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List of highest-paid American television stars

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This is a list of people starring on American television that are the highest-paid, based on verified sources for each person.

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Name	Program	Role	Salary	Inflation Adjusted	Year	Ref.
Jennifer Aniston	The Morning Show	Alex Levy	$2 million	$2,383,000	2019–	^[1]^[2]
Reese Witherspoon	The Morning Show	Bradley Jackson	$2 million	$2,383,000	2019–	^[1]^[2]
Charlie Sheen	Two and a Half Men	Charlie Harper	$1.8 million	$2,438,000	2010–11	^[3]
Ray Romano	Everybody Loves Raymond	Raymond Barone	$1.725 million	$2,652,000	2003–05	^[4]
Kelsey Grammer	Frasier	Frasier Crane	$1.6 million	$2,581,000	2002–04	^[5]
Chris Pratt	The Terminal List	James Reece	$1.4 million	$1,648,000	2022–	^[6]
Tim Allen	Home Improvement	Tim Taylor	$1.25 million	$2,286,000	1998–99	^[3]
Jerry Seinfeld	Seinfeld	Jerry Seinfeld	$1 million	$1,869,000	1997–98	^[7]
Helen Hunt	Mad About You	Jamie Buchman	$1 million	$1,829,000	1998–99	^[8]
Paul Reiser	Mad About You	Paul Buchman	$1 million	$1,829,000	1998–99	^[8]
Jennifer Aniston	Friends	Rachel Green	$1 million	$1,613,000	2002–04	^[9]
Courteney Cox		Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow		Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc		Joey Tribbiani
David Schwimmer		Ross Geller
Matthew Perry		Chandler Bing
James Gandolfini	The Sopranos	Tony Soprano	$1 million	$1,469,000	2006–07	^[10]
Kaley Cuoco	The Big Bang Theory	Penny	$1 million	$1,270,000	2015–17	^[11]
Johnny Galecki		Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons		Sheldon Cooper
Nicole Kidman	Big Little Lies	Celeste Wright	$1 million	$1,192,000	2019	^[12]
Reese Witherspoon	Big Little Lies	Madeline Martha Mackenzie	$1 million	$1,192,000	2019	^[12]
Jeff Bridges	The Old Man	Dan Chase	$1 million	$1,177,000	2021–	^[6]
Simon Helberg	The Big Bang Theory	Howard Wolowitz	$900,000	$1,092,000	2017-19	^[13]
Kunal Nayyar	The Big Bang Theory	Raj Koothrapali	$900,000	$1,092,000	2017-19	^[13]
Roseanne Barr	Roseanne	Roseanne Conner	$875,000	$1,700,000	1996-97	^[14]
Ashton Kutcher	Two and a Half Men	Walden Schmidt	$755,000	$959,000	2014	^[3]
Drew Carey	The Drew Carey Show	Drew Carey	$750,000	$1,210,000	2001–04	^[3]
David Hyde Pierce	Frasier	Niles Crane	$750,000	$1,210,000	2004	^[15]
Lauren Graham	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Lorelai Gilmore	$750,000	$952,000	2016	^[16]
Alexis Bledel	Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life	Rory Gilmore	$750,000	$952,000	2016	^[16]
Bryan Cranston	Your Honor	Michael Desiato	$750,000	$883,000	2019–2020	^[6]
Hugh Laurie	House	Dr. Gregory House	$700,000	$929,000	2011–12	^[17]
Andrew Lincoln	The Walking Dead	Rick Grimes	$650,000	$789,000	2017–18	^[18]
Kate Winslet	Mare of Easttown	Mare Sheehan	$650,000	$765,000	2019–2020	^[6]
Jon Cryer	Two and a Half Men	Alan Harper	$620,000	$797,000	2013–15	^[19]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	Seinfeld	Elaine Benes	$600,000	$1,122,000	1997–98	^[3]
Jason Alexander		George Costanza
Michael Richards		Cosmo Kramer
Eric McCormack	Will & Grace	Will Truman	$600,000	$907,000	2005–06	^[20]
Debra Messing		Grace Adler
Megan Mullally		Karen Walker
Sean Hayes		Jack McFarland
Steve Martin	Only Murders in the Building	Charles-Haden Savage	$600,000	$706,000	2020–	^[6]
Martin Short	Only Murders in the Building	Oliver Putnam	$600,000	$706,000	2020–
Gillian Anderson	The First Lady	Eleanor Roosevelt	$600,000	$706,000	2021–
Viola Davis		Michelle Obama
Michelle Pfeiffer		Betty Ford
Pedro Pascal	The Last of Us	Joel Miller	$600,000	$706,000	2021–
Ellen Pompeo	Grey's Anatomy	Meredith Grey	$575,000	$685,000	2005–	^[21]
Alec Baldwin	Dr. Death	Robert Henderson	$575,000	$677,000	2020–2021	^[6]
Norman Reedus	The Walking Dead	Daryl Dixon	$550,000	$667,000	2017–18	^[18]
Sofía Vergara	Modern Family	Gloria Pritchett	$500,000	$596,000	2009–2020	^[22]

Name	Program	Role	Salary	Year	Ref.
Simon Cowell	The X Factor	Judge	$75 million	2012–13	^[23]
Ariana Grande	The Voice	Coach	$25 million	2021	^[24]
Katy Perry	American Idol	Judge	$25 million	2022-	^[25]
Jennifer Lopez	American Idol	Judge	$20 million	2011–12	^[26]
Christina Aguilera	The Voice	Coach	$20 million	2011–16	^[27]
Mariah Carey	American Idol	Judge	$18 million	2012–13	^[28]
Ryan Seacrest	American Idol	Host	$15 million	2013–16	^[23]
Britney Spears	The X Factor	Judge	$15 million	2012	^[28]
Miley Cyrus	The Voice	Coach	$13 million	2016–17	^[29]
Adam Levine				2016–18	^[29]
Blake Shelton				2016–18	^[29]
Kelly Clarkson			$12 million	2018	^[30]
Shakira				2013	^[31]
Gwen Stefani				2017	^[32]
Nicki Minaj	American Idol	Judge		2012–13	^[33]

Name	Program	Role	Salary	Year	Ref.
Ellen DeGeneres	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Host	$50 million	2017	^[34]
Judith Sheindlin	Judge Judy	Judge	$47 million	2013	^[35]
Barbara Walters	The View	Host	$13 million	2007	^[36]
Bob Barker	The Price Is Right	Game show host	$10 million	2001	^[37]

Name	Program	Role	Salary	Ref.
Matt Lauer	Today	Anchor	$21 million	^[38]
Meredith Vieira	Today	Anchor	$15 million	^[39]^[40]
Katie Couric	CBS Evening News	News anchor	$15 million	^[41]

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List of highest-paid American television stars

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