CARLTON's AFLW players will receive a pay rise next year after a historic Collective Bargaining Agreement was reached between the AFL and the AFLPA.

The updated payments will total $4.748 million - an increase of 38 per cent per club from 2018. The minimum AFLW player payment rose by 27.6 per cent to meet with minimum male footballer payments.

The four finals teams will also share in a pool of $127,500 in prize money, with players given the opportunity to earn additional income to promote the game through a new AFL ambassador fund worth $100,000 per year for four years.

As well an increase to player payments, $335,000 has been committed towards education, training grants, wellbeing workshops and access to the AFLPA's specialised psychology network.

Further terms agreed upon by the 2019 AFLW Collective Bargaining Agreement include funding and access for AFLW players to the AFL Players’ Injury and Hardship Fund, minimum medical standards, the introduction of Hawkeye technology to assist injury diagnosis at all AFL venues and football injury expenses covered for 18 months post contract, a relocation allowance for players who live further than 100kms away from their AFLW team and AFLPA funding to support AFLW players.

AFLW players are contracted for an average of 13 hours of training per week during the pre-season and 10 hours per week during the season.