Major League Baseball

MLB's Making a Dollar (or Two) on Luxury Tax

The MLB season 2017 has just begun. There are going to be 162 games played by 30 teams. At total of six major league organizations will pay a luxury tax for exceeding the $195 million salary level. With a new collective bargaining agreement set to go into effect, there have never been more teams subject to the tax. In the past years the MLB's luxury tax revenue has gone up quite a bit already.

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This chart shows Luxury Tax payments* by Major League Baseball teams (in million U.S. dollars) until 2016

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Luxury tax payroll for Major League Baseball in 2021 and 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
Lifetime luxury tax payments of Major League Baseball clubs 1997-2012 (in million U.S. dollars)
New York Yankees luxury tax payments from 2003 to 2022 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Number of franchises in the National Basketball Association (NBA) paying luxury tax from 2014/15 to 2024/25
Opening day payrolls of Major League Baseball teams in 2026 (in million U.S. dollars)
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Major League Baseball total league revenue from 2001 to 2025 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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