| Player Salaries | ||
| RK | PLAYER | Salary (US$) |
| 1 | Joe Mauer | 23,000,000 |
| 2 | Justin Morneau | 15,000,000 |
| 3 | Carl Pavano | 9,000,000 |
| 4 | Josh Willingham | 7,000,000 |
| 5 | Francisco Liriano | 5,500,000 |
| 6 | Matt Capps | 4,500,000 |
| 7 | Denard Span | 3,000,000 |
| Ryan Doumit | 3,000,000 | |
| 9 | Jamey Carroll | 2,750,000 |
| 10 | Glen Perkins | 1,550,000 |
| 11 | Alexi Casilla | 1,382,500 |
| 12 | Jared Burton | 750,000 |
| 13 | Brian Duensing | 515,000 |
| 14 | Ben Revere | 492,500 |
| 15 | Alex Burnett | 490,000 |
| 16 | Anthony Swarzak | 487,500 |
| 17 | Jeff Gray | 485,000 |
| Trevor Plouffe | 485,000 | |
| 19 | Erik Komatsu | 480,000 |
| Team Salaries | ||
| RK | PLAYER | Salary (US$) |
| 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 |