Major League Soccer starting from 28th February the match official list announced for the season. How much a match referee get paid in MLS match and season. A sports magazine in 2018, revealed the MLS referees salaries. According to their sources, contract base referee earned $600 per match. Referees who got selected for all stars match received $2,500.
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MLS Referees Salaries 2021
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Category
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Per Match Fees
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All-Star Match Fees
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Annual Earning
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Contract Extension
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Professional Referees
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$850
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$1,500
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$55,000
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Each Year
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Rookie
Referees
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$150
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N/A
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$5,000
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Part-time
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Women Referees
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$300
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N/A
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$18,000
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Each Year
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Professional MLS Referee Salary ($850): Each year contract offered to match referees on base of their performance. According to reports a match referee get paid $500 to $850 per match. Total 816 matches played in MLS season each team play 34 matches. A referee with most games in a season make maximum $55,000 at the end of the season.
Rookie MLS Referee Salary ($150): Rookie match referee only selected for few matches. Mostly they replaced the injured or in-active match official for MLS. A rookie referee in MLS maximum earn $150 per match. After 2-3 years of experienced in MLS league gets the professional contract according to (TSM Sportz).
Women MLS Referee Salary ($300): The women referees salaries for MLS league estimated. A women referee get paid $300 per MLS league match.
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Highest Paid MLS
Referees
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Summary
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Per Match Fees
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All-Star Match Fees
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Annual Earning
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Match Officials
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Silviu
Petrescu
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$850
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$1,500
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$55,000
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Hilario Grajeda
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$850
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$1,500
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$55,000
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Mark
Geiger
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$850
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$1,500
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$55,000
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Alan Kelly
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$850
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$1,500
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$55,000
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Allen
Chapman
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$850
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$1,500
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$55,000
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Kevin Stott
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$850
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$1,500
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$55,000
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Assistant Referees
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Ian Anderson
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Kermit
Quisenberry
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Paul Scott
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Corey
Parker
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Frank Anderson
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Joe
Fletcher
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Brian Dunn
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Video Assistant Referees
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Malik Badawi
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Jon
Freemon
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Geoff Gamble
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Daniel
Radford
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Sorin Stoica
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$500
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$1,000
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$15,000
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Note, not all referees earn $55,000 mostly professional referees who got selected for most games in season earn $55k. Assistant Referees earn $500 per match and Video Assistant Referees also earn same as assistant referees on the field. At the end of each season an Assistant referee on field earn maximum $15k which include per match fees and guaranteed compensation money.