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MLS Salaries. Beginning and lower-echelon players in Major League Soccer make a minimum of $35,125 a year, by far the lowest minimum salary of major professional team sports in America. As of the end of the 2013 season, 154 players made less than $50,000 a year. While players at all positions make the league minimum, median pay is highest for forwards. In 2013, forwards made a median salary of $99,998. Goaltenders and mid-fielders made a median salary of $80,000, while defenders made two more dollars a year. The English Premier League is arguably the top soccer league in the world. The average EPL player makes $3,562,600 per year or $68,511 per week, according to Deadspin.com. The league's highest-paid player is Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, who makes about $470,000 per week. Two of the other top soccer leagues in the world are Bundesliga in Germany and Serie A in Italy. According to Deadspin.com, the average player in these two leagues make over $2,000,000 per year, or $40,000 per week. Sam Klomhaus | November 15, 2014. .@MailSport study comparing average player salaries for the world's top soccer leagues: http://t.co/zLivSc7cIl pic.twitter.com/Q1S685cn3s — MLS Players Union (@MLSPlayersUnion) November 14, 2014. A study by MailSport found that (spoiler alert) it pays to be in the Premier League. The study examined salaries from 34 leagues from around the world and found that the average EPL salary is about £700 ,000 ($1,000,000+) more than the next-highest league. Players in the EPL make £2 ,273,277 per year ($3,562,111) That's more then 15 times what the average MLS player makes. The MLS, with an average salary of £ 135,945 ($213,019), came in 22nd out of 34, behind the English Second Division (£ 486,033), the German Second Division (£ 205,333), the Scottish Premier League (£ 182,789) and the Ukranian Premier League (£ 199,694). A study by MailSport found that (spoiler alert) it pays to be in the Premier League. The study examined salaries from 34 leagues from around the world and found that the average EPL salary is about £700 ,000 ($1,000,000+) more than the next-highest league. The highest division of soccer in Spain, La Liga is home to some of the world's best soccer players, including Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. The average La Liga player makes $1,901,008 per season, or $36,557 per week, according to Deadspin.com. Two of the other top soccer leagues in the world are Bundesliga in Germany and Serie A in Italy. According to Deadspin.com, the average player in these two leagues make over $2,000,000 per year, or $40,000 per week. Major League Soccer (United States). According to Deadspin.com, players in the MLS, the top soccer league in the United States, earn an average of $213,048 per season, or $4,097 per week. The top-earning active player in MLS in 2014 is Michael Bradley of Toronto FC, making $6,000,000 base salary this season. Two of the other top soccer leagues in the world are Bundesliga in Germany and Serie A in Italy. According to Deadspin.com, the average player in these two leagues make over $2,000,000 per year, or $40,000 per week. The average salary in the MLS, however, was $160,000, and the median salary was $100,000. About 45 percent of MLS players -- that's 249 -- made over $100,000. The gap between the highest-paid and lowest-paid players is quite pronounced in professional soccer. While players at all positions make the league minimum, median pay is highest for forwards. In 2013, forwards made a median salary of $99,998. Goaltenders and mid-fielders made a median salary of $80,000, while defenders made two more dollars a year. In that sense, this Sportsmail chart listing the average salaries of players in 34 leagues around the world is very interesting. Here's the chart in full: A couple things: wow, the Premier League is waaay higher up there than everyone else. The depth there is truly unmatched.  For the NFL's 2009-2010 season, average salary for the top five highest-paid players (not including endorsement deals) was $20.32 million. For the top five footballers, salaries averaged $14.67 million. In honor of the World Cup, here's a look at the paychecks that go with being a star of the world's favorite sport. But to the rest of the world, he's pretty much an average professional footballer -- at least in terms of salary. Beckham's nearly $6.5 million annual contract doesn't even crack the list of the top 20 highest-paid soccer stars, and barely puts him onto the list of the top 50 earners in the sport.
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