Salaries for professional sportswomen in volleyball, handball, soccer or basketball leagues varied slightly in 2019. During that year, the basketball league paid its athletes the most with an average monthly salary of 3,700 euros. The average salary observed among the clubs in the first soccer division was 3,500 euros.
Women's rugby was not included in this study.
Among the masculine colleagues of female soccer players, the club with the lowest average salary was the Stade de Reims with more than 20,000 euros per month.
Average monthly salary of sportswomen in the main professional team sports leagues in France in 2019
(in euros)
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