From Movie Star To Assistant How Much Do Hollywood Jobs Pay

Fortunately, assistants work their way up in the industry. They become agents and studio executives and screenwriters and show runners – and that’s when you bring home the truly big money that Hollywood has to offer. David Geffen, who has a net worth of $6.9 billion, started as an assistant at the William Morris Agency, for example. From film actors to TV actors to directors, producers, agents, screenwriters, and more – let’s take a look at what the top earners in show business make. As they say, “there’s no business like show business…” Film Actor Dwayne Johnson Salary: $19 million for Jumanji TV Actors Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki Salary: $1 million per episode for The Big Bang Theory Newscaster Matt Lauer Salary: $25 million for Today Show Runners Up: Bill O’Reilly Salary: $20 million for The O’Reilly Factor Robin Roberts Salary: $18 million for Good Morning America Megyn Kelly Salary: $10 million for The Kelly Files Director Christopher Nolan Salary: $20 million plus 20% of box office gross Producer Scott Rudin Salary: $2.5 million upfront plus a percentage of the box office gross Screenwriter Simon Kinberg Salary: $8 million plus $350,000 per week for rewrites for X Men: Apocalypse Show Runner Vince Gilligan Salary: $50,000 per episode for Better Call Saul Agents Ari Emanuel – WME-IMG Richard Lovett – CAA Salary: $10 million + Studio Head Stacey Snider Salary: estimated $5 million for Co-Chair of 20th Century Fox CEO Les Moonves Salary: $56.8 million for CBS Digital Felix Kjellberg Salary: $15 million for You Tube Channel PewDiePie Other: Animator: $105,000 Boom Operator: $80,000 Makeup Artist: $79,500 Craft Services: $65,000 Assistant: $30,000