a chief or a director.

The four departments

Every role above falls into one of them

Backroom staff pay by department, with the median and the top tenth.
DEPARTMENT STAFF CLUBS WEEKLY TOP TENTH FROM
Management and administration club director, technical director, head of youth development, loan manager 982 564 £2,000 £9,000
Scouting and analysis chief scout, head performance analyst, recruitment analyst, scout, performance analyst 3,094 648 £850 £3,100
Coaching set-piece coach, assistant manager, youth team manager, coach, goalkeeping coach, fitness coach 5,158 826 £800 £3,300
Medical and sports science head of sports science, head physio, sports scientist, physio, chief doctor, club doctor 2,752 746 £780 £2,800

Management and administration is the smallest department and the best paid, at a median £2,000 across 982 people. Medical and sports science is the lowest paid, at £780 across 2,752.

The pay ladder across every role

All 11,986 staff in one pool

Where backroom staff wages fall, from the lowest tenth to the highest.
WHERE THE WAGE FALLS WEEKLY YEARLY
One in ten earns less than £280 £14,560
One in four earns less than £530 £27,560
The median £840 £43,680
One in four earns more than £1,900 £98,800
One in ten earns more than £3,400 £176,800

What each league pays its backroom staff

The 45 leagues where we hold wages for five or more staff at three or more clubs

Backroom staff pay by league, ranked on the median weekly wage.
# LEAGUE COUNTRY STAFF CLUBS WEEKLY YEARLY
1 La Liga Spain 397 20 £3,300 £171,600
2 Ligue 1 France 357 18 £3,000 £156,000
3 Serie A Italy 567 20 £2,200 £114,400
4 La Liga 2 Spain 230 26 £1,700 £88,400
5 Bundesliga Germany 592 18 £1,600 £83,200
6 Premier League England 1,066 20 £1,500 £78,000
7 Eredivisie Netherlands 263 18 £1,500 £78,000
8 Major League Soccer USA 295 29 £1,400 £72,800
9 NWSL USA 11 6 £1,400 £72,800
10 A-League Australia 46 11 £1,350 £70,200
11 J1 League Japan 300 21 £1,100 £57,200
12 2. Bundesliga Germany 369 19 £1,040 £54,080
13 Primeira Liga Portugal 531 19 £960 £49,920
14 Ligue 2 France 230 20 £920 £47,840
15 Championship England 774 24 £880 £45,760
16 Belgian Pro League Belgium 296 17 £850 £44,200
17 Serie B Italy 415 24 £840 £43,680
18 Women's Super League England 18 8 £840 £43,680
19 Süper Lig Türkiye 197 21 £820 £42,640
20 League One England 535 24 £800 £41,600
21 Saudi Pro League Saudi Arabia 119 16 £800 £41,600
22 Danish Superliga Denmark 165 13 £790 £41,080
23 Austrian Bundesliga Austria 156 12 £780 £40,560
24 Scottish Premiership Scotland 166 12 £750 £39,000
25 League Two England 330 24 £740 £38,480
26 Eliteserien Norway 263 16 £640 £33,280
27 Belgian Challenger Pro League Belgium 126 15 £600 £31,200
28 Canadian Premier League Canada 26 5 £600 £31,200
29 National League England 176 21 £570 £29,640
30 Czech First League Czechia 228 16 £520 £27,040
31 Scottish Championship Scotland 66 11 £500 £26,000
32 Russian Premier League Russia 226 17 £480 £24,960
33 Croatian First League Croatia 98 10 £480 £24,960
34 Brasileirão Série A Brazil 245 23 £460 £23,920
35 Liga MX Mexico 114 18 £380 £19,760
36 Liga F Spain 91 16 £370 £19,240
37 Super Liga Argentina 480 31 £360 £18,720
38 Categoría Primera A Colombia 151 18 £300 £15,600
39 Superleague Greece Greece 132 15 £300 £15,600
40 Ekstraklasa Poland 245 19 £270 £14,040
41 Chinese Super League China 81 15 £250 £13,000
42 Veikkausliiga Finland 45 12 £250 £13,000
43 Indian Super League India 99 13 £240 £12,480
44 Thai League Thailand 96 15 £140 £7,280
45 I-League India 52 8 £100 £5,200

The fifteen best-paying leagues

Median weekly wage of a member of backroom staff

La Liga £3,300 Ligue 1 £3,000 Serie A £2,200 La Liga 2 £1,700 Bundesliga £1,600 Premier League £1,500 Eredivisie £1,500 Major League Soccer £1,400 NWSL £1,400 A-League £1,350 J1 League £1,100 2. Bundesliga £1,040 Primeira Liga £960 Ligue 2 £920 Championship £880

La Liga pays the median member of its backroom £3,300 a week, against £1,500 in the Premier League. We hold wages for 20 people at each club in La Liga and 53 at each Premier League club. The deeper a pool reaches into a club's academy, the lower its median: a first-team coach earns £1,100 a week, and an under-18 coach £690.

Frequently asked questions

How much do football club staff earn?

The median member of a football club backroom earns £840 a week, which is £43,680 a year. That is the middle of the 11,986 coaches, physios, scouts, analysts and directors we hold a wage for, at 850 clubs. One in ten earns more than £3,400 a week.

Which backroom job in football pays the most?

The club director, at a median £3,150 a week. Next come the set-piece coach at £2,800 and the technical director at £1,900.

Which backroom job in football pays the least?

The fitness coach and the physio, at a median £740 a week, which is £38,480 a year.

Which league pays its backroom staff the most?

La Liga, where the median member of staff earns £3,300 a week across 397 people at 20 clubs. In the Premier League the figure is £1,500.

What does a Premier League club pay its backroom staff?

A median £1,500 a week, across the 1,066 staff we hold a wage for at 20 Premier League clubs. One in ten earns more than £6,650 a week.

How much does a football physio earn?

A median £740 a week, which is £38,480 a year, across the 1,692 physios we hold a wage for at 637 clubs.

Where to next

A page for every backroom job with enough staff behind it

Coaching

Medical and sports science

Scouting and analysis

Management and administration

The managers are on pages of their own, each with the backroom pay at their club's league beside them. What a referee is paid runs level by level, from a youth cup to a World Cup final. The football section holds every league and club these staff work at.