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Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials Career

For the Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials, the average annual wage is $44,860. Understand required skills and ability for the career and find right career colleges for it.
Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials career

Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

The main tasks and work activities of Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials are to coordinate athletic or sporting events or activities, evaluate skills of athletes or performers, verify accuracy of data, coach others. In general, for the Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials, critical Thinking, speaking, judgment and Decision Making, active Listening and other 9 skills are required.
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General Job Description and Education/Training Levels for Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials

Most Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. 54.84% of Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials have High School Diploma (or the equivalent) and 3.23% of Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials have Post-Secondary Certificate. You can check detailed job description, required skiils, activities, and more detailed description at Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials tasks, skills, and ability page.
The following graph shows the percentage of earned degrees held by Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials occupational group.
Less than a High School Diploma
19.35%
High School Diploma (or the equivalent)
54.84%
Post-Secondary Certificate
3.23%
Some College Courses
9.68%
Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree)
3.23%
Bachelor's Degree and Above
9.67%