List of Major League Baseball teams by payroll in 2012

This is a list of the 30 Major League Baseball teams from the 2012 season, ranked by total team salary. Values only include salaries of players on their respective 2012 rosters.

Rank	Team	Total payroll	Average salary	Median salary	Standard deviation
1	New York Yankees	$197,962,289	$6,186,321	$1,937,500	$7,938,987
2	Philadelphia Phillies	$174,538,938	$5,817,964	$1,875,000	$6,833,158
3	Boston Red Sox	$173,186,617	$5,093,724	$1,556,250	$6,311,421
4	Los Angeles Angels	$154,485,166	$5,327,074	$3,150,000	$6,212,772
5	Detroit Tigers	$132,300,000	$4,562,068	$1,100,000	$6,557,916
6	Texas Rangers	$120,510,974	$4,635,037	$3,437,500	$4,728,330
7	Miami Marlins	$118,078,000	$4,373,259	$1,500,000	$5,228,424
8	San Francisco Giants	$117,620,683	$3,920,689	$1,275,000	$5,296,153
9	St. Louis Cardinals	$110,300,862	$3,939,316	$800,000	$4,858,527
10	Milwaukee Brewers	$97,653,944	$3,755,920	$1,981,250	$3,965,659
11	Chicago White Sox	$96,919,500	$3,876,780	$530,000	$4,956,845
12	Los Angeles Dodgers	$95,143,575	$3,171,452	$875,000	$3,673,217
13	Minnesota Twins	$94,085,000	$3,484,629	$750,000	$5,207,450
14	New York Mets	$93,353,983	$3,457,554	$875,000	$5,867,084
15	Chicago Cubs	$88,197,033	$3,392,193	$1,262,500	$4,617,206
16	Atlanta Braves	$83,309,942	$2,776,998	$577,500	$4,037,723
17	Cincinnati Reds	$82,203,616	$2,935,843	$1,150,000	$3,462,247
18	Seattle Mariners	$81,978,100	$2,927,789	$495,150	$4,998,379
19	Baltimore Orioles	$81,428,999	$2,807,896	$1,300,000	$3,205,445
20	Washington Nationals	$81,336,143	$2,623,746	$800,000	$3,618,322
21	Cleveland Indians	$78,430,300	$2,704,493	$800,000	$3,661,123
22	Colorado Rockies	$78,069,571	$2,692,054	$482,000	$3,272,886
23	Toronto Blue Jays	$75,489,200	$2,696,042	$1,768,750	$2,881,414
24	Arizona Diamondbacks	$74,284,833	$2,653,029	$1,625,000	$2,587,139
25	Tampa Bay Rays	$64,173,500	$2,291,910	$1,425,000	$2,313,395
26	Pittsburgh Pirates	$63,431,999	$2,187,310	$916,666	$3,109,669
27	Kansas City Royals	$60,916,225	$2,030,540	$870,000	$2,282,159
28	Houston Astros	$60,651,000	$2,332,730	$491,250	$4,543,506
29	Oakland Athletics	$55,372,500	$1,845,750	$487,500	$2,179,703
30	San Diego Padres	$55,244,700	$1,973,025	$1,207,500	$2,049,861

See also

• Baseball portal