ST. PAUL, MN — Salaries for Minnesota’s professional women’s hockey players are now public after the Professional Women’s Hockey League Players Association released a new salary guide for the 2025-26 season.
The guide lists base salaries for players across the PWHL, including the Minnesota Frost, the state’s women’s professional hockey team.
The figures do not include bonuses, incentives, or other forms of compensation provided under the league’s collective bargaining agreement, according to the PWHLPA.
Minnesota’s professional women’s hockey team plays home games at Grand Casino Arena in downtown St. Paul, the same building used by the NHL’s Minnesota Wild.
Kendall Coyne Schofield was Minnesota’s highest-paid player, with a listed base salary of $100,785.50 for the 2025-26 season, according to the guide.
Taylor Heise was listed at $90,706.95, while Lee Stecklein was listed at $90,176.50.
Here are the listed base salaries for every Minnesota player in the PWHLPA guide:
Kendall Coyne Schofield: $100,785.50
Taylor Heise: $90,706.95
Lee Stecklein: $90,176.50
Nicole Hensley: $86,463.35
Kelly Pannek: $84,872
Grace Zumwinkle: $84,872
Maddie Rooney: $72,500
Jincy Roese: $65,000
Natalie Buchbinder: $60,000
Kendall Cooper: $58,000
Dominique Petrie: $57,000
Sidney Morin: $55,000
Britta Curl-Salemme: $51,000
Abby Hustler: $47,000
Klára Hymlárová: $45,000
Katy Knoll: $42,000
Mae Batherson: $40,500
Claire Butorac: $40,000
Marlène Boissonnault: $39,000
Peyton Anderson: $37,290.25
Brooke Becker: $37,290.25
Madison Bizal: $37,290.25
Vanessa Upson: $37,291.45
Élizabeth Giguère: $37,131.50
For comparison, Minnesota’s median household income was $87,117 in 2024, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The national median household income was $83,730 in 2024, according to the Census Bureau.
That means Minnesota’s highest-paid women’s hockey players earned base salaries above the national household median, while some also topped Minnesota’s household median. Many players on the roster, however, made less than those household benchmarks.
The guide also shows several Minnesota players making far less than six figures. The league minimum salary for the 2025-26 season was $37,131.50, according to the Star Tribune. Seven Minnesota players made $40,000 or less.
Minnesota’s 24 players collectively made $1.396 million.
The PWHLPA said the salary guide is meant to promote transparency around player compensation across the league.
The public release offers a rare look at pay in professional women’s hockey, where even top players make a fraction of what athletes earn in major men’s professional leagues.
Minnesota’s professional women’s hockey team has quickly become one of the state’s most successful teams, winning back-to-back Walter Cup championships in the PWHL’s first two seasons.
The full salary guide is available on the PWHLPA website.
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