Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials - What They Do

Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials generally receive Long-term on-the-job training before they are capable of performing their job at an acceptable level.

Once employed, Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials can expect to earn an average of $26,000.00 per year throughout their career.

In addition, over the next 10 years Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials will be one of the fastest growing occupations. They should experience a 16.0% rate of growth during this time period.

In respect to starting your own business, Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials are extremely entrepreneurial in nature. Currently, 24.0% of the employment base is classified as self-employed.

Given the job environment today, Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials can consider themselves quite lucky, as only 5.6% are currently unemployed.