Contract
He is retiring at the end of the 2026 season.
Salary by season
Reported Model
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
How this estimate is made. Team wage pool €7.33M (budget €19M × 39%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €104k for this rider. Measured error against the 28 reported salaries: median 25.0%. See the test · Full method · Why the number sticks.
Career
Turned pro in 2013. Points and wins per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (from 2022) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €12k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Pinarello Q36.5 ProTeam | 80 | — | €285 | €105k Model |
| 2025 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team ProTeam | 206 | — | €4,108 | n/a |
| 2024 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team ProTeam | 202 | — | €4,045 | n/a |
| 2023 | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team ProTeam | 319 | 1 | €2,891 | n/a |
| 2022 | Team BikeExchange-Jayco WorldTour | 54 | — | €900 | €80k Model |
| 2021 | Team BikeExchange WorldTour | 195 | 2 | n/a | €139k Model |
| 2020 | Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour | 256 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour | 234 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Mitchelton-Scott WorldTour | 250 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | ORICA-Scott WorldTour | 290 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | ORICA-BikeExchange WorldTour | 151 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | Orica GreenEDGE WorldTour | 101 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 | Orica GreenEDGE WorldTour | 80 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2013 | Orica GreenEDGE WorldTour | 105 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2010 | — club / junior | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates cover WorldTeam seasons from 2021 (season model v0.1 — that year's budgets, reported salaries and rosters; wider error than 2026, see Salaries by season). ProTeam seasons before 2026 are not modelled.
Net worth and career earnings
Damien Howson has earned an estimated €336k from salary and prize money since 2021 (€324k salary, €12k prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included.
Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it. All 3 salary seasons are model estimates. Season by season ↑ · Career earnings top 100 →
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Walter Calzoni Pinarello Q36.5 · €106k Model
- Emīls Liepiņš Pinarello Q36.5 · €104k Model
- Nickolas Zukowsky Pinarello Q36.5 · €94k Model
- David González Pinarello Q36.5 · €92k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Mathis le Berre TotalEnergies · €105k Model
- Jon Agirre Euskaltel-Euskadi · €105k Model
- William Blume Levy Uno-X Mobility · €105k Model
- Fernando Tercero Polti VisitMalta · €104k Model
Other riders from Australia
- Rudy Porter Jayco AlUla · €119k Model
- Matthew Fox Lotto Intermarché · €158k Model
- Jensen Plowright Alpecin-Premier Tech · €161k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Filippo Magli Bardiani-CSF-7 Saber · €103k Model
- Victor Lafay Unibet Rose Rockets · €109k Model
- Martin Urianstad Bugge Uno-X Mobility · €99k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €1,721 (61 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €11 (9,228 km)
- Per PCS point
- €1,312 (80 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 0.3%
The 2026 base salary (Model) divided by the season's numbers. Race days, kilometres and wins to 12 September 2026; points as above. Method · Per race day ranking · Per point · Per win
Sources
- €105k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — Retires at the end of 2026 - said so himself on the eve of the Tour de France (Cycling Weekly, 3 Jul 2026) Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Damien Howson earn?
We estimate Damien Howson's base salary for 2026 at €105k a year: about €8,750 a month or €2,019 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €79k–131k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page.
Until when is Damien Howson under contract?
He is retiring at the end of the 2026 season.
Who is Damien Howson's agent?
Trinity Sports Management (source: FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data).
What is Damien Howson's net worth?
Damien Howson has earned an estimated €336k from salary and prize money since 2021 (€324k salary, €12k prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included. Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it.