Elite League Hockey: What's the Pay Like?
Dylan Metz
2025-04-05 15:34:12
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For context, the very top players in the UK might earn £50k in the Elite League, but the average is half of that. Below that level no one is full-time just as a player.
That £50k salary is similar for someone on an entry-level “prospect” salary in the NHL, but you can add a zero to that figure if you join the 1st team squad.
These players on below-average UK salaries competed alongside players earning in excess of $10m per year.
Kariane Spencer
2025-04-05 15:06:47
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The average player wage in EIHL equates to around £34,000. This suggests the highest salary for a player in the UK league only amounts to a tiny fraction of the biggest contract in the NHL – the top earners in history may have penned contracts of around £50,000 per year.
Carmelo Lesch
2025-04-05 15:00:34
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The estimated total pay for a Hockey Player is £31,126 per year, with an average salary of £25,699 per year. The estimated additional pay is £5,427 per year. Additional pay could include cash bonus, commission, tips, and profit sharing.
Salaries estimates are based on 248 salaries submitted anonymously to Glassdoor by a Hockey Player employees in United Kingdom. The highest salary for a Hockey Player in United Kingdom is £60,670 per year. The lowest salary for a Hockey Player in United Kingdom is £20,345 per year.
Hockey Player professionals in United Kingdom have a wide total pay range, between £15,080 and £153,453 depending on experience, with an estimated total pay of £31,126 following the average career path of a Hockey Player.
Clotilde Huels
2025-04-05 14:53:52
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Jerry Bayer
2025-04-05 12:55:29
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The estimated total pay range for a Hockey Player at Elite Ice Hockey League is £11K–£12K per month, which includes base salary and additional pay. The average Hockey Player base salary at Elite Ice Hockey League is £2K per month. The average additional pay is £10K per month, which could include cash bonus, stock, commission, profit sharing or tips. The salary starts at £25,699 per year (estimate) and goes up to £25,855 per year (estimate) for the highest level of seniority.
Jane Lueilwitz
2025-04-05 11:54:36
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Average salaries are believed to be in the range of £12,500 to £47,000 for players in the Elite League.
On the show, he explained that players in the Elite League earned approximately $17,000 to $65,000. This equates to roughly £12,500 to £47,000 (based on exchange rates and whether he was talking about Canadian or US dollars will make a small difference).
Given what the teams in the Elite league turnover financially and the costs of their overheads, these figures make sense.
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