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FC Bayern München Salaries 2025/26

Bundesliga
Top Earner: H. Kane (€25.0M)
Lowest Earner: S. Ulreich (€1.4M)
H. Kane
Top Earner
S. Ulreich
Lowest Earner

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Youth and Experience Command Same Top Salary

The club's top salary of €25.0M is shared by 23-year-old Jamal Musiala and 32-year-old Harry Kane, placing equal value on elite young talent and established world-class experience.

Goalkeeper Neuer Out-Earns Star Forwards

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer's €20.0M salary is higher than the individual salaries of three of the four forwards on the roster: Serge Gnabry (€18.0M), Luis Díaz (€14.0M), and Michael Olise (€13.5M).

Top Defender Paid Less Than Midfielders

The club's highest-paid defender, Dayot Upamecano at €16.0M, earns less than three different midfielders: Jamal Musiala (€25.0M), Joshua Kimmich (€20.0M), and Leon Goretzka (€17.0M).

Lowest-Paid Defender Earns More Than Two Midfielders Combined

The lowest-paid defender, Hiroki Ito, earns €3.8M per year. This is more than the combined salaries of the two lowest-paid midfielders, Tom Bischof and Lennart Karl, who earn €1.5M each for a total of €3.0M.

Bayern's Four-Tier Salary Structure

The squad's salaries are grouped into four distinct tiers. The Elite Tier (€20M+) includes stars like Musiala, Kane, Neuer, and Kimmich. The Star Tier (€12M-€18M) features players such as Gnabry, Goretzka, and Upamecano. A Mid-Tier (€6M-€9M) contains players like Laimer and Pavlović, while a Prospect Tier (under €4M) includes the club's youngest talents like Ito and Bischof.

Neuer's Salary is 86% of Goalkeeper Wages

Manuel Neuer's €20.0M salary accounts for 86% of the club's total goalkeeper wage bill of €23.2M. The other two goalkeepers on the roster, Jonas Urbig and Sven Ulreich, earn a combined €3.2M.

Neuer and Kimmich on Identical Pay

Goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and defensive midfielder Joshua Kimmich share the same salary, each earning €20.0M per year, placing them in the club's second-highest pay bracket.

Two Midfielders Out-Earn The Rest

The combined €45.0M salary of Jamal Musiala and Joshua Kimmich is significantly higher than the combined €27.0M salary of the other four midfielders in the squad.

Musiala's Salary Dwarfs Midfield Teammates

Attacking midfielder Jamal Musiala's €25.0M salary is more than the combined wages of three other midfielders: Aleksandar Pavlović (€7.0M), Tom Bischof (€1.5M), and Lennart Karl (€1.5M), who together earn €10.0M.

Upamecano Leads Defensive Wages

Dayot Upamecano is the highest-paid defender at the club. The center-back earns an annual salary of €16.0M.

Transfer rumour salaries: Nico Schlotterbeck, Hakan Çalhanoğlu

Latest reported salary figures for players linked with a move to the club.

Nico Schlotterbeck could potentially earn a salary of at least 15 million euros per year at Bayern Munich. Hakan Çalhanoğlu was offered a four-year contract with a salary of eight million euros per season by Bayern Munich.

23d ago

Potential wage savings if Goretzka and Guerreiro leave

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Leon Goretzka currently earns €17.0M/year and is linked with moves to clubs like Juventus, Arsenal, or Atlético Madrid. Raphaël Guerreiro earns €8.0M/year and could potentially move to Beşiktaş or Benfica.

23d ago

Wage Breakdown

Total spend by position group.

€253.6M
Total Yearly Wage Bill
€4.9M
Total Weekly Wage Bill
€70.5M / 28%
FW
€72.0M / 28%
MF
€87.9M / 35%
DF
€23.2M / 9%
GK

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