From $6,000 to $30,000.
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. They will not be paid for their services. Many of important players who are ‘full-time’ with their teams will play for salaries which will be barely livable. The minimum salary in the NWSL this year is $6,842, while the maximum salary is up to $37,800. This season, of course, is a month longer than last despite fewer games. Each team operates on a $265,000 salary cap, which does not include allocated player salaries.  Nikki Marshall, a 26 year-old a defender, announced in February that she was retiring from the Thorns and the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). Ms. Marshall, who started the first 46 regular season games in the Thorns' history over the past two years, cited low pay as one of the main contributors to her decision. England forward Eniola Aluko (9) chases after the ball between France midfielder Louisa Necib (14) and defender Laure Boulleau (3) in a Group F soccer match in the 2015 FIFA women's World Cup at Moncton Stadium, Jun 9, 2015, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. Most of them are under contract with specific clubs, but two MLS pool goalkeepers and five released players were also included. The average player will make $141,903.13 this year. Robbie Keane has overtaken Thierry Henry as the player with the highest base salary in the league ($4 million to Henry's $3.75 million). In an increase from last year, 62 players will make the minimum $35,125 (43 did last year).  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. Each of the nine teams in the fledgling National Women's Soccer League —which started in 2013 after two previous U.S. women's leagues folded—has a $265,000 salary cap. Currently, franchises have to pay their players a minimum of $6,842 per year, with a ceiling of $37,800. (Tweet This). Compare that team cap to men's Major League Soccer, which has a ceiling of more than $3 million, about 11 times more. The average MLS player makes $305,809 annually, according to sports analytics site sportingintelligence. The average player salaries in Europe's top four leagues – the English Premier League, the German Bundesliga, Italy's Serie A, and Spain's La Liga – sits at just over £1.5 million (around $2.3 million) a year, or about £30,000 ($47,000) a week, according to The Daily Mail. England forward Eniola Aluko (9) chases after the ball between France midfielder Louisa Necib (14) and defender Laure Boulleau (3) in a Group F soccer match in the 2015 FIFA women's World Cup at Moncton Stadium, Jun 9, 2015, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada. $9,200 annual salary which is not equal to footballers salary. According to a survey the maximum salary of Lacrosse professional player is not more then $30,000. Women Professional Soccer: Annual Salary ($12,000) : United States is highest paying team to the women soccer team.  Marta, who's been called the female Pele, played in Sweden, not the National Women's Soccer League, which is the third attempt at a North American professional women's soccer league since 1999. The NWSL executive director Cheryl Bailey said in 2013 that players' salaries range from $6,000 to $30,000. The salary cap for each team is reportedly $265,000. The minimum salary within the NWSL this year is $6,842. That is barely half the salary needed to meet the threshold of the Federal poverty line, which is $11,770.
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average women's professional soccer salary over the years