Some riders are able to transcend the sport of mountain biking and their relative celebrity means they can begin to earn a significant wage through non-endemic sponsorships. So, while 51.65% of riders earn less than $20,000 USD, nearly a third of pro riders get paid more than $40,000 USD per year and nearly a quarter earn more than $50,000 USD. One other conclusion we can draw from this data is that riders either get paid relatively well or not that well at all. If we switch from the mode to the median, the average is marginally higher with the average rider getting paid $10,000-20,000 USD per year. This means that it's almost guaranteed that some of the riders you see on a broadcast of an event aren't earning a penny for being there. Bear in mind we have removed juniors from this part of the survey and we also only surveyed the top 40 ranked riders from the past two years in each discipline. The largest cohort of riders (27.3%) surveyed earns between 0-5,000 USD from mountain biking and we also know from a separate question on the survey that around 21% of riders don't get paid at all. There are instances where racers take a lower dollar figure to get on a factory team versus a higher wage and managing all their own independent deals (and sleeping in vans). Especially with EWS where the travel is extensive. Regardless of the rider's remuneration, the total investment from a brand to go racing with them on an international stage is significant it's easy to spend $50K+ per rider on travel, accommodation, food, fees, mechanical support, etc. One thing to note is that rider pay does not equal the total money a brand has spent on that rider. To try and get a better picture of how much riders are earning, we included remuneration as a section of our State of the Sport survey. It's often not as simple as saying rider x will earn y dollars in a given year as their pay is often heavily tied to their performance. How much a rider gets paid in downhill, enduro, slopestyle or xc is often a closely guarded secret that gets even more obscured as earnings are mixed in with bonuses, prize money and sponsorship fees.
In mountain biking, this definitely isn't the case. In some major sports such as soccer, Formula One or even road cycling, athletes' salaries are common knowledge and published annually.
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