Highest Paid TV Stars: Who Makes What?

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We have compiled the highest paid TV stars for 2014. Take a look now.

1. Tatiana Maslany

Tatiana makes $50,000 per episode of Orphan Black, or $500,000 a year. That's a nice chunk of change, but it pales in comparison to some other TV stars ...

2. Keri Russell

Russell makes $100,000 per episode for The Americans, bringing her yearly salary to $1.3 million.

3. Jane Lynch, Matthew Morrison, Lea Michele

Lynch, Morrison and Michele each made $80,000 per episode on Glee for an annual salary of $1.6 million per year. That ought to last them awhile.

4. Peter Dinklage

Peter Dinklage makes $150,000 per episode for his performance as Tyrion in Game of Thrones for annual salary of $1.5 million.

5. Kerry Washington

The amazing Kerry Washington collects $80,000 per episode of Scandal for her portrayal of Olivia Pope for an annual salary of $2 million.

6. James Spader

Spader is eating well as he collects $125,000 per episode of The Blacklist for his portrayal of Raymond "Red" Reddington bringing an annual salary of $2.75 million to the table.

7. Alexander Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer

That long-running love triangle was lucrative for Skarsgard, Paquin and Moyer, who all made $275,000 per episode and $2.75 million per year on True Blood!

8. Claire Danes

Danes comes in with an impressive $250,000 per episode for her portrayal of Carrie on Homeland bringing her annual salary to $3 million.

9. Zooey Deschanel

Deschanel cannot help but raise her hands in celebration of the $125,000 she makes for each episode of New Girl as Jess, bringing home $3 million a year.

10. Jon Hamm

Why so serious, Jon? He should be smiling at the $275,000 per episode he makes encapsulating Don Draper in Mad Men for an annual salary of $3.5 million.

11. Amy Poehler

Pohler had the right idea, toasting the $200,000 she earned per episode as Leslie on Parks and Recreation for an annual salary of $4.4 million.

12. Sophia Vergara, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Julie Bowen and Ty Burrell

One of these things is not like the other. Five of these Modern Family make $175,000 per episode for an annual salary of $4.2 million.

13. Ed O'Neill

The Modern Family patriarch makes a little more than his co-stars at $200,000 per episode or $4.8 million per year.

14. Patricia Heaton

Heaton's role as Frankie Heck on The Middle is very profitable as she takes in $235,000 per episode for an annual salary of $4.2 million.

15. Tim Allen

Who knew Last Man Standing was still on the air, or that Tim Allen was being paid so handsomely for it? $235,000 per episode for an annual salary of $4.2 million.

16. David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel

Bones' partners on the job and at home each make $250,000 per epiosde for an annual salary of $5.5 million.

17. Michael Weatherly

Of course Michael Weatherly takes his portrayal of Tony on NCIS seriously He makes $250,000 per episode and $5.5 million a year!

18. Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey

Grey's Anatomy cornerstones Ellen Pompeo and Patrick Dempsey make $350,000 an episode as Meredith and McDreamy, totaling $7.7 million a year. They can't believe Sandra Oh, who made the same, actually quit after last season!

19. Mariska Hargitay

As Olivia on Law & Order: SVU, Hargitay takes home $400,000 per episode and $8 million annually. She's not in the hot seat!

20. Mark Harmon

Of course Gibbs is smiling. NCIS' leading man and producer Mark Harmon is making a whopping $525,000 per epiosde for an annual salary of $11.5 million.

21. Jon Cryer

Cryer isn't crying over his role as Alan on Two and a Half Men, although this is enough to make you cry: He's raked in $650,000 per episode for an annual salary of $14.3 million by the time the show faded to black for the last time!

22. Ashton Kutcher

Kutcher's portrayal of Walden on post-Charlie Two and a Half Men earned him even more than his co-star at $750,000 per episode and $16.5 million per year.

23. Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki

Oh yes. This trio gets a Big Bang for their buck as Sheldon, Penny and Leonard, taking home $1 million per episode EACH and an annual salary of $24 million for TBBT. Theorize on THAT!

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