Chicago White Sox Salary/Payroll Information - 2012
| Player Salaries | ||
| RK | PLAYER | Salary (US$) |
| 1 | Jake Peavy | 17,000,000 |
| 2 | Adam Dunn | 14,000,000 |
| 3 | Alex Rios | 12,500,000 |
| 4 | Paul Konerko | 12,000,000 |
| 5 | Gavin Floyd | 7,000,000 |
| 6 | A.J. Pierzynski | 6,000,000 |
| 7 | Matt Thornton | 5,500,000 |
| 8 | Alexei Ramirez | 5,000,000 |
| 9 | Dayan Viciedo | 3,500,000 |
| 10 | Will Ohman | 2,500,000 |
| 11 | John Danks | 2,000,000 |
| 12 | Philip Humber | 530,000 |
| 13 | Gordon Beckham | 520,000 |
| 14 | Chris Sale | 500,000 |
| Brent Lillibridge | 500,000 | |
| Kosuke Fukudome | 500,000 | |
| 17 | Alejandro De Aza | 495,000 |
| 18 | Brent Morel | 490,000 |
| 19 | Tyler Flowers | 483,000 |
| 20 | Zach Stewart | 481,500 |
| 21 | Nate Jones | 480,000 |
| Eduardo Escobar | 480,000 | |
| Hector Santiago | 480,000 | |
| Addison Reed | 480,000 | |
| Team Salaries | ||
| RK | PLAYER | Salary (US$) |
| 1 | New York Yankees | 195,998,004 |
| 2 | Philadelphia Phillies | 173,458,939 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Angels | 154,940,524 |
| 4 | Boston Red Sox | 146,371,619 |
| 5 | Texas Rangers | 120,510,975 |
| 6 | Detroit Tigers | 119,276,000 |
| 7 | San Francisco Giants | 117,936,667 |
| 8 | Miami Marlins | 111,598,000 |
| 9 | St. Louis Cardinals | 110,297,862 |
| 10 | Milwaukee Brewers | 98,049,444 |
| 11 | Chicago White Sox | 97,919,500 |
| 12 | Minnesota Twins | 94,085,000 |
| 13 | Los Angeles Dodgers | 93,686,077 |
| 14 | New York Mets | 93,357,465 |
| 15 | Chicago Cubs | 87,229,033 |
| 16 | Atlanta Braves | 82,409,942 |
| 17 | Seattle Mariners | 81,978,100 |
| 18 | Baltimore Orioles | 80,804,000 |
| 19 | Washington Nationals | 80,584,145 |
| 20 | Colorado Rockies | 78,069,571 |
| 21 | Cincinnati Reds | 76,305,878 |
| 22 | Toronto Blue Jays | 75,009,200 |
| 23 | Arizona Diamondbacks | 74,284,833 |
| 24 | Cleveland Indians | 66,430,300 |
| 25 | Tampa Bay Rays | 65,008,071 |
| 26 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 62,466,000 |
| 27 | Kansas City Royals | 61,391,300 |
| 28 | Houston Astros | 60,651,000 |
| 29 | San Diego Padres | 55,871,900 |
| 30 | Oakland Athletics | 49,137,500 |