Every Premier League Manager’s Salary Ranked in 2026
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The 20 Highest Paid Managers in the Premier League 2026
The Premier League does not typically engage in moderation - neither in ambition, nor in emotion, and certainly not in finances.
For managers, it is a league that pays extravagantly and forgives reluctantly. One bad run can undo years of credibility. One good season can change a life. Contracts are signed with optimism and torn up with ruthlessness, often by the same hands.
Yet even at its most unforgiving, the league compensates its managers like nowhere else on earth. From serial winners at the summit to first-timers learning on the job, every man on the touchline is operating within a financial ecosystem that reflects the league’s overwhelming power.
This is not a list of the best managers. Nor the most successful. It is a snapshot of value, pressure, and expectation, all ranked in pounds sterling.
The summit: where legacy lives
At the very top stands Pep Guardiola, alone, as he so often is. Manchester City’s dominance over the years has become routine, almost expected, and that is perhaps his greatest achievement.
He is paid to keep history ticking over smoothly, to ensure that excellence never feels accidental. Yes, City were below par in 2025, but that doesn’t undo what he has done since arriving at the Etihad.
Mikel Arteta has climbed into the elite bracket beside Pep, carrying Arsenal’s revival on his back. Once questioned, now trusted, his salary reflects a club that believes it is close, painfully close, to something lasting.
Below them sit managers entrusted with eras rather than seasons. Unai Emery’s meticulous brilliance at Aston Villa. Thomas Frank’s high-wire act at Tottenham.
Arne Slot inheriting Klopp’s cathedral at Liverpool and keeping the roof intact in his first season, his second showing inconsistency, but yes, the Dutchman delivered their second league title in 36 years.
The middle class: where survival meets ambition
This is where the Premier League becomes truly ferocious. Eddie Howe, David Moyes, Nuno Espirito Santo are proven men expected to deliver stability, identity, and occasional overachievement.
Further down, tacticians and project-builders earn their keep in quieter ways. Marco Silva is polishing Fulham. Oliver Glasner has helped deliver historic moments at Crystal Palace. Sean Dyche doing what Sean Dyche always does, which is making disorder look organised.
For clubs like Brighton, Sunderland, Leeds and Burnley, wages reflect potential rather than certainty. Youth, promise, patience, they are all expensive gambles in a league that rarely waits.
The foothills: where learning happens fast
At the bottom of the list sit the league’s risk-takers and pragmatists. First-time appointments. Internal promotions. Managers earning comparatively modest sums while dealing with the same global scrutiny as everyone else.
For them, the money is still extraordinary. But the margin for error is microscopic.
Every Premier League Manager’s Salary (2026)
Manager | Club | Annual Salary (2026) |
Pep Guardiola | Manchester City | £20m |
Mikel Arteta | Arsenal | £10m |
Thomas Frank | Tottenham Hotspur | £8m |
Unai Emery | Aston Villa | £8m |
Arne Slot | Liverpool | £6.6m |
Eddie Howe | Newcastle United | £6m |
David Moyes | Everton | £5m |
Nuno Espírito Santo | West Ham United | £4.5m |
Marco Silva | Fulham | £4m |
Oliver Glasner | Crystal Palace | £4m |
Liam Rosenior | Chelsea | £4m |
Sean Dyche | Nottingham Forest | £3.9m |
Fabian Hürzeler | Brighton & Hove Albion | £2.5m |
Régis Le Bris | Sunderland | £2m |
Daniel Farke | Leeds United | £2m |
Scott Parker | Burnley | £1.6m |
Rob Edwards | Wolverhampton Wanderers | £1.5m |
Andoni Iraola | Bournemouth | £1.5m |
Keith Andrews | Brentford | £1.3m |
Michael Carrick [Interim] | Manchester United | N/A |
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