Wrexham’s staggering wage bill has now been revealed, along with the wage bill of every other Championship club this season.
Last season, Wrexham won promotion from League One, landing themselves in the second tier of English football for the first time in more than 40 years.
And upon doing so, owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob Mac went on a summer spending spree never before seen by a team in the Championship.
Wrexham spent £33million on new players which is more than any team ever has done in a Championship transfer window (that hasn’t just been relegated from the Premier League).
On top of that, the club are paying some sky high wages, with Kieffer Moore earning up to £30,000-a-week at Wrexham, per reports.
Wrexham have the 11th highest wage bill in the Championship
After their summer spending spree which saw Wrexham sign 13 new players this summer, the Dragons now have the 11th highest annual wage bill in the Championship, with the club forking out £18.1million each year on player wages, per Capology.
The source should certainly be taken with a pinch of salt. But it’s a good indicator as to where each team ranks and how much resources each team is working with, with the three highest wage bills from teams relegated from the Premier League last season.
Here’s a full table of the Championship’s annual wage bills…
| Team | Weekly wage bill (£ thousand) | Annual wage bill (£ million) |
| Leicester City | 826 | 43 |
| Southampton | 734 | 38.1 |
| Ipswich | 552 | 28.7 |
| Sheff Utd | 525 | 27.3 |
| Norwich | 439 | 22.8 |
| WBA | 404 | 21 |
| Hull City | 397 | 20.6 |
| Middlesbrough | 378 | 19.7 |
| Watford | 374 | 19.5 |
| Birmingham City | 363 | 18.9 |
| Wrexham | 350 | 18.1 |
| Stoke City | 343 | 17.8 |
| Millwall | 282 | 14.7 |
| Derby | 277 | 14.4 |
| Oxford | 264 | 13.8 |
| Bristol City | 259 | 13.5 |
| QPR | 260 | 13.5 |
| Preston | 256 | 13.3 |
| Blackburn | 252 | 13.1 |
| Coventry | 249 | 12.9 |
| Swansea | 238 | 12.4 |
| Sheff Weds | 221 | 11.5 |
| Portsmouth | 184 | 9.6 |
| Charlton | 175 | 9.1 |
Wrexham could have a huge surplus in their wage bill
It was widely expected that the Dragons would spend big this summer: not just in terms of transfer fees but in terms of wages too.
Reports previously revealed that Wrexham would pay player wages up to £30,000-a-week and that’s exactly what they did in Moore, who’s the only player earning that amount, per Capology.
But it was also revealed in the summer that Wrexham could pay up to £30million-a-year in player wages, so this £18.1million figure surely indicates that Reynolds and Mac have left themselves room for more potential signings in January.
Should Parkinson need it, he could have a good bit of money to spend in the winter window as the Dragons look to get themselves up the Championship table.