This may be impossible to find but....

ok, this could be tough, but what are the avg. salaries or even the range of salaries for the pro leagues in europe?

i.e.
British, German, Swiss, Russian, ect

I'm just trying to put some stuff into perspective, whether its worth it to play overseas or not.

Thanks

BTW...any league is a help, japans league, france if they even have one, lol....im looking for the salaries for all leagues

Here are some of the leagues that are over seas:
Swedish Elite League
German Elite League
Japan Ice Hockey League
SM-LIGA (I think that's what it is, but it's the Finnish Elite League)
British Elite Hockey League
Findus British National League

But sorry, I don't know the average salaries.

I suggest that you:
e-mail/phone/mail/fax each league and ask what the average salary is for that league.

Findus British National League Contact Info/ Contact Box (http://www.fbnl.co.uk/contact.asp)

British Elite League Info:

EIHL Limited
Phoenix House
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
Nottinghamshire
NG17 4HD

Tel: 01623 551150
Fax: 01623 440483


I'll get more later.

The wage cap for the Elite Ice Hockey League in the UK is £250k over the regular season. The young British players won't be far off playing for free, so if you are looking at an average of £22k a year for the squad regulars.

In the FBNL (2nd tier in the UK), the salary cap is £4500 per week, although they can pay a 20% luxury tax up to a £6750 per week ceiling. Again the imports earn more than the local players. British players can expect up to £250 a week, the imports can expect up to £550 a week. There are some of the bigger names in the league that are getting closer to £1000 a week, however.

And in both of the cases above, lodgings and usually a car, are provided by the club.

Graham.

What's your name just in case I hear about you in one of the over-seas leagues????

in germany, I would say the average is between 50-60K Euros. top players make up to 120K, maximum 140K. remember: this is only rough guessing, but shouldn´t be too far away from reality.

Rough estimates:
Swedish elite league: $100-110.000 on average per player and season
Finnish league: around $75.000 (based, and projected to this season, on a semi-official league average salary of $65.000 in the season '01/'02)

And about the german league, Sputniks estimate is far too low... they make considerably more than that (german club budgets are on average at least 50% higher than swedish clubs ($10 M compared to SELs $6M), and I guess that should be reflected in the salaries too).

A top swedish elite league player gets easily $250-300.000, and in the finnish league at least $150.000 (season 02/03), so those numbers must certainly be bigger in germany/switzerland, or else scandinavian players wouldn't play there.

My numbers are obviously based on the current exchange rates, which today are $1=7.60 swedish crowns, and €1=$1.2

And what I mean with "top players" in the swedish league are players like: Jörgen Jönsson, Espen Knutsen, Tomi Kallio, Johan Davidsson, Juha Riihijärvi, Jussi Tarvainen, Fredrik Norrena, Mattias Johansson, Fredrik Olausson, Jonas Johnsson, A-J Niemi and a few others (these players make >$250.000 guaranteed).

Are we talking about the amount before or after tax?

As for the german league, considering it's after tax, Sputnik's figures should hit reality quite well ( Of course there might be some "peaks", but very rare ).