How Much Do Catchers Get Paid

The average Catcher salary is $17,351 per year, or $8.34 per hour, in the United States. People on the lower end of that spectrum, the bottom 10% to be exact, make roughly $12,000 a year, while the top 10% makes $24,000.

Who is the highest paid catcher?

Buster Posey is currently the highest-paid catcher in baseball at $21.4 million, which came as part of the eight-year, $168 million extension he signed in 2013. No other catcher has a total contract value of more than $73 million, and there are only five catchers who will make $10 million or more in 2020.

What is the lowest-paid position in baseball?

Shortstop comes last as the lowest-paid position in baseball, with an average income of $2.6 million and a median salary of $1 million, just above the minimum.