Actors' Role Salaries Compered To Real World Salaries (20 pics)

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Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver: $35,000

Travis Bickle, Taxi Driver: $35,930 a year

2

Denzel Washington in Flight: $2 million

Whip Whitaker, Airline Pilot: $86,080 a year

3

Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde: $1 million

Elle Woods, Lawyer: $120,910 a year

4

Steve Carell on The Office: $175,000 an episode

Michael Scott, Regional Sales Manager: $131,490 a year

5

Tina Fey on 30 Rock: $300,000 an episode (during the last season)

Liz Lemon, Head Writer: $1 million a year

6

Zoe Kravitz on Big Little Lies: $3 million for season two

Bonnie Carlson, Yoga Instructor: $80,000 a year

7

Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones’s Diary: $3.5 million

Bridget Jones, Publishing Assistant: $25,000 a year

8

Harrison Ford in the Indiana Jones franchise: $65 million a movie

Indiana Jones, Archaeologist: $62,410 a year

9

Ellen Pompeo on Grey’s Anatomy: $20 million a year

Meredith Grey, Chief of General Surgery: $491,364 a year

10

Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler: $100,000

Robin Ramzinski, Professional Wrestler: $182,000 a year

11

Drew Barrymore on Santa Clarita Diet: $350,000 an episode

Sheila Hammond, Realtor: $50,300 a year

12

Ben Stiller in Zoolander: $2.5 million

Derek Zoolander, Top Male Model: $265,000- $1.5 million a year

13

Winona Ryder on Stranger Things: $350,000 an episode

Joyce Byers, Retail Clerk: $24,340 a year

14

Will Ferrell in Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: $7 million

Ron Burgundy, Broadcast News Analyst: $64,600 a year

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Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada: $5 million

Miranda Priestly, editor-in-chief at a fashion magazine: $2 million a year

16

Joaquin Phoenix in Ladder 49: $850,000

Jack Morrison, Firefighter: $49,620 a year

17

Melissa McCarthy in The Heat: $2.5 million

Shannon Mullins, Detective: $63,380 a year

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Sterling K. Brown on This Is Us: $250,000 per episode

Randall Pearson, City Councilman: $129,000 a year