- Keith Hickey (With special thanks to Ray Escamilla)

The MLS Players' Union released the salaries for all of their members (every player in Major League Soccer) today. I sifted through the raw data to bring you the most interesting nuggets of information. All figures use the "guaranteed compensation" statistics.


Total MLS Wage Bill: $80,201,175.48

By Club (Average Wage in parentheses):


New York Red Bulls - $13,397,087.04 ($446,569.57)
Los Angeles Galaxy - $12,419,679.12 ($428,264)
Chicago Fire* - $4,794,738.76 ($154,668.99)
Toronto FC - $4,262,444.84 ($142,081.49)
Vancouver Whitecaps - $3,570,853.38 ($123,132.88)
FC Dallas - $3,522,437.33 ($113,627.01)
Real Salt Lake - $3,517,956.76 ($135,306)
Columbus Crew - $3,471,860.83 ($111,995.51)
Seattle Sounders - $3,465,629.23 ($119,504.46)
New England Revolution - $3,432,636.34 ($118,366.77)
Philadelphia Union - $3,296,892.84 ($131,875.71)
D.C. United - $3,324,518.57 ($114,638.57)
Sporting Kansas City - $3,225,771.50 ($115,206.13)
Houston Dynamo - $3,199,080.20 ($118,484.45)
Colorado Rapids - $3,173,078.64 ($105,769.29)
San Jose Earthquakes - $2,710,774.71 ($100,399.06)
Chivas USA - $2,691,177.80 ($99,673)
Portland Timbers - $2,652,557.56 ($94,734.20)

Average 2011 MLS Salary: $154,851.69

Median 2011 MLS Salary: $80,050.00

Highest Salary: David Beckham ($6,500,000.00)

Lowest Salary:  Tied, 53 Players ($32,600.00)

Highest Paid American: Landon Donovan ($2,300,000.00)

Highest Paid Goalkeeper: Faryd Mondragon ($396,666.76)

Players Making Over $1 Million: 7*

Players Making Under $100k:  311

Any questions, feel free to put them in the comments.

* Nery Castillo is still listed as a Chicago player making $2,038,062.50 because of Chicago's option to purchase him.