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As they do a few times a year, the MLS Players Union released their salary data on Monday. The overall picture is generally pretty good, as the median salary went up from about $84,000 to roughly $89,000, despite the total salary expenditures going down from about $99 million to $89 million.
Closer to home, the Seattle Sounders are currently playing with the most expensive team in their history. At $1.725 million, Obafemi Martins is the highest paid Sounders player in history. Add in the fact that Fredy Montero and his $856,000 total compensation package are still officially on the books and it's not hard to see how the Sounders are at about $6 million in total salary which is about 41 percent more than last year.
There were some nice raises passed around, as well. Patrick Ianni saw the biggest raise (by percentage) as he is making about 68 percent more this year than he was a year ago. Mario Martinez (52 percent) and Eddie Johnson (47 percent) also got significant bumps.
A few notes: This is obviously less than scientific. While these are the numbers given to us by the players union, there are bound to be discrepancies. Transfer and loan fees are not included, for instance. We also know that Montero's salary is being paid by Millonarios and that Chivas USA is absorbing some of Shalrie Joseph's cap hit (although it's unclear if they are paying anything out of pocket).
Full breakdown:
| 2012 base | 2012 total | 2013 base | 2013 total | total change | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA | Ianni | Patrick | D | $89,303.00 | $89,303.00 | $150,000.00 | $150,000.00 | 67.97% |
| SEA | Martinez | Mario | M | $48,000.00 | $48,000.00 | $73,200.00 | $73,200.00 | 52.50% |
| SEA | Johnson | Eddie | F | $100,000.00 | $106,333.33 | $150,000.00 | $156,333.33 | 47.02% |
| SEA | Estrada | David | F | $33,756.00 | $33,756.00 | $48,400.00 | $48,400.00 | 43.38% |
| SEA | Rose | Andy | M | $33,756.00 | $33,756.00 | $46,500.00 | $46,500.00 | 37.75% |
| SEA | Hurtado | Jhon Kennedy | D | $160,000.00 | $161,000.00 | $190,000.00 | $190,000.00 | 18.01% |
| SEA | Burch | Marc | D | $65,000.00 | $65,000.00 | $75,000.00 | $75,000.00 | 15.38% |
| SEA | Evans | Brad | F | $145,475.00 | $159,225.00 | $167,296.00 | $181,046.00 | 13.70% |
| SEA | Alonso | Osvaldo | M | $185,000.00 | $185,000.00 | $210,000.00 | $210,000.00 | 13.51% |
| SEA | Montero | Fredy | F | $600,000.00 | $756,000.00 | $700,000.00 | $856,000.00 | 13.23% |
| SEA | Zakuani | Steve | F | $110,000.00 | $208,000.00 | $135,000.00 | $233,000.00 | 12.02% |
| SEA | Ochoa | Sammy | F | $55,000.00 | $57,500.00 | $60,000.00 | $62,500.00 | 8.70% |
| SEA | Gonzalez | Leonardo | D | $125,000.00 | $125,000.00 | $135,000.00 | $135,000.00 | 8.00% |
| SEA | Scott | Zach | D | $46,314.00 | $46,314.00 | $50,000.00 | $50,000.00 | 7.96% |
| SEA | Ford | Josh | GK | $44,000.00 | $44,000.00 | $46,500.00 | $46,500.00 | 5.68% |
| SEA | Caskey | Alex | M | $44,100.00 | $44,100.00 | $46,500.00 | $46,500.00 | 5.44% |
| SEA | Gspurning | Michael | GK | $200,000.00 | $275,000.00 | $210,000.00 | $285,000.00 | 3.64% |
| SEA | Hahnemann | Marcus | GK | $60,000.00 | $60,000.00 | $60,000.00 | $60,000.00 | 0.00% |
| SEA | Rosales | Mauro | M | $200,000.00 | $225,000.00 | $200,000.00 | $225,000.00 | 0.00% |
| SEA | Bates | Will | F | $35,125.00 | $35,125.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Carrasco | Servando | M | $46,500.00 | $46,500.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Fairclough | Ashani | D | $35,125.00 | $35,125.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Joseph | Shalrie | M | $540,000.00 | $599,333.33 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Lund | Philip | M | $35,125.00 | $35,125.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Martins | Obafemi | F | $1,600,000.00 | $1,725,000.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Neagle | Lamar | M | $48,400.00 | $48,400.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Remick | Dylan | D | $35,125.00 | $35,125.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Traore | Djimi | D | $120,000.00 | $120,000.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Yedlin | DeAndre | D | $50,000.00 | $53,500.00 | 0.00% | ||
| SEA | Zavaleta | Eriq | F | $65,000.00 | $95,600.00 | 0.00% | ||
| $4,224,310.00 | $5,363,796.00 | $5,958,812.66 | 41.06% | |||||
| $132,009.00 | $178,793.20 | $198,627.09 | 50.46% | |||||
| $62,500.00 | $69,100.00 | $74,100.00 | 18.56% |