Major League minimum salary 

• 2011: $400,000, plus cost-of-living adjustment (COLA)
  
• 2010: $400,000
• 2009: $400,000
• 2008: $390,000
• 2007: $380,000
• 2006: $327,000
• 2005: $316,000
• 2004: $300,000
• 2003: $300,000

 Minor League minimum salary

(for players on 40-man rosters for at least the second year or for players with at least one day of major league service)

• 2009: $65,000
• 2008: $62,500
• 2007: $60,000
• 2006: $54,500
• 2005: $52,600

Under the 2007-11 CBA, the new minimum for a player placed on the 40-man roster for the first time is $30,000 (50% of minor league minimum).