National Football League

NFL Minimum Salaries in 2018

Published Jan. 27, 2019 7:26 a.m. ET

A glance at minimum salaries for one-year NFL contracts in 2018. Salaries at each level will increase by $15,000 each year through the end of the collective bargaining agreement in 2020.

Rookie — $480,000

1 Year — $555,000

x-2 Years — $630,000

3 Years — $705,000

4-6 Years — $790,000

7-9 Years — $915,000

10 Years — $1,015,000.

x-Under the Minimum Salary Benefit clause, players in their fifth year and beyond who are signed to a one-year contract for the minimum will count only $630,000 against the salary cap.