TOP sponsors such as Panasonic, Coca Cola and Visa pay

Some IOC members will get paid more to watch the Rio Games than many Team USA members will get paid to compete in the Rio Games.

$25-50m

per year

International Olympic Committe (IOC)

IOC members travel first class, stay in luxury hotels, and get paid up to

Estimated annual income 2013-2016

$1.375b

$1.375b

$900

NBC is paying

From that, IOC keeps

per day

$4.4b

10%

to televise the Games for 2014-2020.

IOC President Thomas Bach gets an allowance of

The rest flows down into the Olympic Movement.

$251,000

and lives in a 5-star hotel.

90%

National Olympic Committees

International Sports Federations

Organizing Committees for the Olympic Games

The IOC doesn’t actually put on the Games; they outsource that to organizing committees. For instance:

The IOC sends money out to the 206 National Olympic Committees (NOC), like the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC).

35 federations oversee the sports for the Summer and Winter Olympics (IAAF for track and field, FINA for swimming, etc.)

$520m

$520m

went to NOCs after 2012 London Games.

went to 28 summer sport federations after London Games, $199m went to 7 winter sport federations after Sochi Games.

London 2012

$1.347b

OTHER NOCS

OTHER NOCS

Rio 2016

$1.5b

U.S. Olympic Committee

FUNDRAISING

SPONSORSHIPS

$230m

Average annual income for the USOC, only NOC to get mandated cuts of NBC and TOP sponsor money, and also raises its own money through fundraising and sponsorships.

National Governing Bodies (NGBs)

The USOC has a

$49m

They oversee individual Olympic sports in the U.S., like USA Track and Field and USA Swimming. The NGBs compete for USOC money, and raise money through sponsorships, fundraising and memberships.

payroll, and about 600 employees.

CEO

Scott Blackmun

$1m

14 other executives

USA Track and Field CEO

Athletes

$200,000

Some athletes can make big endorsement money, but most get by on stipends and charity.

or more each

Max Siegel

$1.1m

USA Swimming CEO

Chuck Wielgus

USA Track and Field athletes can make make more than $100,000 through performance-based stipends, but most make far less.

$854,000

USA Triathlon CEO

Rob Urbach

121 employees

$362,000

$100,000

or more each

Only 66 earned this amount on 2009

Track and field

Swimming

Triathlon

Rowing

$17,000

$42,000

$20,000

$20,000- 40,000

Average 2015 income for 150 U.S. athletes who ranked in the top 10 in their event, according to a grant-making nonprofit.