Salary & Wage Data - Scotland Premiership

Nation

Scotland

Division

1st

Teams

Season

2025/26

Matches

69/200 Played

Progress

35% completed

Salaries - Premiership

€288,950

Average Annual Salary

285

Players With Salaries Recorded

€82,350,631

League Total Salary

Note : This salary data was last verified for the 2022/2023 season.

Players with the highest salaries in the Premiership (Scotland)

#	Player	Annual Salary	Position	Age	Apps
1	James McCarthy	€2,942,537	MF	35	2
2	Oscar MacIntyre	€2,640,400	DF	21	2
3	Robert Snodgrass	€2,354,469	MF	38	23
4	Connor Goldson	€2,193,935	DF	32	25
5	Alfredo Morelos	€1,956,753	FW	29	32
6	James Tavernier	€1,778,866	DF	34	38
7	Aziz Eraltay Behich	€1,716,745	DF	34	31
8	Rabbi Matondo	€1,660,275	FW	25	18
9	Steven Fletcher	€1,648,408	FW	38	33
10	Ben Davies	€1,600,980	DF	30	27
11	Kemar Roofe	€1,541,684	MF	32	3
12	Garang Kuol	€1,471,164	FW	21	8
13	Giorgos Giakoumakis	€1,461,607	FW	30	19
14	Aaron Mooy	€1,353,561	MF	35	29
15	Tom Lawrence	€1,304,502	MF	31	5
16	John Lundstram	€1,304,502	MF	31	37
17	Glen Kamara	€1,245,206	MF	30	22
18	Ianis Hagi	€1,245,206	MF	27	8
19	Reo Hatate	€1,177,571	MF	27	32
20	Antonio-Mirko Colak	€1,126,615	FW	32	25
21	Carl Starfelt	€1,118,507	DF	30	28
22	James Forrest	€1,118,185	MF	34	16
23	Kyogo Furuhashi	€1,117,339	FW	30	36
24	Borna Barišić	€1,067,320	DF	33	30
25	Ryan Kent	€1,067,320	MF	29	29
26	Callum McGregor	€1,059,955	MF	32	31
27	Daizen Maeda	€1,059,877	FW	28	35
28	Alexandro Ezequiel Bernabei	€1,000,663	DF	25	15
29	Josip Juranović	€942,077	DF	30	10
30	David Turnbull	€941,442	MF	26	28
31	Cameron Carter-Vickers	€931,350	DF	27	29
32	Joe Hart	€883,373	GK	38	37
33	Greg Taylor	€883,296	MF	28	31
34	Liel Abada	€882,844	FW	24	34
35	Benjamin Siegrist	€882,788	GK	33	0
36	Oliver Abildgaard	€882,788	MF	29	6
37	Barry McKay	€882,702	FW	30	37
38	Malik Tillman	€770,842	FW	23	28
39	Ryan Jack	€711,546	MF	33	26
40	Christian Ramírez	€706,536	FW	34	9
41	Sead Haksabanovic	€706,425	MF	26	25
42	Marley Watkins	€647,635	MF	35	26
43	Charlie Mulgrew	€631,800	DF	39	18
44	Scott Arfield	€592,955	MF	37	31
45	Allan McGregor	€504,012	GK	43	24
46	Anthony Ralston	€500,278	DF	27	16
47	David Marshall	€497,265	GK	40	38
48	John Souttar	€480,294	DF	29	12
49	Jordan Jones	€480,294	FW	31	22
50	Steven Davis	€474,364	MF	40	8

Who is the highest paid player in the Premiership?

Currently, the highest paid footballer in Premiership is James McCarthy who plays for Celtic with an annual salary of €2,942,537 per season. The second highest is Oscar MacIntyre with €2,640,400 per season, and the third highest paid footballer is Robert Snodgrass with €2,354,469 per season.

Annual Salaries by Teams in the Premiership (Club Wage Bills)

* This table includes data for known salaries only

Team

Average Salary

Total Payroll

Players

Rangers FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 1 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W W D W	2.42
Home	W W W W D	2.68
Away	W L L W W	2.16

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	76%	84%	68%
AVG	3.42	3.32	3.53
Scored	2.45	2.63	2.26
Conceded	0.97	0.68	1.26
BTTS	53%	47%	58%
CS	42%	53%	32%

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€877,044

€24,557,243

Celtic FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 3 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W L D L W	2.61
Home	W W D D W	2.79
Away	W W W L L	2.42

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	84%	89%	79%
AVG	3.89	3.79	4.00
Scored	3.00	3.05	2.95
Conceded	0.89	0.74	1.05
BTTS	53%	58%	47%
CS	42%	42%	42%

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€822,302

€23,846,759

Dundee United FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 6 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L L L L L	0.82
Home	D W W L L	1.05
Away	L W L L L	0.58

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	21%	32%	11%
AVG	2.89	3.05	2.74
Scored	1.05	1.21	0.89
Conceded	1.84	1.84	1.84
BTTS	50%	37%	63%
CS	18%	26%	11%

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€357,495

€4,647,437

Heart of Midlothian FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 4 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L D W D D	1.42
Home	L W L W D	2.00
Away	L L L D D	0.84

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	39%	63%	16%
AVG	3.16	3.68	2.63
Scored	1.66	2.26	1.05
Conceded	1.50	1.42	1.58
BTTS	55%	58%	53%
CS	16%	21%	11%

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€321,137

€7,386,140

Hibernian FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 2 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W D L W D	1.37
Home	L W W L W	1.74
Away	L L D D D	1.00

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	39%	53%	26%
AVG	3.05	3.32	2.79
Scored	1.50	1.89	1.11
Conceded	1.55	1.42	1.68
BTTS	55%	53%	58%
CS	29%	37%	21%

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€289,803

€6,665,466

Aberdeen FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 5 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L D L W L	1.50
Home	W W W D W	2.16
Away	W W L L L	0.84

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	47%	68%	26%
AVG	3.05	2.89	3.21
Scored	1.47	2.16	0.79
Conceded	1.58	0.74	2.42
BTTS	42%	37%	47%
CS	37%	58%	16%

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€203,780

€3,668,034

Motherwell FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 1 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W W D W	1.32
Home	W L W W W	1.26
Away	W W D W D	1.37

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	37%	37%	37%
AVG	2.74	2.84	2.63
Scored	1.39	1.37	1.42
Conceded	1.34	1.47	1.21
BTTS	58%	58%	58%
CS	29%	32%	26%

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€99,890

€2,597,130

Kilmarnock FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 3 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L W L W W	1.05
Home	W L W L W	1.68
Away	L L W L W	0.42

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	29%	47%	11%
AVG	2.61	2.74	2.47
Scored	0.97	1.37	0.58
Conceded	1.63	1.37	1.89
BTTS	45%	63%	26%
CS	21%	26%	16%

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€89,258

€2,677,733

Saint Johnstone FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 2 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W L W D W	1.13
Home	L D W L W	1.00
Away	L D L W D	1.26

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	32%	26%	37%
AVG	2.63	2.26	3.00
Scored	1.08	0.95	1.21
Conceded	1.55	1.32	1.79
BTTS	50%	42%	58%
CS	18%	26%	11%

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€87,056

€1,915,239

Ross County FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 4 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	W W L D L	0.89
Home	L L L W D	1.00
Away	W L W L L	0.79

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	24%	26%	21%
AVG	2.55	2.74	2.37
Scored	0.97	1.16	0.79
Conceded	1.58	1.58	1.58
BTTS	42%	42%	42%
CS	24%	21%	26%

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€64,171

€1,604,284

Livingston FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 5 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L L W D L	1.21
Home	D W W W D	1.68
Away	L L L L L	0.74

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	34%	47%	21%
AVG	2.53	2.32	2.74
Scored	0.95	1.16	0.74
Conceded	1.58	1.16	2.00
BTTS	45%	58%	32%
CS	18%	26%	11%

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€63,396

€1,521,513

Saint Mirren FC

Premiership (Div. 1)

League Pos. 6 / 12

Scotland

Form	Last 5	PPG
Overall	L D D L L	1.21
Home	L W L D L	1.68
Away	W L L D L	0.74

Statistics	Overall	Home	Away
Win %	32%	47%	16%
AVG	2.74	2.32	3.16
Scored	1.13	1.21	1.05
Conceded	1.61	1.11	2.11
BTTS	47%	42%	53%
CS	26%	37%	16%

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€52,652

€1,263,653

Which team has the highest payroll in the Premiership?

Currently, the football team with the highest payroll in Premiership is Rangers with an annual total payroll of €24,557,243. This represents an average of €877,044 of annual salary per player. This is 3% higher than Celtic who is the team with the 2nd highest payroll in Premiership and 81% higher than Dundee United who is the team with the third highest payroll in Premiership.

Players with the Lowest Salaries in the Premiership

* This table includes data for known salaries only. Lower range salaries can be inaccurate. We may update this table later.

#	Player	Annual Salary	Position	Age	Apps
1	Craig Sibbald	€1,328	MF	30	35
2	Lennon Miller	€1,778	MF	19	4
3	Luca Ross	€1,778	FW	19	1
4	Murray Campbell	€1,778	MF	19	0
5	Ross Graham	€2,264	DF	24	15
6	Glenn Middleton	€3,510	FW	25	29
7	Lucas Stenhouse	€5,929	FW	20	0
8	Dylan Smith	€8,894	DF	19	13
9	Mohammed Bosun Lawal	€9,732	MF	22	0
10	Dylan Reid	€11,853	MF	20	2
11	Murray Aiken	€11,855	MF	21	0
12	Luke Kenny	€13,045	DF	22	0
13	Dylan Lobban	€14,722	MF	20	0
14	Alfie Bavidge	€14,722	MF	19	5
15	Findlay Marshall	€14,722	MF	19	0
16	Kian Speirs	€14,823	MF	N/A	1
17	Mark Ferrie	€14,823	MF	19	0
18	Bobby Wales	€14,823	FW	20	10
19	Fraser Taylor	€15,416	MF	21	3
20	Steven Warnock	€16,009	MF	22	1
21	Macauley Tait	€16,484	MF	19	0
22	Rocco Vata	€16,487	MF	20	2
23	Yan Dhanda	€17,788	FW	26	30
24	Archie Meekison	€20,600	MF	23	6
25	Aidan Denholm	€23,548	FW	22	0
26	Toyosi Olusanya	€24,311	MF	28	1
27	Jack Wills	€24,311	GK	23	0
28	David Watson	€24,904	MF	20	10
29	Matthew Penney	€25,497	DF	27	16
30	Johnly Yfeko	€26,683	DF	22	0
31	Ethan Laidlaw	€27,280	FW	20	0
32	Ross Munro	€28,461	GK	25	0
33	Arron Darge	€29,435	DF	22	0
34	Rory MacLeod	€29,646	FW	19	15
35	Victor Loturi	€29,647	FW	24	27
36	Jayden Richardson	€30,022	DF	25	19
37	Jay Henderson	€30,225	MF	23	3
38	George Harmon	€32,019	MF	24	30
39	Finlay Pollock	€32,379	MF	21	0
40	Peter Urminský	€32,596	GK	26	1
41	Alex Mitchell	€32,612	DF	N/A	29
42	Ryan Flynn	€34,374	MF	37	20
43	Scott Tanser	€35,559	DF	31	30
44	Alex Greive	€35,559	FW	26	5
45	Scott Pittman	€35,577	FW	33	33
46	Scott Bitsindou	€35,577	MF	29	1
47	Sam Walker	€35,577	GK	34	28
48	Stevie May	€35,577	FW	33	37
49	John Moreland	€35,577	MF	21	0
50	Alexander Greive	€35,577	MF	N/A	23

Which players gets paid the least in the Premiership?

These are players with the lowest salaries in the Premiership currently : Craig Sibbald is the lowest paid with an annual wage of €1,328, Lennon Miller is the 2nd lowest paid with €1,778, and Luca Ross is the 3rd worst with an annual salary of just €1,778.

Salary by Nationality of the Players

* This list includes data for nationalities where there are at least 3 players of the same nationality in this league.

	Nationality	Average Salary	Highest Paid Player	Players
1	Croatia	€826,998	Antonio-Mirko Colak	4
2	Japan	€658,270	Reo Hatate	6
3	Wales	€650,487	Rabbi Matondo	6
4	Australia	€630,189	Aziz Eraltay Behich	8
5	USA	€405,685	Cameron Carter-Vickers	7
6	Republic of Ireland	€310,624	James McCarthy	12
7	England	€273,310	Connor Goldson	63
8	Canada	€215,273	Scott Arfield	5
9	Scotland	€195,488	Oscar MacIntyre	131
10	Belgium	€194,248	Rocky Bushiri	3
11	Northern Ireland	€153,779	Steven Davis	7
12	Netherlands	€153,467	Kelle Roos	3

What nationality is paid the most in Premiership?

Currently, the players from Croatia tend to make the most money playing football in the Premiership. Their average annual income is €826,998.This is 26% higher than the second nationality (Japan) which is €658,270 per year.
Furthermore, players from Croatia gets paid 27% higher than the 3rd nationality (Wales) which is €650,487 per year.
We can explain these differences by the number of players and the range of salary. For example, the average salary data for players from Scotland is based on 131 players where the highest paid player is Oscar MacIntyre with an annual pay of €1,126,615. That means that even though there are highly paid players from Scotland, the sheer number of players can offset the average to a lower amount than expected.

Salary by Age

Age	Average Salary	Highest Paid Player	Players
19	€11,625	Rory MacLeod	9
20	€16,571	Ethan Laidlaw	7
21	€581,438	Oscar MacIntyre	8
22	€77,058	Conrad Jonathan Egan Riley	13
23	€179,316	Malik Tillman	10
24	€122,332	Liel Abada	14
25	€222,963	Rabbi Matondo	21
26	€202,730	David Turnbull	15
27	€311,071	Ianis Hagi	20
28	€214,930	Daizen Maeda	17
29	€309,202	Alfredo Morelos	21
30	€476,828	Ben Davies	21
31	€305,992	Tom Lawrence	14
32	€433,214	Connor Goldson	17
33	€237,728	Borna Barišić	19
34	€404,750	James Tavernier	17
35	€518,165	James McCarthy	11
36	€76,254	Graham Carey	5
37	€152,182	Scott Arfield	7
38	€824,683	Robert Snodgrass	7
39	€631,800	Charlie Mulgrew	1
40	€353,513	David Marshall	3
42	€259,027	Craig Gordon	1
43	€504,012	Allan McGregor	1

What is the average salary for younger players in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 18 to 23 in the Premiership is €163,129, with the highest paid young player being Oscar MacIntyre with a yearly salary of €2,640,400.

What is the average salary for players in their 20s in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 20 to 29 in the Premiership is €228,539, with the highest paid player in their 20s being Oscar MacIntyre with a yearly salary of €2,640,400.

What is the average salary for players in their prime in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 25 to 32 in the Premiership is €416,575, with the highest paid prime aged player being Connor Goldson with a yearly wage of €2,193,935.

What is the average salary for players aged above 30 in the Premiership?

Currently, the average salary for players aged 30+ in the Premiership is €390,597, with the highest paid older player being James McCarthy with an annual salary of €2,942,537.