The average Major League Baseball salary in 2015 was $4.2 million. Assuming that major-league players work (generously) 10 hours per day, six days per week for nine months (February through October), they earn, on average, $1,795 per hour—well in excess of the $7.25 per hour minimum wage prescribed by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Some minor-league players, on the other hand, earn as little as $3,000 per year despite, according to a class action wage-and-hour suit filed in the Northern District of California, working between 50-70 hours per week. In addition to the five-month minor-league season (the only time they are paid), the minor-league players are required to work in the off-season, as well as during spring training—all of which puts them well below the FLSA minimum wage and deprives them of overtime pay.
SALARIES AS LOW AS $3K/YEAR
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