u/parkeett

Only four (FOUR) PWHL players make an income that is over the low-income limit for a one-person household ($111,700) in San Jose. I wish I was joking.

176 PWHL players make under $70,350, which means they would qualify for Section 8 housing assistance as a one-person household in San Jose. Five PWHL players make the league minimum of $36,050, which is almost half that.

The PWHL needs to pay its players more!

Images: 13 highest PWHL salaries vs the low income limit for the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA HUD Metro FMR Area. Sources in comments.

Edit: Thanks all for mentioning they get a housing stipend. That is great and I’m sure it will help a lot. My point was not at all that a San Jose expansion was not feasible: it absolutely is and I want to see them make it happen. I just happen to live in San Jose so I know how (not) far their salaries will go here.

My point is that these women are criminally underpaid. That is NOT just on the PWHL (or maybe on them at all - read the comments for more info about that than I have). It is also on the advertisers who don’t make deals with the PWHL, the big sports networks that don’t pay to air their games…

My point is SUPPORT 👏 WOMEN’S 👏 SPORTS 👏