article_snippet.sent: Southampton are the club punching Chelsea in terms of performance compared with wages paid to players while Chelsea are also over-achieving, latest figures have revealed.
article_snippet.sent: Saints are only ranked 16th in the top flight in terms of Saints wage bill - £55.2million - and yet are currently seventh in Premier League.
article_snippet.sent: Chelsea are 10 points clear at the top of the table but are only the third-highest payers with a wage bill of £192.7million behind Manchester United (£215.8m) and Manchester City (£205m).
article_snippet.sent: Bottom-club Burnley's wage bill is just £21.5m including £6m in promotion bonuses, one-tenth the size of United's.
article_snippet.sent: Despite being seventh in Premier League, Southampton have the fourth lowest wage bill based on last season .
article_snippet.sent: have the fourth lowest wage bill based on last season at £215.8m, based on last season's figures .
article_snippet.sent: Chelseaare 10 points clear at the top of the table the table but are only the third-highest wage payers with £192.7m .
article_snippet.sent: The biggest under-achievers are QPR, with a £75.3million wage bill even from a season when The biggest under-achievers were in the Championship making The biggest under-achievers the eighth-highest payers - yet The biggest under-achievers are down at 19th in the Premier League table.
article_snippet.sent: The wages costs and profits or losses of all top-flight clubs for 2013-14 have now been confirmed via annual accounts posted at Companies House and overall there is a close correlation between total salary bill and league position, with the current top four in the Premier League also the four biggest payers.
article_snippet.sent: The figures also show Sunderland are the ninth-highest payers but are 16th in the table.
article_snippet.sent: Burnley have the lowest wage bill with £21.5m based on the financial figures from last season .
highlights_snippet.sent: Seventh-placed Southampton's wage bill for last season was £55.2million .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Third-placed Manchester United have the highest wage bill at £215.8m .
  