If the Netflix docuseries America’s Sweethearts taught us anything, it’s that NFL cheerleading is far from a hobby. These women train like athletes: rehearsing, traveling, recovering, and many juggle part-time jobs on the side. So the obvious question: how much do they actually make in a season?

The short answer: there’s no single figure. Pay varies wildly by team, experience, hours logged, and what counts as season work. The show suggests a veteran can earn roughly $75 an hour, but that’s only one data point in a much larger range. In other words, cheerleader pay is a patchwork. And to understand it properly, we need to break it piece by piece.

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