Denise Richards
Before joining the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Denise was first and foremost an actress! She started her career as a model but ended up finding her stride on film through roles on popular movies like Starship Troopers. No wonder she ended up on TV—she’s got tons of experience stealing the spotlight.
Her success doesn’t stop there, though. Her $12 million was built through smart investments in property as well as her work on TV. Denise Richards's salary for The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills is a shocking $4 million dollars, but wait up…that’s over a four-year time frame, which only makes it a measly million per season. And she only lasted two seasons on RHOBH before quitting, so wonder how that deal panned out..!
Camille Meyer
You may know Camille Meyer (formerly Camille Grammer) as the ex-wife of actor Kelsey Grammer from Frasier and Cheers. She was also a cast member of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills but is now just a friend of the housewives.
Camille Grammer has a stunning net worth of more than $50 million, largely in part due to her split from Kelsey Grammer. This just goes to show that a friend of the housewives can be just as rich as a cast member.
Kyle Richards
Before Kyle Richards made it big on reality TV, she was a budding child actress. She was on 18 seasons of Little House on the Prairie and appears in Halloween.
Kyle has a jaw-dropping net worth of more than $100 million, largely thanks to her successful real estate investor husband! However, she only makes a small $270,000 per season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.
Andy Cohen
Andy Cohen is easily one of the most recognizable celebrities on the reality TV network. Andy is originally from St. Louis Missouri, and he started out his career in television as an intern with CBS News.
Andy joined Bravo in 2004 as the vice president of original programming when Bravo bought television network Trio. It’s been a long time since 2004, and Andy has built a net worth of more than $50 million with a $10 million annual salary!
Melissa Gorga
Melissa Gorga has been a cast member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey since season 3, along with her husband, Joe Gorga. Melissa also happens to be co-star Teresa Giudice’s sister-in-law, proving that in New Jersey, it’s all about family.
Melissa and her husband Joe’s combined net worth is around $2 million. After all these years of keeping us entertained on TV, she makes a salary of $750,000 per season of the show. She also released a book in 2013, called Love Italian Style: The Secrets of My Hot and Happy Marriage.
Teresa Giudice
There’s no question that Teresa Giudice makes some dang good television. As an original cast member of RHONJ (The Real Housewives of New Jersey), Teresa’s larger-than-life personality has put her in the Housewives Hall of Fame. She brings the drama no matter what—even if she ends up in jail.
Teresa has shown the world her fair share of family drama and legal problems, which is all the more reason we like to see her on the show. It’s reported that she makes around $1 million per season of the show, but given her track record of reporting financials, we’ll believe it when we see it.
Kandi Burrus
Real Housewives of Atlanta cast member Kandi Burris isn’t your average housewife; she's also a very talented songwriter and producer! Kandi started writing music very early on. At the age of only 15, Kandi began her career at the BET Teen Summit.
Kandi joined Bravo for season two of Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2009. She makes around $450,000 per season of the show and has an overall net worth of $30 million.
Fredrick Eklund
You could say that Fredrick Eklund of Million Dollar Listing New York was born wealthy, and well… you wouldn’t be wrong. His father, Klas Eklund, is the senior economist at Swedish bank SEB, and his grandparents were successful actors!
Frederick has sold more than five billion dollars’ worth of real estate in his career, easily making him one of the most successful in the industry. He's currently worth more than $30 million.
Shannon Beador
Shannon joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Orange County in December 2013 for the show's ninth season. Shannon’s previous marriage was with David Beador, who owns a pretty successful construction company with a substantial annual revenue of $13 million a year. Her net worth is $20 million.
Shannon divorced her husband in 2017 after 17 years of marriage. The divorce was finalized in 2018 and came with a sweet alimony check of $22,500 a month in Shannon’s favor. Her divorce documents also showed that she was earning around $400,000 from her own job—her job allegedly being a cast member on the show.
Nene Leakes
Linnethia Monique Johnson, otherwise known as Nene Leakes, is probably one of the most memorable housewives from The Real Housewives of Atlanta. Nene was born in Queens, but she lived most of her life with her auntie in Athens, Georgia.
Nene made appearances on several TV shows before meeting the producers at Bravo and making her debut on The Real Housewives of Atlanta in 2008. Nene is one of the highest-paid housewives, making $1 million per season. She also has a shocking net worth of $14 million!
Dorit Kemsley
Reality TV star and fashion designer Dorit Kemsley started her career fashion with a global swimwear company, where she spent 10 years. When she moved to New York in 2009, she started her own company, called Dorit International.
Dorit joined the cast of The Real Housewives of New York in 2016 and earns $100,000 per episode of the show. She also has a stellar net worth of $50 million!
Heather Dubrow
Before making it big as a member of The Real Housewives of Orange County, Heather was pursuing a career in musical theater! She got her start performing at the Golden Horseshoe Jamboree at Disneyland.
Heather joined The Real Housewives of Orange County during its seventh season after befriending housewife Tamra Judge. Heather now has a net worth of $50 million.
Bethenny Frankel
Bethenny Frankel found her fame as a cast member of The Real Housewives of New York, but she turned life in the limelight into a money machine! Since appearing on the show, she’s written two New York Times Best Sellers and also launched her Skinny Girl brand.
Bethenny joined Bravo in 2008, where she spent eight seasons on the show. She makes $40,000 per episode of the show and has a superb net worth of $70 million.
Sonja Morgan
Besides being a fabulous cast member of The Real Housewives of New York, Sonja Morgan was a former model, film producer, entrepreneur, and socialite. She’s a New York native, born in Albany, and she attended the Fashion Institute of Technology. Her ex-husband is also a descendant of the founder of J.P Morgan & Co.
Sonja joined the cast of the RHONY for season 3 of the show in 2010. As of now, she’s making around $465,000 per season of the show and something like $20,000 per scene that she’s in—similar to LuAnn de Lesseps. Sonja apparently has expensive taste, but she’s got the bills to back it up, with a net worth of $8 million.
Lisa Vanderpump
You may know Lisa from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills or Vanderpump Rules, but did you know she has been on-screen since she was a child? Lisa began her career in showbiz in 1973’s A Touch of Class. She also appears in a cult classic horror movie called Killer’s Moon.
From the looks of her gorgeous Beverly Hills estate and her fabulous Rolls Royce, one would assume she’s extremely wealthy, and you’d be right. She makes $500,000 per season of the show and has a net worth of $75 million.
Tom Sandoval
Tom Sandoval is another one of the OG cast members of Lisa’s show, Vanderpump Rules. Tom joined the show in season one and only earned a combined $38,000 for season one and two. He’s one of the bartenders on the show, and for several seasons he was involved in an entangled love affair with another cast member.
For bringing the drama, Tom got a nice pay raise, though. In 2020 his earnings per episode were reported at $25,000. That pay raise paid off because Tom Sandavol is now worth a nice $4 million! He’s come a long way from the lover boy bartender he used to be. You go, Tom!
Jill Zarin
Jill Zarin is a woman of many talents. From marketing to housewife, she wears many hats and earns many checks. Jill joined the cast of The Real Housewives of New York City in season one and spent five seasons on the show.
Jill Zarin has earned most of her fortune from real estate and has built a fabulous net worth of $20 million.
Yolanda Hadid
Mother of supermodels, Yolanda Hadid joined the cast of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills on season three. She left in 2016 to focus on recovering from Lyme disease. (Two of her children, Bella and Anwar, reportedly have Lyme disease as well.)
Yolanda enjoyed a very successful modeling career before becoming a reality TV star. On RHOBH she earned $100,000 per episode of the show. She also has a net worth of more than $45 million.
Stassi Schroeder
We got to meet Stassi Schroeder on Lisa Vanderpump's personal spin off reality show, Vanderpump Rules. Stassi is one of the original cast members of the show and has been serving up hot drama along with some tasty cocktails at Lisa’s restaurant, SUR.
Stassi’s net worth is listed at $2 million according to Celebritynetworth.com. However, she was fired from the show in 2020 for past racist behavior. She reportedly bagged around $25,000 for each episode they filmed of the show. Had she made it a few more seasons, maybe she’d be worth more than just two million.
Josh Flagg
Bravolebrity and real estate mogul Josh Flagg got his start in real estate at only 18 years old! He’s a Los Angeles native and got his start selling high-end luxury properties in the one and only Beverly Hills. That's where we want to be!
Josh Flagg joined the Bravo family in August of 2006 as a cast member for Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles. He currently has a net worth of more than $35 million.
Padma Lakshmi
Actress, author, and model—Padma Lakshmi has done it all! Padma is from Chennai, India, and got her start on an Italian live cooking show. Padma joined the Bravo family in 2006 as the host for the Emmy award-winning cooking show, Top Chef.
Padma has also written several books, one of our favorites being Love, Loss, and What We Ate: A Memoir. She has built a stunning net worth of $40 million and makes $50,000 per episode of Top Chef.
LuAnn de Lesseps
LuAnn de Lesseps, the Countess turned reality TV royalty, sashayed onto screens with a couture-clad swagger, making "class" her catchphrase and social faux pas her forte. Known for her impeccable manners and equally impeccable ability to stir up drama, she navigated the "Real Housewives of New York City" with the grace of a swan and the cunning of a fox.
Despite her "money can't buy you class" anthem, her net worth is reportedly around $2 million, proving that while manners may be her mantra, money talks louder. Oh, LuAnn, the countess of controversy, long may your reign of reality reign!
Erika Jayne Girardi
Pop princess Erika Jayne is worth a stunning $5 million. Her successful dance music career started in 2007, when she released her first track called “Roller Coaster”. Her single hit number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. There’s no double that Erika is extremely rich, just look at her! She looks like a million bucks. That’s because she literally spends over $40,000 a month on clothes.
She can afford it though, because she earns approximately $500,000 per season of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Plus, her lawyer husband has allegedly done a lot of shady stuff. Erika insists she knew nothing about his shady business dealings, but the timing of her filing for divorce is suspish—enough so that a documentary about the scandal just dropped on Hulu; it's called The Housewife & The Hustler. It was so convincing, in fact, that Erika's lawyer dropped her as a client. Wonder what her net worth will look like after this...
Vicki Gunvalson
Vicki Gunvalson is one of the OG cast members of The Real Housewives of Orange County. She’s made her millions as an independent insurance agent, author, and reality TV star. Vicki was a primary cast member of the show for 13 seasons, and she put her time on the show to good use building a stellar net worth of $7 Million.
Since Vicki is not only an original housewife on the show, but also an original housewife for the entire franchise, she's compensated pretty nicely for her time. She’s one of the highest-paid housewives in all of Orange County. She brings home a stellar $750,000 per season of the show.
Porsha Williams
Before Porsha joined the Bravo network on the cast of The Real Housewives of Atlanta, she was a model and actress! She was also known as a former NFL wife. She was married to NFL Player Kordell Stewart. She joined the housewives midway through season five in 2012 and became famous.
Porsha has been earning her coin while entertaining us all at home. Porsha spent a lot of time on the show fighting with Kenya Moore, a cast mate. While Kenya was on the show, Porsha was earning $800,000 per season, but now she’s earning $1.25 million since Kenya and Sheree were fired.
Tamra Judge
Outside of her time as a fabulous reality TV star, Tamra co-owns a successful fitness brand called C.U.T. Fitness along with her hubby, Eddie Judge. She was also a real estate agent for Ladera Realtor. But she’s best-known for being one of the cast members of The Real Housewives of Orange County since 2006.
Tamra has a stunning net worth of $2 million from her substantial time on the show and from her fitness company. After all these years on the show, Tamra is said to earn around $600,000 per season. It seems like being a Real Housewife has its perks.
Ryan Serhant
Ryan Serhant started out in Houston, Texas as a budding actor. After spending some time modeling for stock photos, Ryan landed his first TV gig as Evan Walsh on soap opera As the World Turns.
As his acting career died down, Ryan turned to hand modeling, but real estate changed his life! You can currently find Ryan on Million Dollar Listing New York. He's currently worth more than $20 Million.
Kristen Doute
Along with Stassi, Kristen Doute was also part of the original cast members of Lisa Vanderpump’s spin off show Vanderpump Rules. She also was fired from the show along with Stassi for filing a false police report against co-star Faith Stowers. Faith accused the two of racism, which prompted their termination from the show.
Kristen has a net worth of $1 million, and she was paid $25,000 per episode of the show. After her time on the show, Kristen opened a fashion line named James Mae, named after her niece and nephew. She also wrote a book titled He’s Making You Crazy, which was released in 2020 amid all the bad press. Ouch. Bad timing.