Completely ignoring bebanovich's complex economic discussion, I"ll just report on ref pay in the Portland, Oregon area.

Varsity is around $45
JV is around $40
Frosh around $38 ish
JH $25? $28?

It depends on which size school. Girls/boys games are the same pay. If you do a doubleheader, you get the sum of what you would have gotten if you did those games separately. All games are 2-whistle.

Mine was more complex than that? :)

I would think that it has less to do with school funding than it has to do with the cost of living for a particular area. For example, NY is going to have higher ref fees than the midwest because EVERYTHING in NY costs more.

I would say that you could get a pretty good idea of where an area's ref fees are by looking at the price of homes in the area. There should be a decent parallel.


Now for the current per game fees in NV:
Varsity 3-man(large schools): $46 per official
Varsity 2-man(small schools): $56
JV 2-man: $40
Frosh 2-man: $40
Plus there is a travel fee of 40.5 cents/mile when driving out of town.

Northern VA:

Freshman (2 whistle) - $45
JV (2 whistle) - $45
Varsity (all are 3-whistle) - $60
Clock in Varsity game - $30
(We do this in 15 -20 schools)
Rec ball (all 2-whistle) is $32-$38

So, someone doing a F/JV DH and the clock in the varsity game would make $120.00. Not a bad night's pay.

Southern New Jersey:

$62 for two-whistle varsity
$52 for three whistle varsity
$44 frosh and JV
$35-44 junior high

I don't think it's bad at all, but a lot of our guys have been complaining because the rates have been about the same for the last five years.

The "cost of living" statement makes sense to me. What about Hawaii? EVERYTHING cost more there. Anybody working games there?

Wow Major! You guys still use two man for JV?

NY is a big place, I'm betting it's as cheap or cheaper to live in Endicott than it is to live in many midwest areas.

Yes, in my area (around Hickory, NC). Not sure about other parts of the state.

BktBallRef what part of NC are you in? What association are you in?