{"id":339403,"date":"2026-06-17T04:42:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339403\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T04:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T04:42:32","slug":"how-much-do-dallas-cowboy-cheerleaders-get-paid-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/339403\/","title":{"rendered":"How Much Do Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Get Paid in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders<\/a> work hard for their money, and only recently did they get a raise that matched all of the effort they put in to be a member of the team.<\/p>\n

In the first season of Netflix\u2019s America\u2019s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, Kat Puryear<\/a> told cameras that the amount of money she made was similar to that of \u201ca substitute teacher\u201d or a \u201cChick-fil-A worker that works full time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys Executive Vice President Charlotte Jones<\/a> seemingly brushed off the complaints.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of cynicism around pay for NFL cheerleaders, and as it should be \u2014 they\u2019re not paid a lot,\u201d Jones said. \u201cBut the facts are they actually don\u2019t come here for the money. They come here for something that\u2019s actually bigger than that to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

In season 2, viewers saw some of the women on the team<\/a> press for a salary increase, and in the finale, they were granted a 400 percent raise.<\/p>\n

Speaking to The New York Times<\/a>, veteran cheerleader Jada McLean<\/a> revealed that she previously made $15 an hour and $500 per appearance during the 2024 season. She also said that pay varied by experience, and with her being in her fifth year on the team, the squad\u2019s new contract significantly increased her salary with veteran members earning more than $75 an hour.<\/p>\n

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The cheerleaders are considered part-time employees of the Dallas Cowboys and they don\u2019t receive access to health insurance. However, they are allowed to collaborate with local businesses, and season 2 shows the team attending \u201csponsorship day,\u201d where they were offered beauty products and services in exchange for social media promotion.<\/p>\n

Neither the DCC organization nor the NFL have officially addressed what cheerleaders are paid.<\/p>\n

While DCC director Kelli Finglass<\/a> supported the team\u2019s push for more pay, she didn\u2019t get involved with the situation herself, even when rumors swirled the women had planned a walkout if their requests were denied.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy goal was to keep the team\u2019s momentum forward moving, and that\u2019s exactly what we did,\u201d Finglass told Us Weekly<\/a> in 2025. \u201cWe stayed focused on the job at hand. We knew there were some discussions going on. We also know that every spring, we reevaluate as an organization \u2014 all things on all programs. We\u2019re thrilled that the girls are happy with the enhancements that are made. We had a great season with the cheerleaders.\u201d<\/p>\n

This story How Much Do Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders Get Paid in 2026?<\/a> first appeared on InTouch Weekly<\/a>. Follow InTouch Weekly on Yahoo<\/a> so you don\u2019t miss what\u2019s coming next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders work hard for their money, and only recently did they get a raise that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[45680,29111,34828,102,113,32536,104,103,14409,34849],"class_list":["post-339403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-americas-sweethearts","tag-charlotte-jones","tag-cheerleader","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallas-cowboys-cheerleaders","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-netflix","tag-nfl-cheerleaders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}