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20 Women Who Make More Than Their Superstar Husbands

You wouldn’t think that in the year 2024, this would still be a thing—but it is. Gender pay inequality. That’s right. In the United States, men are paid more on average than women, regardless of their position, level of experience, or skill. As a matter of fact, on average, the median salary for men is 19% higher than that of women. We just thought about how unfair that is, and we decided to see if we could find women who make more than their spouses.

Not only did we find women who make substantially more than their life partners, but we also found 20 famous ladies who make way more than their equally famous partners. Read on to get all the tea about who makes what in which celebrity relationship!

The amounts mentioned in this slideshow came from www.celebritynetworth.com

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban

The Oscar winning actress, singer, and film producer is worth an estimated $250 million all by herself. Nicole Kidman is married to fellow Aussie, Keith Urban, a very popular and lucrative Country singer. 

However, his net worth is just estimated to be $75 million on his own. Hey, that’s still a good chunk of money for us! We’ll take him!

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Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick

Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick

Both Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick earned places in the public’s hearts after their iconic roles in the 80s films Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. 

However, despite Broderick’s lucrative film and Broadway career, Parker is still the breadwinner with a net worth of about $150 million while his net worth is estimated to be a mere $50 million.

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Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton

Gwen Stefani and Blake Shelton

Gwen Stefanie rose from the ashes of the 1990s and sung her way into our hearts forever with hits like “Don’t Speak.” Now, the singer is also an actor, fashion designer, and record producer, among other things. 

Her net worth is currently estimated at $150 million all by her little lonesome. Her fiancé, country sensation, Blake Shelton, has an estimated worth of just around $100 million, even earning $13 million per cycle on The Voice.

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Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder

Julia Roberts and Daniel Moder

Julia Roberts stole our hearts in films like Mystic Pizza, Steel Magnolias, and Pretty Woman back in the late 80s/early 90s and she’s never given them back. As a matter of fact, we love her so much that she became one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood, and despite the fact that she took a step back from acting several years ago, her net worth is still valued at about $250 million. 

Her cinematographer husband, Daniel Moder, is just worth about $10 million.

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Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied

Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied

Natalie Portman broke into the film world at the tender age of 11, when she played Mathilda in the film Leon: The Professional. Since then, the actress, model, film producer, director, and screenwriter has amassed a $90 million net worth. 

Her husband, actor, ballet dancer, choreographer, and film producer, Benjamin Millepied has a net worth of about $10 million.

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Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance

Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance

Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance have graced film and television screens for years. Combined, the couple has a net worth of about $25 million. 

However, Bassett, actress, singer, and film producer has an estimated net worth of $21 million while Courtney B. Vance, who is also an actor and film producer is worth just about $4 million on his own.

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Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr.

Sarah Michelle Gellar and Freddie Prinze Jr. were both mega-superstars in the 90s. Imagine all 90s kids’ glee when two of our favorites got married after they appeared in Scooby Doo together! 

However, Sarah Michelle is the obvious breadwinner in the marriage with a net worth of about $30 million, while Freddie trails behind at $19 million.

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Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos

Kelly Ripa is another celebrity who needs no introduction. From her time on daytime television in the 90s to her time as a television personality, in addition to her time as a television producer, Ripa has racked up about $120 million in net worth.

However, her husband, Mark Consuelos, who started his acting career at the same time as Ripa on the same show is just worth around $40 million.

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Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson

Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson

Jessica is a singer, actress, entrepreneur, and television personality who just released a tell all memoir this year. Her net worth is pegged to be somewhere around $200 million. 

Her husband, NFL alum, Eric Johnson only has a net worth of about $10 million on his own.

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Jessica Alba and Cash Warren

Jessica Alba and Cash Warren

Jessica Alba is known mostly for her roles in the early 2000s such as Good Luck Chuck, Idle Hands, and The Fantastic Four. These days she’s just modeling and mothering, but still, her estimated net worth is at $200 million. 

Her husband, film and television producer, Cash Warren’s net worth is estimated to be just $20 million.

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Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham

Oprah Winfrey and Stedman Graham

Never married, but life partners for more than 30 years, Oprah is the obvious winner in this contest. Don’t sleep on Stedman, though. He is worth an estimated $10 million all on his own with interests in writing, educating, business, and public speaking. 

But still, it doesn’t touch Oprah’s net worth, which is estimated to be about $3.5 BILLION.

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Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard

Kristen Bell and Dax Shepard

Kristen Bell is the main money maker in this relationship, and no wonder! She is a Disney princess, after all. 

Between her acting, voice acting, commercials, and all her other ventures, she is worth an estimated $28 million as compared to her equally super popular celebrity husband, Dax Shepard, who is estimated to have a net worth of $12 million.

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Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone

American actress and comedian Melissa McCarthy worked for nearly 20 years to break into show business, but all that hard work obviously paid off. McCarthy now has a net worth of about $90 million. 

Her husband, Ben Falcone, who is an actor, screenwriter, comedian, and film director has a net worth of just $2 million by himself.

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Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher

Carrie Underwood and Mike Fisher

Carrie Underwood shouldn’t even need an introduction, but just in case you’re unfamiliar: She is an American country singer, fashion designer, song writer, actress, and author whose net worth is somewhere around $140 million. 

Her husband, ice hockey player for the Nashville Predators of the NHL, Mike Fisher is just worth about $30 million by himself.

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Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom

Katy Perry broke out onto the music scene in 2008 when her song I Kissed A Girl hit the top 100 and went all the way to number one. Ever since, Perry has been entertaining us with her unique music and awesome voice and has racked up an awesome $330 million net worth. 

Her partner and baby daddy, Orlando Bloom who burst onto the film scene as Legolas in the Lord of the Rings films is worth an estimated $40 million.

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Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman

Anne Hathaway and Adam Shulman

Actress and Oscar winner Anne Hathaway broke into superstardom portraying Amelia Thermopolous, in Disney’s 2001 film The Princess Diaries alongside film legend Julie Andrews. 

Since then, she’s amassed quite a fortune with her net worth standing at around $60 million. Her husband, actor and jewelry designer, Adam Shulman is estimated to be worth just $1 million on his own.

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Nicole Richie and Joel Madden

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden

Nicole Richie, daughter of legendary singer Lionel Richie, Goddaughter of Michael Jackson, and niece of Quincy Jones is a singer, actress, fashion designer, and television personality in her own right. She has a net worth of around $10 million. 

Meanwhile, her equally famous husband, lead vocalist for the band Good Charlotte, Joel Madden has a net worth of about $5 million on his own.

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Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello

Sofia Vergara and Joe Manganiello

In 2020, Sofia Vergara became the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Her net worth stands at around $180 million. 

Her super-hunky now-ex-husband, Magic Mike and True Blood actor Joe Manganiello, has a respectable net worth of just $20 million. But really. Who cares? We’ll still take him even if she won't!

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Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green

Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green

So Megan ditched Green for Machine Gun Kelly recently, but before the pair officially split up, Megan was the chief breadwinner with her earnings from modeling and acting giving her a net worth of about $8 million while Brian’s net worth sits around $4 million. 

Maybe Fox ditched Green for MGK because he’s worth at least $10 million by himself…

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Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady

Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady

Supermodel Gisele Bundchen has an astounding net worth of around $400 million. She’s also been a supermodel since the mid-'90s. 

More surprising than her net worth is that her now-ex-husband, Tom Brady, the GOAT of the NFL, is only worth an estimated $180 million. Together, before their divorce, the Brady-Bundchens were worth $580 million.

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