{"id":28968,"date":"2021-08-27T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=28968"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:20:42","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:20:42","slug":"nhl-referees-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/nhl-referees-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Do NHL Referees Make?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NHL officials are not popular among fans, but they can laugh all the way to the bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Refs endure taunts, jeers and more than occasional boos, yet they make far more annually than most fans do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NHL officials have a difficult job since pro hockey is the fastest team sport in North America. They also have a union which keeps their pay going up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overall Salaries For NHL Refs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NHL referees, who call penalties and essentially preside as the game\u2019s judge, make six-figures per season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The website Scouting the Refs cited the NHL-NHL Officials Association agreement that referees had a maximum salary of <strong>$300,000<\/strong> per regular season as of 2014. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Referees pay started at <strong>$165,000<\/strong> per season, and they also made an additional <strong>$18,000 <\/strong>per round worked in the Stanley Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NHL officials salaries may seem lucrative, but that\u2019s because they\u2019re the best of the best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minor-league officials, while well-paid generally, make much less, and amateur officials \u2014 the ones who call you beer league or your kid\u2019s 6 a.m. games \u2014 can make between 0-$50 per game. So go easy on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NHL Linesmen Salaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pay for linesmen, whose job it is to break up fights and rule on offsides, icing and other line-related infractions, start at <strong>$110,000<\/strong> and can top out at about <strong>$250,000<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also make<strong> $12,000 <\/strong>per postseason round for working in the Stanley Cup playoffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pay Per Game<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NHL referees work 73 games per season, and linesmen work 75. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore if you do some math, officials make about between <strong>$2,500-$5,000<\/strong> per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Refs vs. Players&#8217; Salaries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials may seem well-paid, but they are not the players in the multi-billion-dollar industry, which is why their pay pales in comparison to the veteran <strong>minimum of $750,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Benefits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>NHL officials, as we stated earlier, are covered by a union, and their contracts are collectively bargained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore officials are eligible for a pension and retirement fund and receive medical, dental, life insurance, career counseling and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials also receive travel expenses covered and have protections to keep them from working too many games in a certain number of hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pay In 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Things have changed for NHL officials over the past seven years, but not drastically. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For starters, the bottom-end for officials salaries remains the same \u2014 <strong>$165,000<\/strong> for referees and about <strong>$110,000<\/strong> for linesmen \u2014 while the maximum has crept over<strong> $400,000<\/strong> per season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"job listing (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/hockey\/comments\/97ua2i\/what_an_nhl_referee_job_post_looks_like\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=ios_app&amp;utm_name=iossmf\" target=\"_blank\">job listing<\/a> from Reddit from two years ago suggests the starting rate is better than reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Qualifying for playoff rounds has become more lucrative. According to Scouting the Refs, referees made <strong>$25,400 <\/strong>per playoff-round worked in 2021, with linesmen taking home <strong>$16,500<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next season, those totals will bump to <strong>$27,000<\/strong> and <strong>$17,250<\/strong> for linesmen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Lead image: mark6mauno\/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 &#8211; adapted by Casino.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NHL officials are not popular among fans, but they can laugh all the way to the bank. 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