The official 2023 MLS salary budget was $5,210,000 per team. This represented an increase from the 2022 salary budget of $4,900,000, reflecting the league's continued growth and investment in player compensation.
The $5,210,000 salary budget was part of MLS's broader roster rules and regulations for the 2023 season. This budget covers the total compensation that teams can spend on their roster, including salaries, bonuses, and other player-related expenses, with certain exceptions for Designated Players and other special roster mechanisms.
Teams could supplement this base salary budget through additional allocation mechanisms like General Allocation Money (GAM) and Targeted Allocation Money (TAM), which provided flexibility for clubs to invest in higher-quality players while maintaining competitive balance across the league.