The average Championship wage in 2021/22 is £35,000 per week.
The average Championship wage is £35,000 per week, whereas the average League One salary for a footballer is less than £5,000 per week.
There was a huge difference between the biggest Championship spenders and the lowest Championship spenders in the 2021 summer transfer window.
Parachute payments have existed offers a safety net to Premier League clubs who are relegated to the Championship.
Players are earning close to £70,000 per week, the average Championship salary is now just as crazy as the average Premier League wage.
The Championship football player with the highest salary was Wilfried Bony who played for Swansea and earned around £90,000 per week.
Premier League players earn an average weekly wage around £70,000 per week.
In 2019 the top 3 highest-paid athletes in the world were Lionel Messi($127 M earnings per year), Cristiano Ronaldo ($109 M), and Neymar.
In 2019 the highest-paid football manager was Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone with £35.9 million per year.