Current & 2004 Payroll Comparison
| Team | % Increase | Current Rank | Current Payroll | 2004 Rank | 2004 Payroll |
| Stripling Warriors | 24.21% | 7 | $104,615,000.00 | 1 | $129,940,000.00 |
| Brooklyn Tides | 6.16% | 18 | $ 86,105,000.00 | 9 | $ 91,405,000.00 |
| Toronto Blue Jays | 5.78% | 14 | $ 89,920,000.00 | 7 | $ 95,120,000.00 |
| Houston Rock hounds | 3.18% | 22 | $ 73,570,000.00 | 16 | $ 75,910,000.00 |
| St. Louis Browns | 0.54% | 11 | $ 93,995,300.00 | 8 | $ 94,505,333.00 |
| Portland Sea Dogs | 0.21% | 4 | $115,672,000.00 | 2 | $115,912,000.00 |
| Hayward Hawks | -2.57% | 12 | $ 92,927,005.00 | 10 | $ 90,540,000.00 |
| Oklahoma City Raptors | -3.85% | 24 | $ 56,708,700.00 | 24 | $ 54,528,000.00 |
| Texas Thundering Herd | -5.58% | 15 | $ 89,555,000.00 | 11 | $ 84,555,000.00 |
| Albany Alligators | -5.65% | 3 | $117,220,000.00 | 4 | $110,600,000.00 |
| Phoenix Scorpions | -6.29% | 21 | $ 75,500,000.00 | 21 | $ 70,750,000.00 |
| New York Yankees | -6.40% | 1 | $121,993,800.00 | 3 | $114,190,000.00 |
| Aurora Devils | -7.46% | 20 | $ 78,454,400.00 | 19 | $ 72,600,000.00 |
| Ohio Thunder Shock | -8.11% | 5 | $107,900,000.00 | 6 | $ 99,150,000.00 |
| Calgary Cannons | -9.59% | 23 | $ 72,480,000.00 | 22 | $ 65,530,000.00 |
| Baltimore Brew Crew | -10.01% | 16 | $ 88,535,000.00 | 12 | $ 79,675,000.00 |
| New Jersey Springboks | -12.46% | 2 | $119,268,600.00 | 5 | $104,413,200.00 |
| New York Highlanders | -12.99% | 19 | $ 85,830,000.00 | 18 | $ 74,680,000.00 |
| Cros-lex Pioneers | -18.67% | 17 | $ 87,158,200.00 | 20 | $ 70,885,000.00 |
| North Carolina Tarheels | -20.47% | 10 | $ 96,500,000.00 | 14 | $ 76,745,000.00 |
| Knoxville Hillcats | -23.08% | 9 | $ 98,879,700.00 | 15 | $ 76,060,000.00 |
| California Bombers | -24.63% | 6 | $105,678,048.00 | 13 | $ 79,649,568.00 |
| Men in Black | -25.12% | 8 | $100,252,400.00 | 17 | $ 75,065,000.00 |
| Huntington Foresters | -37.86% | 13 | $ 90,084,600.00 | 23 | $ 55,980,700.00 |