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