The Milwaukee Brewers carried a $109,987,885 payroll in 2018 across 56 players, an average of $1,964,069 and a median of $533,160. The highest-paid player was Ryan Braun at $21,000,000. Every salary on the ledger is listed below.
| # | Pos | Service status | Category | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ryan Braun | LF | Veteran | Active | $21,000,000 | $21,000,000 |
| 2 | Lorenzo Cain | CF | Veteran | Active | $14,300,000 | $14,300,000 |
| 3 | Jhoulys Chacin | SP | Veteran | Active | $8,750,000 | $8,750,000 |
| 4 | Christian Yelich | LF | Arbitration 2 Bypassed | Active | $7,000,000 | $7,000,000 |
| 5 | Eric Thames | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $5,000,000 | $5,000,000 |
| 6 | Chase Anderson | SP | Arbitration 2 Bypassed | Active | $4,750,000 | $4,750,000 |
| 7 | Brad Miller | 2B | Retained | $4,500,000 | $4,500,000 | |
| 8 | Jimmy Nelson | SP | Arbitration 1 | Injured | $3,700,000 | $3,700,000 |
| 9 | Corey Knebel | RP | Arbitration 1 (S2) | Active | $3,650,000 | $3,650,000 |
| 10 | Stephen Vogt | C | Arbitration 2 | Injured | $3,065,000 | $3,065,000 |
| 11 | Joakim Soria | RP | Veteran | Active | $9,000,000 | $2,838,710 |
| 12 | Jonathan Schoop | 2B | Arbitration 2 | Active | $8,500,000 | $2,833,338 |
| 13 | Matt Albers | RP | Veteran | Active | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| 14 | Wade Miley | SP | Veteran | Active | $2,500,000 | $2,500,000 |
| 15 | Eric Sogard | 2B | Retained | $2,400,000 | $2,400,000 | |
| 16 | Jeremy Jeffress | RP | Arbitration 2 | Active | $2,300,000 | $2,300,000 |
| 17 | Hernán Pérez | 2B | Arbitration 1 | Active | $1,975,000 | $1,975,000 |
| 18 | Mike Moustakas | 3B | Veteran | Active | $7,700,000 | $1,922,050 |
| 19 | Boone Logan | RP | Retained | $1,875,000 | $1,875,000 | |
| 20 | Jonathan Villar | SS | Retained | $1,699,980 | $1,699,980 | |
| 21 | Curtis Granderson | RF | Active | $5,000,000 | $833,342 | |
| 22 | Dan Jennings | RP | Arbitration 3 (S2) | Active | $750,000 | $750,000 |
| 23 | Zach Davies | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $572,000 | $572,000 |
| 24 | Travis Shaw | 3B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $567,400 | $567,400 |
| 25 | Manuel Pina | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $560,100 | $560,100 |
| 26 | Jesús Aguilar | 1B | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $557,200 | $557,200 |
| 27 | Brent Suter | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Injured | $556,500 | $556,500 |
| 28 | Josh Hader | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $556,500 | $556,500 |
| 29 | Junior Guerra | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $509,820 |
| 30 | Yovani Gallardo | RP | Dead | $500,000 | $500,000 | |
| 31 | Taylor Williams | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $489,310 |
| 32 | Orlando Arcia | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $559,600 | $472,413 |
| 33 | Freddy Peralta | SP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $468,800 |
| 34 | Jacob Barnes | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $558,900 | $441,735 |
| 35 | Nick Franklin | LF | Active | $545,000 | $427,780 | |
| 36 | Tyler Saladino | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $565,000 | $407,092 |
| 37 | Erik Kratz | C | Veteran | Active | $545,000 | $377,970 |
| 38 | Domingo Santana | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $572,400 | $356,932 |
| 39 | Corbin Burnes | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $251,989 |
| 40 | Jordan Lyles | SP | Veteran | Active | $750,000 | $229,824 |
| 41 | Brandon Woodruff | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $550,100 | $210,018 |
| 42 | Keon Broxton | RF | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $205,100 |
| 43 | Xavier Cedeño | RP | Veteran | Active | $1,050,000 | $174,995 |
| 44 | Jett Bandy | C | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $550,700 | $168,777 |
| 45 | Jacob Nottingham | C | Pre-Arbitration | Active | $545,000 | $152,360 |
| 46 | Jorge López | RP | Retained | $111,340 | $111,340 | |
| 47 | Oliver Drake | RP | Retained | $101,320 | $101,320 | |
| 48 | Ji-Man Choi | 1B | Retained | $86,830 | $86,830 | |
| 49 | Brett Phillips | RF | Retained | $73,250 | $73,250 | |
| 50 | Nate Orf | 2B | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $64,460 |
| 51 | Alec Asher | RP | (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $61,530 |
| 52 | Adrian Houser | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $41,020 |
| 53 | J.J. Hoover | RP | Retained | $29,570 | $29,570 | |
| 54 | Mike Zagurski | RP | Veteran (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $29,300 |
| 55 | Aaron Wilkerson | SP | Pre-Arbitration (buried) | Minors | $545,000 | $26,370 |
| 56 | Aaron Brooks | SP | Retained | $5,860 | $5,860 | |
| 57 | Ariel Hernandez | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 58 | Dan Reynolds | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 59 | Eddie Silva | 3B | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 60 | Erik Davis | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 61 | Hiram Burgos | SP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 62 | Jake Thompson | RP | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $549,000 | $0 |
| 63 | Marcos Diplan | P | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 64 | Mauricio Dubon | SS | Pre-Arbitration | Minors | $0 | $0 |
| 65 | Michael Brady | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 | |
| 66 | Radhames Liz | RP | Minors | $0 | $0 |
Each row is one player’s 2018 allocation with the club. Adjusted is the player’s prorated payroll allocation, and the Adjusted figures sum to the club’s published $109,987,885 total, which includes active-roster salary plus injured-list, retained, dead and buried minor-league money. Salary is the full payroll salary published for the season, so the two can differ when money is deferred, prorated or carried by another club. Non-buried minor-league allocations (10 players on this ledger) are real money the club paid but are excluded from that total, so their Adjusted figure reads $0. Amounts are nominal US dollars as recorded; full source credits and access dates live on the sources page.
Salary and payroll records aggregated and published by Legends Deck. Nominal dollars; no inflation adjustment. Full source credits, licenses and access dates on the sources page.