LOS ANGELES — The Galaxy have the second-highest team payroll and the second-highest-paid player in MLS, according to salary figures released Tuesday by the players' union.
The team's wage bill of $20.53 million is about $470,000 less than Atlanta United's total of $20.99 million. But it's more than $200,000 greater than last season's salary figure, which led MLS.
Individually, Galaxy captain Javier "Chicharito" Hernández will make $6 million this season, trailing only the Chicago Fire's Xherdan Shaqiri, who will be paid a league-record $8.153 million in guaranteed compensation.