League Two Salaries 2023/2024

[Kpie]

There's been a lot of debate over who has the top 5 budget or top 10 etc in the transfer thread so thought i'd look into this...

So i searched the internet, how reliable the information is i don't know, i imagine its based on Football manager or something similar so probably 50% accurate / 50% guesswork.

I got all info from :

Football Salaries | Player & Team Caps How much do players earn in the Football? Find total team salary cap and player wage breakdown. The most comprehensive sports salary database. salarysport.com

Here is the table showing the league table by wages, no surprises who is top...

Position	Club	Total Wages	League Position	Metric
1	Wrexham	5,221,320	3	-2​
2	MK Dons	4,040,920	12	-10​
3	Stockport	3,752,329	1	2​
4	Bradford	3,637,920	16	-12​
5	Forest Green	3,425,240	22	-17​
6	Mansfield	3,386,760	4	2​
7	Gillingham	3,163,160	9	-2​
8	Colchester	2,983,200	18	-10​
9	Salford	2,811,120	13	-4​
10	Doncaster	2,493,920	17	-7​
11	Notts County	2,395,640	2	9​
12	Sutton	2,265,120	24	-12​
13	Wimbledon	2,148,120	11	2​
14	Tranmere	2,080,000	23	-9​
15	Harrogate	2,004,080	19	-4​
16	Grimsby	1,985,880	21	-5​
17	Swindon	1,906,320	10	7​
18	Walsall	1,876,160	15	3​
19	Barrow	1,814,280	8	11​
20	Crawley	1,748,760	14	6​
21	Morecambe	1,588,600	6	15​
22	Crewe	1,554,280	5	17​
23	Accrington	1,517,360	7	16​
24	Newport	1,393,600	20	4​

Really interesting things based on this is that Crewe and Accrington both deserve the plaudits, massively outperforming their spending. Whereas Forest Green and MK Dons are both clearly suffering from overpaying in the relegation battle last season. No club is in the same position as their wage bill, but lots of teams are two spots away.

Wrexhams salary bill is the more than the entire salary bill for Crewe, Accrington and Newport combined.

The only thing i will add is this data is skewed as it includes loan players salaries, and for example i highly doubt Stockport are paying all £10k a week of Barrys wages.
Hope you find this interesting.

 

[WilsdenBantam]

Ours is £2.8 million and has been confirmed by the CEO. I think it was £2.7 last season. No chance we are close to that even in league one I think we got to £4 million once. Can’t speak for the others.

 

[joethegill]

Mansfield fans will be absolutely furious that they're spending more than us. Ours is more or less bang on to be fair, top third of the league but nowhere near the biggest.

 

[F!RTHY]

Ours is £2.8 million and has been confirmed by the CEO. I think it was £2.7 last season. No chance we are close to that even in league one I think we got to £4 million once. Can’t speak for the others.

You have a link for this?

 

[WilsdenBantam]

You have a link for this?

no it was Sparks being interviewed in the athletic, you have to be a member I believe. It was shared on bantam talk.

 

[F!RTHY]

no it was Sparks being interviewed in the athletic, you have to be a member I believe. It was shared on bantam talk.

The figures are lower than what I understand them to be, but I’ll take a look - thanks!

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

11th before Gosling arrived 8th after he arrived on his 2 month contract

I believe boyhood fan McGoldrick is playing for relative peanuts but can't believe we are down in 11th I had us (pure guess mind) as about 6th.

Dearne Valley will obviously know more than me but we can't be mid table with this squad.

 

[Indian Dan]

Ours sounds about right.

Tight fuckers!

 

[Cloudy]

So it’s a list of guesswork? Sorry but it is ‘poppycock’!

 

[Conker]

Mansfield fans will be absolutely furious that they're spending more than us. Ours is more or less bang on to be fair, top third of the league but nowhere near the biggest.

We would be if it was true yeah

I’m not quite sure Hawkins and Lapslie have been worth the outlay for you guys so far, considering the transfer fees and wages but still time.

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

It's all guesswork. Some of the websites figures though are frankly laughably.

So many clubs' Chief Executive and Chairmen all claim to know exactly where they rank in terms of squad budgets. It's funny how many of the top clubs are all outside the top 3/5. 3 clubs are all 6th.

 

[Monkey Tennis]

We’ve got a Top 10 budget, so this looks well off - I’m sure Wild said that Telford took a pay cut to join, so unlikely we’re paying anywhere close to £4.4k pw. Also a lot of underestimated figures too, such as Canavan being our captain, ever-present and one of the players of last season but on £900 pw. He could be on triple that.

 

[spireite]

Absolutely astonished by some of the numbers in this list, if it's even remotely true. Our budget would put us <20th in this league! Forest Green and Mansfield 3.4m, surely not?!

 

[Cloudy]

It's all guesswork. Some of the websites figures though are frankly laughably.

So many clubs' Chief Executive and Chairmen all claim to know exactly where they rank in terms of squad budgets. It's funny how many of the top clubs are all outside the top 3/5. 3 clubs are all 6th.

Clubs get the list/rankings provided via EFL. They get the figures directly from submissions by clubs

 

[THE LAST WALTZ]

We would be if it was true yeah

I’m not quite sure Hawkins and Lapslie have been worth the outlay for you guys so far, considering the transfer fees and wages but still time.

Yeah, both have brought the Mansfield injury curse with them sadly.

 

[valefan16]

It’s not entirely accurate because for example Vale have the top earner in there as Alfie Devine on 7.5k a week, that in itself may be correct but I highly doubt we are paying that, it includes loanee earnings which won’t be correct and I assume doesn’t include clubs like ours wage structures which are incentive based.

 

[WilsdenBantam]

We’ve got a Top 10 budget, so this looks well off - I’m sure Wild said that Telford took a pay cut to join, so unlikely we’re paying anywhere close to £4.4k pw. Also a lot of underestimated figures too, such as Canavan being our captain, ever-present and one of the players of last season but on £900 pw. He could be on triple that.

I know Canavan didn’t like Adams and wanted to leave but no chance he would have took such a pay cut, who would?! I bet he was on at least £2k here.

 

[GTFCfish]

The only players that take pay cuts to leave clubs are the ones that end up at Stockport as they get paid in dreams there instead of cash:

 

[The_Viking_Magpie]

Clubs get the list/rankings provided via EFL. They get the figures directly from submissions by clubs

Interesting.

Then it's fibs being told in the boardroom after the match.

 

[PuB]

We would be if it was true yeah

I’m not quite sure Hawkins and Lapslie have been worth the outlay for you guys so far, considering the transfer fees and wages but still time.

Absolutely FUMING

 

[ForzaCounty]

I sense another rant from Chief incoming

 

[EnglishRed]

Our overall figure looks plausible but I sense a huge amount of guesswork - particularly George Evans and Steven Fletcher.

I also hope for his sake Elliott Lee isn't paid less than Billy Waters.

Also if the Notts figures are correct then there are a few of their players who néed to sack their agents (Palmer, Rawlinson and Austin in particular)

 

[valefan16]

Interesting.

Then it's fibs being told in the boardroom after the match.

It actually works slightly different as our CEO discussed this, clubs get a list which shows where their club is in the rankings but it doesn’t show where any other club is.

 

[Youpies]

Notts do have a small squad. We also have a fair few players who we signed from NLN/S level who won't be on crazy money

Some obvious big earners in the squad but I doubt the likes of Slocombe, Bajrami, Adebayo etc are on much more than high end NL money

 

[EnglishRed]

Notts do have a small squad. We also have a fair few players who we signed from NLN/S level who won't be on crazy money

Some obvious big earners in the squad but I doubt the likes of Slocombe, Bajrami, Adebayo etc are on much more than high end NL money

Yeah but you're not paying Palmer 40k a year. And if you are he's a moron.

Same as we aren't paying an 18 year old youth GK we signed from the Northern Premier League almost 1k a week. I'd also be surprised if Mullin wasn't our top earner tbh.

The order probably isn't too far off but the figures are all completely made up.

 

[GTFCfish]

If these figures are anywhere close to being right then I think it shows the state of football at the minute that clubs are having to spend that sort of money just to try and compete in the 4th division, absolutely mental.

 

[Master D]

We've a 30 man squad which would average out at £3,300 a week. There's some youngsters who will be on peanuts but offset by some monster wages like McClean, Mullin and Evans. It probably isn't far off.

 

[chief]

I sense another rant from Chief incoming

You're not very rattled at all by me calling Stockport fans defensive over wages yesterday.

I'm not surprised at all that we're put at the top tbh, it was always going to be between ourselves and MK Dons with Stockport slotting in 3rd. Our revenue is far greater than anyone else at this level so I'm at peace with us spending ridiculous amounts.

 

[chief]

We've a 30 man squad which would average out at £3,300 a week. There's some youngsters who will be on peanuts but offset by some monster wages like McClean, Mullin and Evans. It probably isn't far off.

Wouldn't surprise me if Lee, Jones, Palmer, Boyle, O'Connell, Tozer and O'Connor were all on £5k or more, with McClean and Evans on close to £10k. Mullin £80k. Everyone listed has been absolutely worth it so far in fairness besides Boyle.

 

[lordofthepies]

I know that Okonkwo is on much more than £2,500, although I don't know how much Wrexham are contributing, of course. I suspect it's more than the £400 we were contributing last season.