[OC] Clubs with the largest wage bills in Europe 2018-19 (Arsenal 10th, at €267.8M, which accounts for 60 % of our revenue : Gunners
| Team | Wage costs 1 | Wages/revenue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Barcelona 2 | €575.8M | 68% |
| 2. | Manchester United | €401.2M | 56% |
| 3. | Real Madrid 2 | €394.2M | 52% |
| 4. | Manchester City | €382.2M | 62% |
| 5. | PSG | €370.9M | 56% |
| 6. | Chelsea | €358.4M | 70% |
| 7. | Bayern Munich | €356.1M | 54% |
| 8. | Liverpool | €353.3M | 58% |
| 9. | Juventus | €327.8M | 71% |
| 10. | Arsenal | €267.8M | 60% |
| 11. | Atletico Madrid | €242.1M | 63% |
| 12. | Borussia Dortmund | €205.1M | 54% |
| 13. | Tottenham | €203.6M | 39% |
| 14. | Inter Milan | €192.6M | 52% |
| 15. | AC Milan | €184.8M | 86% |
| 16. | AS Roma | €184.4M | 79% |
| 17. | Everton 3 | €182.4M | 85% |
| 18. | Leicester City | €170.4M | 84% |
| 19. | West Ham United | €154.8M | 71% |
| 20. | Monaco | €147.1M | 112% |
| 21. | Bayer Leverkusen 5 | €136.6M | n/a |
| 22. | Napoli | €135.1M | 66% |
| 23. | Crystal Palace 6 | €133.7M | 78% |
| 24. | Wolfsburg | €131.4M | n/a |
| 25. | Southampton | €131.3M | 77% |
| 26. | Lyon | €130.9M | 59% |
| 27. | Marseille | €127.2M | 98% |
| 28. | Bournmouth | €126.4M | 85% |
| 29. | RB Leipzig | €125.2M | n/a |
| 30. | Schalke 5 | €123.8M | 47% |
| 31. | Valencia | €116.5M | 63% |
| 32. | Brighton | €115.8M | 71% |
| 33. | Newcastle United | €110.3M | 55% |
| 34. | Aston Villa | €108.3M | 175% |
| 35. | Fulham | €105.6M | 67% |
| 36. | Sevilla | €104.2M | 73% |
| 37. | Wolves | €103.9M | 52% |
| 38. | Burnley | €98.7M | 63% |
| 39. | Monchengladbach | €98.6M | n/a |
| 40. | Porto | €98.4M | 56% |
| 41. | Benfica | €96.8M | 58% |
| 42. | Watford | €95.3M | 57% |
| 43. | Eintracht Frankfurt 5 | €93.0M | n/a |
| 44. | Ajax | €92.1M | 46% |
| 45. | Athletic Bilbao | €91.8M | 74% |
| 46. | Lazio | €85.6M | 70% |
| 47. | Fenerbahce | €85.5M | 77% |
| 48. | Hoffenheim | €77.1M | n/a |
| 49. | Stuttgart 5 | €75.8M | n/a |
| 50. | Real Betis | €75.1M | 69% |
| 51. | Lille | €72.0M | 112% |
| 52. | Werder Bremen | €71.9M | 54% |
| 53.. | Villarreal | €71.2M | 52% |
| 54. | Galatasaray | €71.0M | 49% |
| 55. | Besiktas | €69.1M | 70% |
| 56. | Sporting CP | €68.9M | 91% |
| 57. | Celtic | €64.0M | 67% |
| 58. | Real Sociedad | €64.0M | 86% |
| 59. | Stoke City | €63.9M | 79% |
| 60. | Rennes | €63.6M | 80% |
| 61. | Fiorentina 5 | €62.4M | 71% |
| 62. | Hertha Berlin | €62.4M | 52% |
| 63. | Norwich City | €62.1M | 162% |
| 64. | Torino 4 | €62.0M | 81% |
| 65. | Cardiff City | €61.1M | 43% |
| 66. | Bologna | €60.9M | 77% |
| 67. | Bordeaux | €60.5M | 85% |
| 68. | Hannover | €56.3M | n/a |
| 69. | Genoa 4 | €55.6M | 93% |
| 70. | Espanyol | €55.2M | 64% |
| 71. | Swansea City | €54.5M | 70% |
| 72. | Sampdoria 4 | €54.1M | 84% |
| 73. | St Etienne | €53.6M | 72% |
| 74. | West Brom | €53.4M | 66% |
| 75. | Leeds United | €52.6M | 94% |
| 76. | RB Salzburg | €51.8M | n/a |
| 77. | Atalanta 4 | €49.5M | 58% |
| 78. | Mainz | €48.9M | n/a |
| 79. | Koln | €47.8M | n/a |
| 80. | Hamburg | €47.4M | 48% |
| 81. | Anderlecht | €47.3M | n/a |
| 82. | Sassuolo 4 | €46.6M | 66% |
| 83. | Sheffield United | €46.3M | 195% |
| 84. | CSKA Moscow 4 | €46.1M | 50% |
| 85. | Nice | €46.1M | 85% |
| 86. | Middlesborough | €45.7M | 72% |
| 87. | Freiburg | €45.2M | n/a |
| 88. | PSV Eindhoven | €44.6M | 46% |
| 89. | Levante | €42.3M | 71% |
| 90. | Nantes | €41.8M | 80% |
| 91. | Nottingham Forest | €41.3M | 143% |
| 92. | Montpellier | €39.5M | 77% |
| 93. | Rangers | €39.3M | 65% |
| 94. | Augsburg | €38.2M | 42% |
| 95. | Celta Vigo | €38.1M | 50% |
| 96. | Parma | €37.9M | 72% |
| 97. | Birmingham City | €37.4M | 137% |
| 98. | Alaves | €36.6M | 59% |
| 99. | Getafe | €35.6M | 59% |
| 100. | Toulose | €35.5M | 97% |
Notes
1. Wage costs = wages and salaries of all employees, image rights, bonuses, social security contributions, pensions, termination benefits and other such costs.
2. Barcelona’s wage bill includes €41.1M to their other sports teams and Real Madrid’s basketball wages are €32.3M. Other clubs may also have non-football sports teams included in their figures.
3. Figures for Everton are for a 13 month period.
4. 5. A number of clubs use the year ending December 31st as their financial year.
4 = 2018
5= 2019
6. Crystal Palace still haven’t posted their accounts for the 18/19 season so their wage bill is from the 17/18 season.
7. Some clubs count transfer fee income as revenue and for many I wasn’t able to separate the two so the wages/revenue column is n/a.
8. Converted at
£1 = €1.14
Sources – DFL, [SwissRamble,] (https://twitter.com/SwissRamble?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Palco23, Football Benchmark, DNCG, Calcio Finanza, Kieran Maguire, Luca Marotta
