what is the current referee pay scale?

[Anonymous]

My DS is 14 plays travel since U9. He is interested in trying to learn to become part time referee in the spring. I know he would start as a sideline ref. or center for young rec games. What do the different league and levels pay to start out. How many games can you work each day? Thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

My son makes $30 for rec, $35 for ADP, and then it’s $35-45 for sideline AR travel and tournament games. He prefers rec games because they are close by, easy jobs, and he will do 2-4 games in a row some weekends if he’s free. He has USFF8.

[Anonymous]

Just about every league has a different pay scale. Also, different ages have different pay scales. Also, center referee is different than sideline referee. So you'll have to ask a more specific question. Sideline refs (or AR) gets paid $30 for U13 and U14 NCSL. U15 and U16 get $35. But SFL, EDP, ECNL-R, ECNL...etc pays differently.

[Anonymous]

EDP at upper age groups pays $100 for the center and $50 to each AR.

[Anonymous]

Does anyone think being a referee at a younger age help with a better tactical view for playing in their own games ? Does it help them see the game different ?

[Anonymous]

Yes, it does

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:EDP at upper age groups pays $100 for the center and $50 to each AR.

That's not bad. I am sure these games are in high demand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DS is 14 plays travel since U9. He is interested in trying to learn to become part time referee in the spring. I know he would start as a sideline ref. or center for young rec games. What do the different league and levels pay to start out. How many games can you work each day? Thanks in advance.

As a current player, the number of games he could work each Sat/Sun will be limited primarily by his own schedule. A reasonable expectation would be to work 2 games after his own game. If he doesn’t have games, maybe 3-4 a day. For a tournament weekend, you could definitely work more, just make sure they have good, comfortable black running shoes.

Pay probably works out to about $15-25 an hour when you factor in spacing between games. For example, your son is u14, ARs pay probably $35 for a u14 travel game. Those tend to be scheduled in a 1:45 or 2 hour block. So if you run 2 lines on u14 games that’s $70 for about 3.5 hours or $20 an hour.

Take a u10 center say $27 a game. These are probably scheduled in 90 min blocks so you work 2 games in 3 hours for $54.

These are the rec rates for a local league:

Game Type Age / Level Pay Group Crew #1 #2 #3 #4

- ALL - U13 - [ALL] N/A 1 38.00
2 38.00 25.00
3 38.00 25.00 25.00

Reg Seas. U08 - [ALL] N/A 1 27.00
2 27.00 27.00

Reg Seas. U09 - [ALL] N/A 1 27.00
2 27.00 14.00
3 27.00 14.00 14.00

Reg Seas. U10 - [ALL] N/A 1 27.00
2 27.00 14.00
3 27.00 14.00 14.00
Reg Seas. U10 MINI TOURNAMENT - [ALL] N/A 1 25.00
2 25.00 14.00
3 25.00 14.00 14.00
4 25.00 14.00 14.00 0.00

Reg Seas. U11 - [ALL] N/A 1 32.00
2 32.00 16.00
3 32.00 16.00 16.00

Reg Seas. U12 - [ALL] N/A 1 32.00
2 32.00 16.00
3 32.00 16.00 16.00
4 32.00 16.00 16.00 0.00
Reg Seas. U12 MINI TOURNAMENT - [ALL] N/A 1 25.00
2 25.00 14.00
3 25.00 14.00 14.00
4 25.00 14.00 14.00 0.00

Reg Seas. U14 - [ALL] N/A 1 38.00
2 38.00 25.00
3 38.00 25.00 25.00

Reg Seas. U16 - [ALL] N/A 1 55.00
2 55.00 35.00
3 55.00 35.00 35.00

Reg Seas. U19 - [ALL] N/A 1 55.00
2 55.00 35.00
3 55.00 35.00 35.00

Reg Seas. U19G - [ALL] N/A 1 55.00
2 55.00 35.00
3 55.00 35.00 35.00

[Anonymous]

I honestly thought it paid a little better. No wonder they can’t find refs.

[Anonymous]

These are rec rates. Travel pays a little bit more.

[Anonymous]

What’s the $14.00 for?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the $14.00 for?

These are assistant ref rates for younger age groups in a rec league. You usually see 12-13 year old fill these roles.

[Anonymous]

It depends on league, club and assignor. Listed above is an example of ONE assignor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does anyone think being a referee at a younger age help with a better tactical view for playing in their own games ? Does it help them see the game different ?

I talked a bunch of my U13/U14 boys into getting certified and reffing a few years back and yes, it definitely helped them see the whole game better. We would talk about it, and they would watch how you can see the play developing and what's going to happen. The ones that reffed definitely got better at predicting the way the play is developing faster than the ones who didn't. They got better at making better runs, smarter decisions on the ball, and anticipating the other team's play.

[Anonymous]

4000 bucks extra each month.

Clean cash on field.

250 Saturday and 250 each Sunday. 6 games every weekend.

Holla at me.