numerista
12 Feb 2006, 10:24 PM
From the Miami Herald, 12/25/82
1982 NASL SALARIES
BY CLUB
Club Average Highest Lowest
New York $91,220 $281,250 $20,000
Fort Lauderdale 46,279 100,000 18,600
Chicago 44,463 111,000 13,997
Montreal 43,531 80,000 11,250
Seattle 38,996 87,000 14,737
Portland 38,391 63,000 15,600
Toronto 36,273 55,000 7,095
Tulsa 35,230 76,667 14,000
Jacksonville 33,666 60,500 10,000
Vancouver 33,606 50,000 19,800
Edmonton 33,254 55,000 15,000
Tampa Bay 33,250 70,000 9,000
San Diego 32,684 70,000 8,800
San Jose 23,966 45,150 10,000
League $42,163 $281,250 $7,095
To adjust for inflation, multiply by two.
-- These figures are based on a survey to which 83% of the players responded. To adjust to 2005 dollars, multiply by two. The NASLPA director indicated that with perks, actual incomes were probably 10% higher.
-- Salaries are considerably higher than the 1979 Washington Post estimates, and also higher than the 1980 player survey results, where "North American players (U.S. or Canadian citizens) earned an average of $20,394 and foreign players $32,297."
-- Other 1982 breakdowns ... foreign $46.8K, N.Amer. $36.1K; fwd $47.3K, mid $40.6K, def $38.2K, $gk 43.4K
-- What I think is most striking is how the international player market has changed in the last 25 years. The '82 Cosmos were spending in the vicinity of what Chivas USA will probably pay this year, and all the other teams were paying below MLS wages. It used to be a lot cheaper to be a big spender.
1982 NASL SALARIES
BY CLUB
Club Average Highest Lowest
New York $91,220 $281,250 $20,000
Fort Lauderdale 46,279 100,000 18,600
Chicago 44,463 111,000 13,997
Montreal 43,531 80,000 11,250
Seattle 38,996 87,000 14,737
Portland 38,391 63,000 15,600
Toronto 36,273 55,000 7,095
Tulsa 35,230 76,667 14,000
Jacksonville 33,666 60,500 10,000
Vancouver 33,606 50,000 19,800
Edmonton 33,254 55,000 15,000
Tampa Bay 33,250 70,000 9,000
San Diego 32,684 70,000 8,800
San Jose 23,966 45,150 10,000
League $42,163 $281,250 $7,095
To adjust for inflation, multiply by two.
-- These figures are based on a survey to which 83% of the players responded. To adjust to 2005 dollars, multiply by two. The NASLPA director indicated that with perks, actual incomes were probably 10% higher.
-- Salaries are considerably higher than the 1979 Washington Post estimates, and also higher than the 1980 player survey results, where "North American players (U.S. or Canadian citizens) earned an average of $20,394 and foreign players $32,297."
-- Other 1982 breakdowns ... foreign $46.8K, N.Amer. $36.1K; fwd $47.3K, mid $40.6K, def $38.2K, $gk 43.4K
-- What I think is most striking is how the international player market has changed in the last 25 years. The '82 Cosmos were spending in the vicinity of what Chivas USA will probably pay this year, and all the other teams were paying below MLS wages. It used to be a lot cheaper to be a big spender.