14. Nicole Polizzi – $2.2 million salary
Nicole Polizzi (a.k.a. ‘Snooki’) began her career in infamous reality TV series Jersey Shore, where her and her fellow cast mates would commonly get drunk and cause mayhem on the Jersey Shore.
Polizzi’s salary began at $5,000 an episode and increased to $30,000 an episode. During the height of her fame on Jersey Shore, she could demand $10,000 for a public appearance. After a spin-off with co-star JWoww, she appeared on Dancing with the Stars and got consistently good scores with her partner.
Polizzi is now a novelist and her latest TV show, Nicole and Jionni’s Shore Flip involves her and her husband renovating and flipping houses.
