The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are receiving a long-awaited pay increase, a 400% raise, years after current and former members drew attention to low wages and compensation inequities.

The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders secured a pay raise of approximately 400% for the 2025 season. The pay bump is revealed in episode 7 ("Saturn Returns") of the second season of "America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders," which began streaming on Netflix June 18.

However, during season 2, some of the squad's veterans banded together to fight for higher pay. That resulted in a "life-changing" 400% pay increase for the upcoming 2025-26 season, fourth-year member Megan McElaney told cameras.