1 of 40 Michael Yarish.Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
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Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Salary: $1 million each per episode plus profit participation
2 of 40 Sonja Flemming
Mark Harmon, NCIS
Salary: $525,000 per episode plus profit participation
3 of 40 Nathaniel Bell/Netflix
Kevin Spacey, House of Cards
Salary: $500,000 per episode (includes producer fee)
4 of 40 Craig Blankenhorn/NBC
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Salary: $400,000 per episode
5 of 40 Danny Feld/ABC
Patrick Dempsey and Ellen Pompeo, Grey's Anatomy
Salary: $350,000 each per episode
6 of 40 Danny Feld/ABC
Julie Bowen, Modern Family
Salary: $190,000 per episode plus profit participation
7 of 40 Doug Hyun/TNT
Angie Harmon, Rizzoli & Isles
Salary: $185,000 per episode
8 of 40 John Fleenor/NBC
Kate Walsh, Bad Judge
Salary: $175,000 per episode
9 of 40 Richard Cartwright/ABC
Kerry Washington, Scandal
Salary: $150,000 per episode
10 of 40 Paul Schiraldi/HBO
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Veep
Salary: $150,000 per episode
11 of 40 Jordin Althaus/FOX
Mindy Kaling, The Mindy Project
Salary: $140,000 per episode (includes producer fee)
12 of 40 Sonja Flemming/CBS
Will Arnett, The Millers
Salary: $125,000 per episode
13 of 40 Craig Blankenhorn/CBS
Tea Leoni, Madam Secretary
Salary: $125,000 per episode
14 of 40 Joe Alblas/Showtime
Mandy Patinkin, Homeland
Salary: $125,000 per episode
15 of 40 Eddy Chen/Fox
Andre Braugher, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Salary: $100,000 per episode
16 of 40 Patrick Harbron/CBS
Johnny Lee Miller, Elementary
Salary: $100,000 per episode
17 of 40 Adam Taylor/ABC
Anthony Anderson, Black-ish
Salary: $100,000 per episode
18 of 40 Jack Rowand/The CW
Jesse L. Martin, The Flash
Salary: $100,000 per episode
19 of 40 Patrick Wymore/Showtime
Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan, Masters of Sex
Salary: $100,000 each per episode
20 of 40 HBO
Justin Theroux, The Leftovers
Salary: $75,000 per episode
21 of 40 Robert Voets/CBS
Jack McGee, The McCarthys
Salary: $60,000 per episode
22 of 40 A&E
Katee Sackhoff, Longmire
Salary: $60,000 per episode
23 of 40 Heidi Gutman/ABC
Tracee Ellis Ross, Black-ish
Salary: $50,000 per episode
24 of 40 WGN
Shane West, Salem
Salary: $50,000 per episode
25 of 40 JSquared/The CW
Gina Rodriguez, Jane the Virgin
Salary: $40,000 per episode
26 of 40 Monry Brinton/CBS
Katharine McPhee, Scorpion
Salary: $40,000 per episode
27 of 40 JoJo Whilden/Netflix
Taylor Schilling, Orange Is the New Black
Salary: $35,000 per episode
28 of 40 CBS
Judy Sheindlin, Judge Judy
Salary: $47 million per year
29 of 40 Michael Becker/FOX
Jennifer Lopez, American Idol
Salary: $17.5 million per season
30 of 40 Craig Blankenhorn/NBC
Howard Stern, America's Got Talent
Salary: $15 million per year
31 of 40 History
The Harrison Family, Pawn Stars
Salary: $125,000 per episode
32 of 40 Zach Dilgard/Lifetime
Elena Gant, Little Women L.A
Salary: $2,000 per episode
33 of 40 Comedy Central
Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Salary: $25-30 million per year
34 of 40 Heidi Gutman/NBC
Matt Lauer, Today
Salary: $22-25 million per year
35 of 40 Ida Mae Astute/ABC
Robin Roberts, Good Morning America
Salary: $14 million per year
36 of 40 FOX News
Shepard Smith, Fox News
$10 million per year
37 of 40 John Paul Filo/CBS
Scott Pelley, CBS Evening News/60 Minutes
Salary: $7 million per year
38 of 40 Lou Rocco/ABC, Corbis
Whoopi Goldberg and Rosie O'Donnell, The View
Salary: $5 million each per year
39 of 40 Heidi Gutman/ABC
David Muir, ABC World News
Salary: $5 million per year
40 of 40 Heidi Gutman/MSNBC
Ronan Farrow, MSNBC
Salary: $650,000 per year