Schools Out . . .

[MrUmpire]

Originally Posted by tballump

Correct, they are paid per month. However, I took several articles that quoted the rate per season for senior umpires at each level, AAA-$15,000, AA-$12,000, A-$10,000 and short A-$5,000

I believe that in addition to the contracted salary per level of ball, MiLB umpires also get a "bump" based on years of service. A four year pro working his second year in advanced A would make more than a third year pro in his first year in advance A. At least that's what I glean from conversations. Of course those conversations are accompanied by several bottles of amber colored liquid, so I could have misunderstood.

[tballump]

Originally Posted by MrUmpire

I believe that in addition to the contracted salary per level of ball, MiLB umpires also get a "bump" based on years of service. A four year pro working his second year in advanced A would make more than a third year pro in his first year in advance A. At least that's what I glean from conversations. Of course those conversations are accompanied by several bottles of amber colored liquid, so I could have misunderstood.

Correct, and I will leave with this, you can go to the PBUC website and see the range for each level under 'salaries'. The monthly range for AAA 2,600-3,500--AA 2,300-2,700--A 2,000-2,400--Short-A and Rookie 1,900-2,100. You can divide the monthly salary by 30 or 31 for the number of days in the months from April (not a full month so it is pro-rated probably),May,June,July, August, to see what their actual pay per game would be so you can associate that with the per game amateur pay. Yes, the more Senior umps in a league are paid more than the less Senior umps in a league.

Still, this works out to a maximum game fee of $116 (31 day month) or $112 (30 day month) for a Senior AAA umpire, which is pretty close to the $107 I used from the article I read which said a 'Senior' AAA ump makes 15,000 per year AA-12,000, A-10,000(I just divided by a 140 game season).