For the first time, the PWHL players’ union has published a salary guide showing every contracted player’s pay at the time of publication—ranging from $37,131 to Emily Clark’s $126,090, with league context coming from the 2023 collective bargaining agreement.
On Tuesday, the PWHL players’ union made league salaries public for the first time, releasing a salary guide that lays out what players under contract were earning at the time of publication.
The list immediately draws attention to Ottawa Charge forward Emily Clark, who tops the guide at US$126,090 per year. New York Sirens forward Sarah Fillier—the 2024 first-overall pick—sits just behind at $125,000.
Montreal Victoire’s Marie-Philip Poulin, a Walter Cup champion and a Canadian women’s national team legend, is listed at $110,216.
The numbers come with clear guardrails. The salaries shown do not include bonuses or other incentives. They also span a wide range: from $37,131 on the low end up to Clark’s $126,090 at the top.
Those figures land in the shadow of the league’s collective bargaining agreement. The PWHL agreed to an eight-year deal in 2023 that set the average annual base salary at $55. 000 at the time. with that average scheduled to rise by three per cent each year. The same CBA allows for teams to vary up to 10 per cent from the average salary as players move and new signings come in.
With the salary guide now out in full, the league’s pay scale is no longer a guess. It’s a document—complete with the highest-paid names, the lowest listed salaries, and the framework the PWHL said would govern base pay as the agreement runs its course.
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