What does Kris Jenner make on The Kardashians?
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The Kardashians salary: $8.3 million – $12.5 million per season
Keeping Up With the Kardashians salary: $5 million – $7.5 million per season
Net worth: $170 million
Variety reported in 2022 that the Kardashian-Jenners were paid at nine figures—or at least $100 million—for two seasons and 40 episodes of The Kardashians. “Well, money always matters,” Kris told Variety at the time about why the family decided to move from E! to Hulu. “I think that anybody would be foolish to say that money doesn’t matter anymore.”
Khloé also confirmed to Variety that all six Kardashian-Jenner cast members—Kris, Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie—received the same salary for The Kardashians. “We are all equals,” Khloé said. This means that each Kardashian-Jenner made at least $16.6 million for The Kardashians. All six Kardashian-Jenners are also executive producers on the series. “We stepped up to a great deal that they very much deserve,” Dana Walden, chairman of entertainment of Disney Television (which owns Hulu) told Variety. “Who would you want more for your unscripted slate than the Kardashians? They perfectly symbolize our strategy, which is taking big shots, but the right shots, and betting on incredible talent and best-in-class opportunities in each genre.”
Though the $100 million was split equally among the Kardashian-Jenners, Kris still stands to make the most. As Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall and Kylie’s manager, Kris takes a 10 percent cut of her children’s businesses, according to Forbes. If this was also true for The Kardashians, this means that Kris received $10 million from her 10 percent cut Hulu’s total $100 million pay for The Kardashians, as well as a sixth of the remaining $90 million split among the six Kardashian-Jenner women. A sixth of $90 million is $15 million, which means that Kris made a total of $25 million for two seasons of The Kardashians, while her five daughters made $15 million each.
The numbers are also a lot more than what the Kardashian-Jenners made for Keeping Up With the Kardashians, which ran on E! for 20 seasons from 2007 to 2021. In 2017, Variety reported that the Kardashian-Jenners signed a “below $100 million” deal with E! to renew KUWTK through 2021. TMZ, however, reported at the time that the number was even higher. According to TMZ, the Kardashian-Jenners signed a $150 million deal with E! in 2017 to renew KUWTK for five seasons. TMZ also reported that E! didn’t pay the Kardashian-Jenners individually. Instead, it paid the family as a whole and it was Kardashian-Jenners’ decision on how the money would be split. In a 2017 interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Kris confirmed that the KUWTK pay was divided equally among the family. “Everybody gets paid pretty much equally, because we all film a lot and we all work hard, and we’ve created this show and this brand for the last decade. Everybody’s happy,” Kris said at the time.
If what Kris said was true, this means that each of the six Kardashian-Jenner women made $25 million for five seasons of KUWTK. However, if Kris made her 10 percent cut as usual, this means that she made $15 million from E!’s total $150 million for KUWTK, as well as a sixth of the remaining $135 million split among her and her five daughters. (Kris’ son, Rob Kardashian, retired as a main cast member on KUWTK after season 8 in 2013, four years before their final deal with E!). This means that Kris made a total of $37.5 million for five seasons of The Kardashians, while her daughters made $22.5 million each. Kris, Kourtney, Kim and Khloé were also executive producers on KUWTK, which means they likely made more than Kendall and Kylie, who were just cast members. Though that exact number is unclear.
So which pays more: E! or Hulu? If you look at the numbers per season, the Kardashian-Jenners made $8.3 million (or $7.5 million with Kris’ cut) per season of The Kardashians, and $5 million (or $4.5 million with Kris’ cut) per season of KUWTK. Kris, for her part, made $12.5 million per season of The Kardashians and $7.5 million per season of KUWTK if she received her usual 10 percent cut from her daughters. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Kris’ net worth is $170 million, with $40 million earned each year.