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2003 MLB Salaries by Team
TEAM TOTAL PAYROLL AVG SALARY MEDIAN STD DEV
New York Yankees
$ 152,749,814 $ 5,455,350 $ 4,575,000 $ 4,781,135
New York Mets
$ 117,176,429 $ 4,040,566 $ 1,300,000 $ 4,893,080
Atlanta Braves
$ 106,243,667 $ 3,934,950 $ 800,000 $ 5,063,167
Los Angeles Dodgers
$ 105,872,620 $ 4,072,023 $ 2,605,833 $ 4,757,867
Texas Rangers
$ 103,491,667 $ 3,449,722 $ 1,150,000 $ 5,077,721
Boston Red Sox
$ 99,946,500 $ 3,701,722 $ 2,000,000 $ 4,789,932
Seattle Mariners
$ 86,959,167 $ 3,220,709 $ 3,150,000 $ 2,831,818
St. Louis Cardinals
$ 83,786,666 $ 2,702,795 $ 900,000 $ 3,033,796
San Francisco Giants
$ 82,852,167 $ 3,186,621 $ 1,937,500 $ 3,508,745
Arizona Diamondbacks
$ 80,657,000 $ 3,226,280 $ 1,750,000 $ 3,776,930
Chicago Cubs
$ 79,868,333 $ 2,852,440 $ 1,125,000 $ 3,642,763
Los Angeles Angels
$ 79,031,667 $ 2,927,098 $ 1,000,000 $ 3,462,696
Baltimore Orioles
$ 73,877,500 $ 2,547,500 $ 1,200,000 $ 2,868,105
Houston Astros
$ 71,040,000 $ 2,732,307 $ 1,200,000 $ 3,599,126
Philadelphia Phillies
$ 70,780,000 $ 2,440,689 $ 850,000 $ 3,132,219
Colorado Rockies
$ 67,179,667 $ 2,239,322 $ 550,000 $ 3,408,789
Cincinnati Reds
$ 59,355,667 $ 2,119,845 $ 694,000 $ 2,898,726
Minnesota Twins
$ 55,505,000 $ 2,134,807 $ 750,000 $ 2,445,294
Pittsburgh Pirates
$ 54,812,429 $ 1,957,586 $ 825,000 $ 2,444,518
Washington Nationals
$ 51,948,500 $ 1,998,019 $ 333,500 $ 2,781,455
Toronto Blue Jays
$ 51,269,000 $ 1,898,851 $ 600,000 $ 3,727,071
Chicago White Sox
$ 51,010,000 $ 1,961,923 $ 475,000 $ 2,677,830
Oakland Athletics
$ 50,260,834 $ 1,933,109 $ 1,032,500 $ 2,522,231
Detroit Tigers
$ 49,168,000 $ 1,891,076 $ 320,000 $ 2,953,777
Miami Marlins
$ 48,750,000 $ 1,805,555 $ 1,400,000 $ 2,082,520
Cleveland Indians
$ 48,584,834 $ 1,567,252 $ 330,000 $ 2,185,657
San Diego Padres
$ 45,210,000 $ 1,507,000 $ 555,000 $ 2,242,468
Milwaukee Brewers
$ 40,627,000 $ 1,400,931 $ 428,000 $ 1,975,028
Kansas City Royals
$ 40,518,000 $ 1,558,384 $ 313,500 $ 2,431,358
Tampa Bay Rays
$ 19,630,000 $ 785,200 $ 300,000 $ 1,577,777