What Were the Characters Salaries in the Final Season?
How I Met Your Mother Was a Hugely Popular Show in Its Prime, and Here's How Much the Core Cast Raked in During the Show's Final Season. How I Met Your Mother...
How I Met Your Mother was a hugely popular show in its prime, and here's how much the core cast raked in during the show's final season.
How I Met Your Mother will likely always be one of the most beloved sitcoms. Whether fans love Barney, Ted, or Robin, they know that they at least laugh with all of these incredible characters. In nine seasons, this show certainly gained traction with their fans, and there are many that are still quoting Barney's playbook or Lily's wise words.
Of course, audiences probably also fell in love with the real men and women behind these quirky characters. In case fans are wondering how much this hilarious cast earned to bring these characters to life, we've made a list. While most of the characters have kept their salaries under wraps, there are definitely a few that have made it public. Here is the main cast and how much they were making per episode before the series came to an end.
Updated on March 10th, 2022 by George Chrysostomou: The salary of some of these incredible actors is still being discussed with the release of How I Met Your Father. At the show's height, it was drawing in millions of viewers and the pay for each performer very much reflects those incredible numbers as reported by Celebrity Net Worth.
Cristin Millioti - $25,000 Per Episode
While it hasn't been officially released what this woman's salary was from playing the infamous mother on this show who had a terrible ending, one can make a pretty confident estimation. Cristin Millioti has a net worth of about $2 million and is said to make an annual salary of around $350,000. Since she starred in about 14 episodes per year (for 2013 and 2014), that would mean that her How I Met Your Mother salary was around $25,000 per episode of playing Tracy McConnell.
That's not bad, and fans certainly loved this adorable and talented lady as the mother. In 25 episodes, it's easy to do the math on how much this role contributed to her overall net worth.
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Wayne Brady - $30,000 Per Episode
Wayne Brady is said to have made about $400,000 in total earnings from this series. He appears in 14 episodes, which would work out to be about $30,000 per episode. That's not a bad deal, considering he's not really a main character in any of the episodes he appears in.
Wayne Brady has a net worth of about $10 million, so he's certainly not hurting for dough. Fans know and love this man on the show as Barney's brother, James. Of course, this show is certainly not Wayne's claim to fame, so we're not surprised he made a pretty decent amount from appearing as a secondary character. Fans love this role, but this comedy actor and game show host is a man of many skills.
Alexander Ross has covered the video game industry for a decade, writing deep dives on game design, esports tournaments, VR developments, and gaming culture.
