La Major League Soccer Players Association ha reso noto i dati degli stipendi dei calciatori del campionato di calcio nordamericano. L’argentino Lionel Messi è il più pagato, con uno stipendio base di 12 milioni di dollari e un minimo garantito di oltre 20 milioni. La MLS fa ricco anche il napoletano Lorenzo Insigne, che percepisce un salario base di 7,5 milioni, mentre il garantito arriva a più di 15 milioni lordi.
| Nome | Cognome | Club | Ruolo | Salario base | Guaranteed Compensation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lionel | Messi | Inter Miami | M | $12,000,000.00 | $20,446,667.00 |
| Lorenzo | Insigne | Toronto FC | M | $7,500,000.00 | $15,400,000.00 |
| Xherdan | Shaqiri | Chicago Fire | M-F | $7,350,000.00 | $8,153,000.00 |
| Javier | Hernández Balcázar | LA Galaxy | F | $6,000,000.00 | $7,443,750.00 |
| Héctor | Herrera | Houston Dynamo | M | $4,750,000.00 | $5,246,875.00 |
| Christian | Benteke | DC United | F | $4,250,000.00 | $4,432,778.00 |
| Josef | Martínez | Inter Miami | F | $4,000,000.00 | $4,391,667.00 |
| Sebastián | Driussi | Austin FC | M-F | $3,800,000.00 | $6,022,500.00 |
| Carles | Gil | New England Revolution | M-F | $3,250,000.00 | $3,545,833.00 |
| Teemu | Pukki | Minnesota United | F | $3,200,000.00 | $3,550,000.00 |
| Federico | Bernardeschi | Toronto FC | M | $3,125,000.00 | $6,295,381.00 |
| Douglas | Costa | LA Galaxy | M | $3,000,000.00 | $4,508,333.00 |
| Carlos | Vela | LAFC | M | $3,000,000.00 | $4,383,900.00 |
| Hany | Mukhtar | Nashville SC | M-F | $2,900,000.00 | $3,188,750.00 |
| Nicolás | Lodeiro | Seattle Sounders FC | M-F | $2,640,000.00 | $3,256,667.00 |
| Diego | Rossi | Columbus Crew | M | $2,625,000.00 | $2,677,000.00 |
| Cucho | Hernández | Columbus Crew | F | $2,600,000.00 | $2,886,000.00 |
| Gustavo | Bou | New England Revolution | F | $2,500,000.00 | $2,675,000.00 |
| Sam | Surridge | Nashville SC | F | $2,500,000.00 | $2,907,639.00 |
| Raúl | Ruidíaz | Seattle Sounders FC | F | $2,472,000.00 | $3,201,120.00 |
| Ryan | Gauld | Vancouver Whitecaps | M-F | $2,400,000.00 | $2,505,000.00 |
| Jozy | Altidore | Major League Soccer | F | $2,381,139.00 | $2,939,963.00 |
| Esequiel | Barco | Atlanta United | M | $2,200,000.00 | $2,200,000.00 |
| Alan | Pulido | Sporting Kansas City | F | $2,200,000.00 | $2,200,000.00 |
| Karol | Swiderski | Charlotte FC | F | $2,200,000.00 | $2,258,000.00 |
| Denis | Bouanga | LAFC | M | $2,083,333.00 | $2,472,222.00 |
| Saba | Lobjanidze | Atlanta United | M | $2,052,000.00 | $2,150,750.00 |
| Luciano | Acosta | FC Cincinnati | M-F | $1,943,500.00 | $2,222,854.00 |
| Mateusz | Klich | DC United | M | $1,900,000.00 | $2,093,588.00 |
| Cristian | Arango | Real Salt Lake | F | $1,899,996.00 | $2,088,746.00 |
| Evander | da Silva Ferreira | Portland Timbers | M | $1,885,000.00 | $2,230,000.00 |
| Kévin | Cabral | Colorado Rapids | M | $1,800,000.00 | $1,800,000.00 |
| Darlington | Nagbe | Columbus Crew | M | $1,800,000.00 | $1,800,000.00 |
| Albert | Rusnák | Seattle Sounders FC | M-F | $1,800,000.00 | $1,871,667.00 |
| Walker | Zimmerman | Nashville SC | D | $1,800,000.00 | $2,056,979.00 |
| Sebastián | Ferreira | Houston Dynamo | F | $1,760,000.00 | $2,130,200.00 |
| Mikael | Uhre | Philadelphia Union | F | $1,700,000.00 | $1,940,000.00 |
| Thiago | Almada | Atlanta United | M-F | $1,650,000.00 | $2,332,000.00 |
| Jesús | Ferreira | FC Dallas | F | $1,650,000.00 | $1,852,000.00 |
| Damir | Kreilach | Real Salt Lake | M | $1,650,000.00 | $1,650,000.00 |
| Thiago | Martins | New York City FC | D | $1,650,000.00 | $2,112,000.00 |
| Riqui | Puig | LA Galaxy | M | $1,650,000.00 | $1,732,500.00 |
| Gastón | Giménez | Chicago Fire | D-M | $1,600,000.00 | $1,633,333.00 |
| Emanuel | Reynoso | Minnesota United | M-F | $1,600,000.00 | $2,151,200.00 |
| Giacomo | Vrioni | New England Revolution | F | $1,600,000.00 | $1,847,500.00 |
| Emiliano | Rigoni | Austin FC | M | $1,599,996.00 | $2,047,996.00 |
| Georgios | Giakoumakis | Atlanta United | F | $1,576,636.00 | $2,160,453.00 |
| Paul | Arriola | FC Dallas | M | $1,550,000.00 | $1,729,400.00 |
| Jordan | Morris | Seattle Sounders FC | M | $1,550,000.00 | $1,560,000.00 |
| Erik | Thommy | Sporting Kansas City | M-F | $1,550,000.00 | $1,656,250.00 |
| Jefferson | Savarino | Real Salt Lake | M | $1,525,000.00 | $1,749,292.00 |
| Roman | Bürki | St. Louis City SC | GK | $1,500,000.00 | $1,632,469.00 |
| Sergio | Busquets | Inter Miami | D-M | $1,500,000.00 | $1,775,000.00 |
| Yimmi | Chará | Portland Timbers | M | $1,500,000.00 | $1,803,000.00 |
| Matt | Miazga | FC Cincinnati | D | $1,500,000.00 | $1,500,000.00 |
| Alexander | Ring | Austin FC | M | $1,500,000.00 | $1,640,000.00 |
| Victor | Wanyama | CF Montreal | D-M | $1,440,000.00 | $1,800,000.00 |
| Richie | Laryea | Vancouver Whitecaps | D | $1,436,338.00 | $1,436,338.00 |
| Jonathan | Osorio | Toronto FC | M | $1,400,000.00 | $1,400,000.00 |
| Miles | Robinson | Atlanta United | D | $1,400,000.00 | $1,437,500.00 |
| Sebastián | Blanco | Portland Timbers | M-F | $1,380,000.00 | $1,748,000.00 |
| Carlos | Gruezo | San Jose Earthquakes | D-M | $1,350,000.00 | $1,571,086.00 |
| Cristian | Roldán | Seattle Sounders FC | M | $1,320,000.00 | $1,441,000.00 |
| Dante | Vanzeir | New York Red Bulls | F | $1,320,000.00 | $1,459,767.00 |
| Rafael | Czichos | Chicago Fire | D | $1,300,000.00 | $1,336,667.00 |
| João Paulo | Mior | Seattle Sounders FC | M | $1,300,000.00 | $1,383,333.00 |
| Kellyn | Acosta | LAFC | D-M | $1,250,000.00 | $1,365,000.00 |
| João | Klauss de Mello | St. Louis City SC | F | $1,230,000.00 | $1,370,284.00 |
| Ilie | Sánchez | LAFC | D-M | $1,207,500.00 | $1,207,500.00 |
| Gastón | Brugman | LA Galaxy | D-M | $1,200,000.00 | $1,409,000.00 |
| Dániel | Gazdag | Philadelphia Union | M-F | $1,200,000.00 | $1,355,000.00 |
| Eduard | Löwen | St. Louis City SC | M | $1,200,000.00 | $1,344,250.00 |
| Jamiro | Monteiro | San Jose Earthquakes | M | $1,200,000.00 | $1,293,500.00 |
| Lewis | Morgan | New York Red Bulls | M | $1,200,000.00 | $1,375,000.00 |
| Santiago | Rodríguez | New York City FC | M-F | $1,200,000.00 | $1,331,333.00 |
| Alan | Velasco | FC Dallas | M | $1,200,000.00 | $1,401,000.00 |
| Aaron | Long | LAFC | D | $1,199,772.00 | $1,243,056.00 |
| Lucas | Lima Linhares | New York Red Bulls | M-F | $1,155,000.00 | $1,206,042.00 |
| Obinna | Nwobodo | FC Cincinnati | D-M | $1,155,000.00 | $1,289,400.00 |
| Cristian | Espinoza | San Jose Earthquakes | M | $1,150,000.00 | $1,265,000.00 |
| Teenage | Hadebe | Houston Dynamo | D | $1,122,900.00 | $1,288,077.00 |
| Joakim | Nilsson | St. Louis City SC | D | $1,102,450.00 | $1,170,950.00 |
| Kacper | Przybylko | Chicago Fire | F | $1,100,004.00 | $1,212,504.00 |
| Jairo | Torres | Chicago Fire | M | $1,100,004.00 | $1,469,337.00 |
| Kamil | Józwiak | Charlotte FC | M | $1,100,000.00 | $1,217,000.00 |
| Jesús | Jiménez | FC Dallas | F | $1,100,000.00 | $1,219,927.00 |
| Andreas | Maxsö | Colorado Rapids | D | $1,100,000.00 | $1,292,500.00 |
| Rafael | Navarro Leal | Colorado Rapids | F | $1,100,000.00 | $1,427,708.00 |
| Dániel | Sallói | Sporting Kansas City | M | $1,100,000.00 | $1,100,000.00 |
| Yuya | Kubo | FC Cincinnati | M-F | $1,091,000.00 | $1,206,750.00 |
| Andrés | Cubas | Vancouver Whitecaps | D-M | $1,050,000.00 | $1,146,375.00 |
| Jonathan | Mensah | San Jose Earthquakes | D | $1,025,000.00 | $1,165,667.00 |
| Matías | Pellegrini | New York City FC | M | $1,025,000.00 | $1,120,833.00 |
| Jordi | Alba | Inter Miami | D | $1,000,000.00 | $1,250,000.00 |
| Giorgio | Chiellini | LAFC | D | $1,000,000.00 | $1,075,000.00 |
| Enzo | Copetti | Charlotte FC | F | $1,000,000.00 | $1,142,250.00 |
| Diego | Fagúndez | LA Galaxy | M | $1,000,000.00 | $1,060,000.00 |
| Randall | Leal | Nashville SC | M | $1,000,000.00 | $1,115,000.00 |
| Tim | Parker | St. Louis City SC | D | $1,000,000.00 | $1,037,500.00 |
| Martín | Rodríguez | DC United | M | $1,000,000.00 | $1,266,200.00 |
| Johnny | Russell | Sporting Kansas City | M | $1,000,000.00 | $1,000,000.00 |
| James | Sands | New York City FC | D | $1,000,000.00 | $1,058,333.00 |