USA Gymnastics Judge's Compensation Package
effective August 1, 2005 - July 31, 2006

As reflected in its Articles of Incorporation and its conduct under those Articles, USA Gymnastics' responsibilities for governing the sport of gymnastics include the regulation of matters relating to the training, testing, certification and assignment of judges for gymnastics competition conducted or sanctioned by USA Gymnastics.

I.    Judges Responsibilities
A. Individual judges shall perform their function as a judge of the Meet according to the USA Gymnastics Rules and Policies, membership policies and the USA gymnastics Code of ethics.
B. Individual judges shall be limited to judging, evaluating and scoring competition.
C. Individual judges will be bound by the terms of the individual contract agreed upon for that particular meet.
D. Judges are responsible, according to all appropriate laws and jurisdiction, for all financial reporting and identification of payments/reimbursements received to the appropriate agencies.
E. Each individual judge shall sign and return the contract to the Meet Director and the contracting Official.

II. Meet Director's Responsibilities
A. The USA Gymnastics Meet Director shall follow the USA Gymnastics Rules and Policies for sanctioned events.
B. The USA Gymnastics Meet Director will not pay fees that exceed the USA Gymnastics Judges Compensation Package for payment of judges at any sanctioned competition.
C. If so designated by the State/Regional Administrative Committees, the USA Gymnastics Meet Director MAY utilize the NAWGJ as the contracting body for officials for USA Gymnastics Sanctioned Meets.
    The Meet Director is required to pay a contractor's fee of $3.00 per judge to the NAWGJ contractor. A request for Judges Form that is received by the contractor within 30 days of the competition will be charged $5.00 per judge.|
D. Compensation will be paid directly to the individual judge.
E. In the event that the USA Gymnastics Meet Director fails to comply with the terms of the sanction or the USA Gymnastics Rules and Policies, judges may refuse to perform any judging obligations. However, all/both parties should make every immediate attempt/effort to resolve any disputes, in keeping with the best interest of the athletes involved. No such action should ever be taken that would jeopardize or compromise the safety or well being of the athlete.
F. The Meet Director will be bound by the terms of the individual contract agreed upon for that particular meet.
G. A break time for judges between sessions should be a minimum of 30 minutes after 3.5 hours - 4 hours of judging time and a minimum of 45 minutes after 7 hours of judging time.

III. Considerations
A. Judges report 30 minutes prior to march-in for local and invitational competitions, unless otherwise specified by the Meet Referee. A $5.00 fine will be deducted from the check of any official who does not report 15 minutes prior to march in.
B. Reporting time for those competitions requiring video analysis may be up to one (1) hour prior to march-in. The Meet Referee will specify the reporting time.A $5.00 fine will be deducted from the check of any official who does not report 15 minutes prior to march in.
C. Fees are paid based upon the contract march-in time until ALL of the judges have submitted their scores. Judges are responsible to check each individual gymnast's score/average at the time of submission, not the official computer printout.
D. A portion of the hourly rate may be broken into halves, not less. Round off to the nearest half-hour (9:01-9:14 will be considered 9; between 9:15 and 9:29 will be considered as 9:30)
E. The above fees will be applicable for all USA Gymnastics Sanctioned events unless otherwise specified in advance by the USA Gymnastics President.
F. The Judges' Compensation Package is in effect for all USA Gymnastics Competitions, as specified.
G. If the competition resumes before the maximum allotted break time has elapsed, the judging time begins again.

Rate $29.00 27 25 22 18 16 14
Hours Brevet National 10 9 5,6,7 +8 7,8 5,6
2 58.00 54.00 50.00 44.00 36.00 32.00 28.00
21/2 72.50 67.50 62.50 55.00 45.00 40.00 35.00
3 87.00 81.00 75.00 66.00 54.00 48.00 42.00
31/2 101.50 94.50 87.50 77.00 63.00 56.00 49.00
4 116.00 108.00 100.00 88.00 72.00 64.00 56.00
41/2 130.50 121.50 112.50 99.00 81.00 72.00 63.00
5 145.00 135.00 125.00 110.00 90.00 80.00 70.00
51/2 159.50 148.50 137.50 121.00 99.00 88.00 77.00
6 174.00 162.00 150.00 132.00 108.00 96.00 84.00
61/2 188.50 175.50 162.50 143.00 117.00 104.00 91.00
7 203.00 189.00 175.00 154.00 126.00 112.00 98.00
71/2 217.50 202.50 187.50 165.00 135.00 120.00 105.00
8 232.00 216.00 200.00 176.00 144.00 128.00 112.00
81/2 246.50 229.50 212.50 187.00 153.00 136.00 119.00
9 261.00 243.00 225.00 198.00 162.00 144.00 126.00
91/2 275.50 256.50 237.50 209.00 171.00 152.00 133.00


Judging Time    Break Time                                    Per Diem            Local                    Overnight
2 or less                 0                                                        $15.00                3-7.5 hrs.               $15/meal or
3                              1                                                                                   or under 3hrs       Max. of $40/day
4                              1.5                                                                                but 100 mi. or
5                              2                                                                                    more RT
6                              2.5                                                    $30                        8 + hrs
7                              3                                                       Mileage: $.40 or current IRS rate after the first 30 miles RT
8                              3.5                                                    (except when carpooling) 
9                             4
Recommended break time: after 3.5-4hrs                 minimum of 30 minutes
                                                 after 7 hrs                      minimum of 45 minutes

Meet Referee/Chief Judge Fee (J.O. only) - State Meet & above $10/day
All fees are based on a minimum of 2 hours (except for Regional Elite Meets)

Jr. Olympic Reg'l Championships                                        National Meets (L.9 East/West, Lev. 10 Nationals
Rating        Daily (8hrs)        Half Day (4hrs)                           Elite Challenge/Classic
Brevet        160.00                   80.00                                            Daily (8 hrs)        Half Day (4 hrs)
National    150.00                    75.00                                            170.00                    85.00
Level 10    140.00                    70.00
Level 9      130.00                    65.00                                            Regional/Zone Elite Meets - hourly fee w/ a minimum of 3 hrs. /day
Level 8      120.00                    60.00
The additional time over 8 hours will be compensated at the regular hourly rate