How Many Employees Does the NFL Have?

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL’s 17-week regular season runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week.

Introduction

The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). The NFL is one of the four major professional sports leagues in North America, and the highest professional level of American football in the world. The NFL’s 17-week regular season runs from early September to late December, with each team playing 16 games and having one bye week. Following the conclusion of the regular season, six teams from each conference (four division winners and two wild card teams) advance to the playoffs, a single-elimination tournament culminating in the Super Bowl, which is usually held in February. The league is headquartered in New York City.

As of 2020, there are approximately 2,700 employees working for the NFL. This includes full-time office staff, administration, coaches, referees, and other support personnel. It does not include players or game-day staff working on a part-time basis.

Full-Time Employees

The NFL is a nonprofit organization that is run by full-time employees. As of 2019, the NFL has a total of 2,346 full-time employees. The majority of these employees work in the NFL’s head office, which is located in New York City. Other full-time employees work in the NFL’s other offices, which are located in Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Coaches

Most NFL teams have between 10 and 15 coaches on their staff, including the head coach, assistant coaches, and special teams coaches. The average salary for an NFL coach is $2.5 million per year.

Players

Employment in the NFL is at will, which means that players can be released by teams at any time for any reason. NFL teams are only required to pay players for the weeks they are on the active roster, which is typically 17 weeks of the regular season. However, players receive their full salary for the season if they are on Injured Reserve or Physical Unable to Perform list. Players also receive per diem payments of $106 for every day they participate in team activities during training camp and the preseason.

As of 2017, the league minimum salary for players is $465,000 per year, with rookies earning a minimum of $320,000 per year. The average player salary in the NFL was $2.1 million in 2017, but the median salary was much lower at $860,000. This means that half of all NFL players made less than $860,000 in 2017. The highest-paid player in the NFL is currently Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, who has an annual salary of $26 million.

Front Office Staff

The average NFL team employs approximately 150 full-time employees in its front office, according to a 2015 report from The Washington Post. This figure includes both football and non-football employees, such as those who work in the team’s ticket office, marketing department or business operations.

The number of front office staff can vary widely from team to team. For example, the New England Patriots have a staff of more than 200 full-time employees, while the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a staff of just over 100.

Part-Time Employees

Game Day Staff

The National Football League employs a full-time staff of about 2,000 people, but on game days, the league relies heavily on part-time workers. In total, the NFL uses about 10,000 part-time employees on game days. These workers include everything from security personnel to concession workers to medical staff.

Broadcast Personnel

In addition to the 53-man active roster, each NFL team is allowed to carry up to 10 practice squad players at any given time. These players fill out the team’s depth chart during the week and do not dress for games. Their salaries are also much lower than those of active roster players; in 2020, practice squad players earned a minimum of $8,000 per week (or $136,000 for the 17-week season).

Active roster players are paid their full salary during the 17-week regular season (which includes bye weeks) regardless of how many games they play. They also receive a per diem of $122 for each day of training camp and each road game. During the offseason, they are only paid their per diem when participating in organized team activities (OTAs), minicamps, and other mandatory workouts.

Players on injured reserve do not count against the 53-man roster limit but they are still paid their full salary. They are eligible to be activated at any time during the season but teams usually wait until after Week 8 to make any moves. Players on physically unable to perform (PUP) list can be activated at any time but they do not get paid until they start practicing with the team again.

Conclusion

Based on the information that we gathered from the NFL website, we can conclude that the NFL employs approximately 2,200 people. This includes both full-time and part-time employees. The majority of the employees work in full-time positions, but there are also a significant number of part-time employees. This is likely due to the fact that the NFL is a large and well-established organization with a lot of moving parts.