With the discussions of Carl Robinson maybe moving back to play in England, I looked around online for info on football salaries in England and found this which was put together in 2006. With the 2.1 million dollar salary cap in the MLS, even competing for players from League One would be hard, also remember these numbers are for the British pound, which is about one and half times when exchanged for US money.
Using the current rate to exchange the British pound into US dollars, here are the average salaries for the top four leagues in England.
Premier:$1,048,138.3462
Championship:$303,167.8209
League One:$105,259.0812
League Two: 76,904.8254
MLS: $117,299
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/f...06-473659.html
AVERAGE BASIC WAGE
Premiership £676,000
Championship £195,750
League One £67,850
League Two £49,600
AVERAGE BASIC WAGE BY AGE GROUP
Premiership
Age 17-18 £24,500
Age 19-20 £95,000
Age 21-22 £390,000
Age 23-24 £582,500
Age 25-26 £653,000
Age 27-28 £899,500
Age 29-30 £806,000
Age 31-32 £586,000
Age 33+ £660,500
Average* £676,000
Championship
Age 17-18 £22,500
Age 19-20 £43,700
Age 21-22 £79,000
Age 23-24 £79,200
Age 25-26 £136,000
Age 27-28 £261,850
Age 29-30 £247,000
Age 31-32 £247,000
Age 33+ £195,700
Average* £195,750
League One
Age 17-18 **
Age 19-20 £18,950
Age 21-22 £52,000
Age 23-24 £61,650
Age 25-26 £67,600
Age 27-28 £71,750
Age 29-30 £69,300
Age 31-32 £87,000
Age 33+ £72,000
Average* £67,850
League Two
Age 17-18 **
Age 19-20 £16,000
Age 21-22 £32,350
Age 23-24 £43,650
Age 25-26 £46,300
Age 27-28 £47,300
Age 29-30 £50,500
Age 31-32 £52,000
Age 33+ £45,800
Average* £49,600
*all players aged above 20. **insufficient sample pool for meaningful average