Player salaries in SM-Liiga?

[vorky]

Does SM-Liiga clubs/player´s agents publish player´s salarier? Like in NHL.

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[JJTT]

Does SM-Liiga clubs/player´s agents publish player´s salarier? Like in NHL.

No, but tax reports from previous years are public in Finland.

Here are some salaries from 2011 (in euro's)

Ville Peltonen 294 740
Ben Eaves 252 484
Antti Pihlström 223 843
Juha-Pekka Haataja 214 171
Janne Lahti 211 738
Eric Perrin 203 535
Perttu Lindgren 207 270
Tuomas Kiiskinen 201 517
Ossi Väänänen 190 835
Juuso Riksman 181 875
Kurtis McLean 175 184
Jari Viuhkola 167 969
Mikael Granlund 142 575
Kimmo Kuhta 130 660
Sami Kapanen 121 092
Teemu Pulkkinen 128 624
Sami Vatanen 117 799

 

[vorky]

Interesting, can you give me a link to tax reports?

 

[premadonna]

About 120 SM-liiga players earn over 100 000 € a year. Calculated average salary is ~80 000 € and the median ~60 000 €.

In 2011 33 SM-liiga players earned over 200 000 € and 8 of them made over 300 000 €.

Link(in Finnish): http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/a1354342103501

Another interesting link(also in Finnish):

http://www.taloussanomat.fi/raha/20...us-sm-liigan-pelaajapalkkioista/201243265/139

 

[vorky]

thx a lot

 

[PJM]

It is worth to notice that the players can save max. 50% / 100 k€ to a retirement fund. No tax is paid for that part in that year, and therefore it is not shown in these numbers. AFAIK there is no public data on whether a player has done that or not. Considering the progressive income tax in Finland, it is certainly wise in most cases to do this if possible.

Another thing is that these numbers are annual and not by hockey season, so for example these 2011 number include some salary from both 10-11 and 11-12 seasons. So, in case a player transfer to or from Frinland that year, the salary is only for the Fall/Spring months.

 

[Kibe]

TOP-10:

1. Jere Karalahti, Jokerit 320 000 €
2. Eric Perrin, JYP 290 000 €
3. Ville Peltonen, HIFK 280 000 €
4. Niklas Hagman, Ässät 275 000 €
5. Ossi Väänänen, Jokerit 270 000 €
6. Matti Kuparinen, HIFK 270 000 €
7. Mika Pyörälä, Kärpät 270 000 €
9. Petteri Nummelin, Lukko 270 000 €
10. Riku Hahl, Jokerit 260 000 €

Link:http://www.iltasanomat.fi/sm-liiga/art-1288598428681.html

 

[Jussi]

TOP-10:

1. Jere Karalahti, Jokerit 320 000 €
2. Eric Perrin, JYP 290 000 €
3. Ville Peltonen, HIFK 280 000 €
4. Niklas Hagman, Ässät 275 000 €
5. Ossi Väänänen, Jokerit 270 000 €
6. Matti Kuparinen, HIFK 270 000 €
7. Mika Pyörälä, Kärpät 270 000 €
9. Petteri Nummelin, Lukko 270 000 €
10. Riku Hahl, Jokerit 260 000 €

Link:http://www.iltasanomat.fi/sm-liiga/art-1288598428681.html

Those are still estimates. The actual salary won't be known until their tax info is out.

 

[Kibe]

Yeas ofcourse, my bad.

 

[QnebO]

Those are still estimates. The actual salary won't be known until their tax info is out.

The taxes are 50%, so best players get around 150k if their salary is 300k.

http://www.vero.fi/fi-FI/Asioi_verkossa/Laskurit

Unless they base an company of their own and work with it.. Then they van only pay VAT (24%). They could also buy their tv's and cars for the firm and get it basically taxfree because they would have to pay less VAT from incomes then. I wonder if many players do that and play with "Tmi" / "Yy".

 

[MaV]

[Mod]So best players get around 150k if their salary is 300k.

If the salary is 300k, the player can move 50% of the funds, but only up to 100k . In this case 50% would be 150k, but it's larger than 100k, so only 100k can be moved to the retirement fund.

 

[mattihp]

Note that the tax reports also include other incomes; which is not unusual for the older players.

 

[Jussi]

Note that the tax reports also include other incomes; which is not unusual for the older players.

Those are listed under different categories (pääoma/muut tulot).

 

[mattihp]

Those are listed under different categories (pääoma/muut tulot).

Ah! Thanks for the clarification.

 

[The Saw Is the Law]

It's THAT day again so... HERE YOU GO (year 2012)

http://www.iltasanomat.fi/sm-liiga/art-1288616275402.html
http://www.iltalehti.fi/verot-urheilu/2013110117673179_vu.shtm

I'll paste just top10 from IS:

1. Peltonen Ville 292 220
2. Eaves Ben 259 559
3. Viuhkola Jari Petteri 250 108
4. Hirschovits Kim 239 112
5. Haataja Juha-Pekka 229 544
6. Lehtonen Mikko 225 499
7. Perrin Eric 220 625
8. Dixon Stephen 213 217
9. Plihal Tomas 212 956
10. Ruutu Jarkko 212 491