Overseas Basketball Salaries by Country 2025

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5 Countries with the Highest Overseas Basketball Salaries

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Country
Median Yearly Salary 2020
Average Salary 2020
Maximum Salary 2020
League Name
Basketball Coach Yearly Salary
Basketball Coach Hourly Salary
China$2M1m-3m/season4m/seasonCBA$18.8K$9
Turkey$375K250k-500k/season3.7m/seasonBCL$13.4K$6
Spain$375K250k-500k/season4m/seasonACB$33.3K$16
Russia$325K200k-450k/season4m/seasonVTB United$7.6K$4
South Korea$325K250k-400k/season500k-800k+/seasonKBL$26.6K$13
Italy$265K180k-350k/season2m/seasonSerie A$34.4K$17
Germany$225K100k-350k/season1m/seasonBBL$46.2K$22
Japan$210K120k-300k/season1m/seasonB1 League$29.3K$14
Australia$185K120k-250k/season500k+/seasonNBL$49.1K$23
Philippines$180K10k-20k/month30k-40k/monthPBA$6.4K$3
Taiwan$180K10k-20k/month30k/monthSBL$25.7K$12
Israel$165K80k-250k/season1.7m/seasonPremier L.$35.8K$17
Greece$155K60k-250k/season2.5m/seasonGreek A1$23.6K$12
Puerto Rico$144K10k-14k/month15k-20k/monthBSN
France$140K80k-200k/season300k/seasonLNB Pro A$36.4K$18
Egypt$120K10k/month18k/monthSuperleague$2.7K$1
United Arab Emirates$108K8k-10k/month100k/seasonD1$40.9K$20
Brazil$102K8k-9k/month15k-20k/monthNBB$10.8K$5
Mexico$90K7k-8k/month15k-20k/monthLNBP$10.8K$5
Argentina$90K7k-8k/month10k-15k/monthLa Liga$8.4K$4
Lebanon$78K6k-7k/month75k/seasonLBL
Uruguay$78K6k-7k/month10k-12k/monthLUB$13.2K$6
Iran$72K6k/month120k/seasonSuperleague
Saudi Arabia$66K5k-6k/month12k/monthSBL$27.2K$13
Bahrain$66K5k-6k/month15k/monthZain L.
Qatar$60K4k-6k/month12k/monthQBL D1
Tunisia$54K4k-5k/month12k/monthNationale A
Colombia$48K3k-5k/month6k-8k/monthLPB$8.5K$4
Chile$42K3k-4k/month5k-6k/monthL. Nacional$13.4K$6
Jordan$42K3k-4k/month10k/monthJBL
Morocco$30K2k-3k/month10k/monthD1$11K$5
India$7.6K$4
United States$52.7K$25
Indonesia$13.5K$6
Pakistan$4.3K$2
Vietnam$5.8K$3
Thailand$13.7K$7
United Kingdom$40.9K$20
South Africa$16.8K$8
Iraq$15.1K$7
Canada$41K$20
Ukraine$6.1K$3
Poland$20.1K$10
Malaysia$13.4K$6
Peru$9.5K$5
Kazakhstan$8.7K$4
Romania$14.6K$7
Guatemala$15.8K$8
Netherlands$46.7K$22
Ecuador$15.4K$7
Belgium$49.3K$24
Sweden$37.5K$18
Czech Republic$20.5K$10
Portugal$24.8K$12
Hungary$13.6K$7
Austria$43.5K$21
Belarus$4.8K$2
Switzerland$79.6K$38
Hong Kong$39K$19
Bulgaria$12.4K$6
Denmark$58.5K$28
Singapore$39.8K$19
Finland$45.8K$22
Norway$42.1K$20
Slovakia$18.3K$8
Ireland$45K$22
New Zealand$39.4K$19
Costa Rica$20.1K$10
Panama$19.7K$10
Croatia$2.4K$1
Georgia$7K$4
Bosnia and Herzegovina$7.9K$4
Jamaica$11.8K$6
Trinidad and Tobago$13.8K$7
Estonia$19.1K$9
Luxembourg$58.9K$28
Malta$24.3K$13
Bahamas$36.4K$18
Iceland$49.8K$24
Bermuda$51.1K$25
  • Values shown apply to men’s basketball leagues. Salaries for women’s basketball leagues, where present, will likely be notably lower.
  • Average annual and hourly salaries for basketball coaches are rounded to the nearest value.
  • In most cases, salaries have been converted from native currency into USD using the existing conversion rates at the time of publication. Current conversion rates may result in different totals.