Report: How Much Money Do Real Housewives of OC, Beverly Hills, Atlanta Earn?

Yet another report is addressing how much money the Real Housewives are paid per season because this necessitates close inspection every few weeks. There’s been some conflicting information, but here’s the latest on the salaries and contractual obligations of the Real Housewives of Orange County, Beverly Hills, and Atlanta.

Back in April, it was claimed by RadarOnline.com that the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills earned around $127,000 to $165,000 per season including the reunion show; that included cast member Kim Richards, who returned reluctantly because she needed the $137,000 she would be paid her third season with “no other way” to support her family (she negotiated a $10k raise for the upcoming season). Taylor Armstrong, also dependent on the income, would reportedly earn $127,000 for season three.

A source said at the time, “None of the cast is paid over $165k for a season of work. People might be surprised to learn how little the women earn from the show, this isn’t per episode, but for an entire season, which Bravo dictates the terms of how long the filming will be for. The ladies won’t get rich from doing the show, but feel the exposure and publicity they get from appearing will be the big payoff. Look at Bethenny Frankel, she never earned more than $100k for being a cast member on the New York Housewives franchise of the show, and she just sold her Skinny Girl alcoholic beverage line for millions of dollars.” However, it’s clear from a subsequent report that several of the women earn over $165k.

Today, it’s claimed that Lisa Vanderpump earns $250,000 per season for RHOBH, Adrienne Maloof earns $200,000, Kyle Richards earns $200,000, Taylor Armstrong earns $175,000 (counter to the above number in April, also from RadarOnline), Brandi Glanville earns $125,000, and, also counter to the above figure, Kim Richards and newcomer Yolanda Hadid earn “$100,000 a piece.”

On the Real Housewives of Orange County, Vicki Gunvalson earns $450,000 a season, Tamra Barney earns $350,000, Gretchen Rossi earns $300,000, Alexis Bellino is paid $200,000, and Heather Dubrow earns $30,000.

On the Real Housewives of Atlanta, NeNe Leakes earns a reported $750,000 per season (possibly upped to $1 million for the next season).

MediaTakeOut.com offered more unconfirmed figures for RHOA back in April this year: Leakes earned $750k plus a $250k bonus for the reunion show; Kim Zolciak got $600k per season plus a $150k bonus for doing the reunion show; Sheree Whitfield got $550k per season plus a $150K bonus for doing the reunion show; Kandi Burruss got $450K per season plus a $100k bonus for doing the reunion show; Phaedra Parks and Cynthia Bailey got $300k per season plus a $75k bonus for doing the reunion show; Marlo Hampton got $75k and she must be available for filming on request; Peter Thomas (Cynthia’s husband) got $75k plus he must be available for filming on request; Kroy Biermann and Apollo Nida got $50k and they must be available for filming on request.