Don’t
Quit
Your
Week-Day
Job

The
Dallas
Cowboys
Cheerleaders
are
always
ready
for
some

football,
but
the
gig
of
a
lifetime
is
also
not
the
main
event
as
far
as
income
goes.

ESPN
reported
in
2017
that
NFL
team
cheerleaders
made
roughly
$75
to
$150
per
game,
an
eye-opening
moment
for
fans
who
assumed
those
glamorous
performers
were
making
bank.
Or
at
least
a
living
wage.

As
seen
in
the
first
season
of

America’s
Sweethearts,
DCC
alum


Kelcey
Wetterberg
is
a
pediatric
registered
nurse,
while
then-newcomer

Reece
Allman (née
Weaver),
who
returned
for
the
2024
season,

worked
at
a
Dallas
florist
to
supplement
her
earnings
from
cheerleading.

According
to
the


Dallas
Morning
News,
cheerleader
pay
has
since
risen
to
closer
to
$400
per
game,
plus
hourly
wages
for
all
the
time
spent preparing for
games
and
making
appearances.

Still,
DCC
alum


Kat
Puryear
said
on
the
Netflix
show, “I
would
say
I’m
making,
like,
a
substitute
teacher
[salary]…I
would
say
I’m
making,
like,
Chick-fil-A
worker
that
works
full-time”
money.