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At least twice a year the Major League Soccer Players Union releases their version of the current MLS Players' Salaries. On October 4th, the MLS Players Union released to the masses their latest version. It's always fun to look at the numbers and see how our players fare.
The first number is the base salary and the second number is the guaranteed compensation. The guaranteed compensation includes the base salary plus all signing and guaranteed bonuses divided over the course of the entire contract. The full list of salaries per club can be found here.
| Jean-Marc Alexandre |
$ 44,100.00 |
$ 44,100.00 |
| Anthony Ampaipitakwong |
$ 44,000,00 |
$ 44,000.00 |
| Rafael Baca |
$ 44,000,00 |
$ 44,000,00 |
| Mehdi Ballouchy |
$138,188.00 |
$138,188.00 |
| Steven Beitashour |
$ 44,100.00 |
$ 44,100.00 |
| Victor Bernardez |
$100,000.00 |
$100,000.00 |
| David Bingham* |
$ 71,000.00 |
$115,375.00 |
| Jon Busch |
$155,004.00 |
$166,337.33 |
| Marvin Chavez |
$150,000.00 |
$150,000.00 |
| Ramiro Corrales |
$172,250.00 |
$183,875.00 |
| Sam Cronin |
$ 71,156.25 |
$119,156.25 |
| Simon Dawkins** |
$ 50,000.00 |
$ 50,000.00 |
| Sam Garza* |
$ 65,000.00 |
$ 91,500.00 |
| Joey Gjertsen |
$ 85,000.00 |
$ 93,625.00 |
| Alan Gordon |
$110,000.00 |
$120,000.00 |
| Sercan Guvenisik |
$ 90,000.00 |
$103,333.33 |
| Jason Hernandez |
$175,000.00 |
$175,000.00 |
| Jacob Hustedt |
$ 33,756.00 |
$ 33,756.00 |
| Steven Lenhart |
$180,000.00 |
$187,500.00 |
| Justin Morrow*** |
$102,000.00 |
$111,562.50 |
| Evan Newton |
$ 33,756.00 |
$ 33,756.00 |
| Ike Opara* |
$100,000.00 |
$185,900.00 |
| Cesar Pizarro |
$ 33,756.00 |
$ 33,756.00 |
| Brad Ring |
$ 44,100.00 |
$ 44,100.00 |
| Shea Salinas |
$ 82,000.00 |
$ 87,975.08 |
| Khari Stephenson |
$190,000.00 |
$203,333.33 |
| Marcus Tracy |
$ 44,000.04 |
$ 44,000.04 |
| Tim Ward |
$ 65,000.00 |
$ 65,000.00 |
| Chris Wondolowski |
$300,000.00 |
$300,000.00 |
| Jed Zayner |
$ 60,000.00 |
$ 61,666.67 |
*Indicates Generation Adidas player and whose salary doesn't count against the Salary Cap
**On loan from Tottenham Hotspur
***New contract signed in October
When comparing the San Jose Earthquakes total base salary payroll with other teams in the league, the Quakes have the 2nd lowest payroll with $2,878,166.29 compared to the big spending New York Red Bulls who have $15,814,369.46 and the Los Angeles Galaxy who spend $10,825,821.00. (The lowest payroll in the league is the New England Revolution at $2,284,905.96.)