Thatâs less than the $10 an hour Walmart promised to pay its employees in 2015. Contract and wage work are not perfectly comparable. Uber argues that retail employees at companies like Walmart donât enjoy the same independence and flexibility as Uber drivers.
Average Salaries in the MLS. The average annual salary for soccer players in the MLS for the 2013 season is $148,693.26. This average varies by player position. Goalkeepers earn an average of $85,296.48; defenders $109,119.61; midfielders $129,573.88; and forwards $251,805.21.
The highest salary in Major League Soccer in 2014 was the $7.2 million paid to Kaka, kakÃ¡ who will not play in the league until his, Club Orlando CITY, sc begins play in the 2015. Season this was more than 30 times the AVERAGE mls salary in 2013 of226,000, 226000 and more than double THE mls-per team cap of$.3 1 million in. 2014t would have taken the salary of 2,000 1980s professional golfers each making $58,500 to match up with Tiger Woodsâ current salary. Samuel Eto'o is the world's second highest earning athlete and the highest paid footballer in the world, raking in Â£35.7 million (over $54 million) a year excluding off-field earnings.