Pittsburgh Pirates Salary/Payroll Information - 2012
| Player Salaries | ||
| RK | PLAYER | Salary (US$) |
| 1 | A.J. Burnett | 16,500,000 |
| 2 | Clint Barmes | 5,000,000 |
| 3 | Erik Bedard | 4,500,000 |
| 4 | Joel Hanrahan | 4,100,000 |
| 5 | Rod Barajas | 4,000,000 |
| Kevin Correia | 4,000,000 | |
| 7 | Casey McGehee | 2,537,500 |
| 8 | Charlie Morton | 2,445,000 |
| 9 | Garrett Jones | 2,250,000 |
| 10 | Pedro Alvarez | 2,200,000 |
| 11 | Nate McLouth | 1,750,000 |
| 12 | Juan Cruz | 1,250,000 |
| 13 | Jason Grilli | 1,100,000 |
| 14 | Jose Tabata | 916,667 |
| 15 | Chris Resop | 850,000 |
| 16 | Andrew McCutchen | 708,333 |
| 17 | James McDonald | 502,500 |
| 18 | Neil Walker | 500,000 |
| 19 | Michael McKenry | 485,000 |
| 20 | Josh Harrison | 484,000 |
| Tony Watson | 484,000 | |
| Alex Presley | 484,000 | |
| 23 | Yamaico Navarro | 483,000 |
| 24 | Jared Hughes | 481,000 |
| Team Salaries | ||
| RK | PLAYER | Salary (US$) |
| 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 |