$80.4 Million

Zac Efron Patrimoine net 2026

Dernière mise à jour August 3, 2026

As of 2026, Zac Efron has an estimated net worth of $80.4 Million, computed film by film and year by year from public records and published rates. Every input, rate, and source behind the number is on this page.

Calculation

  • Salaires divulgués et backend documenté, chacun avec une citation
  • Rôles non divulgués modélisés à partir de comparables divulgués pour leur époque, leur tranche budgétaire et leur étape de carrière
  • Backend, avenants et crédits de production estimés à partir des médianes divulguées
Zac Efron

Fast Facts

BirthdateOctober 18, 1987
BirthplaceSan Luis Obispo, California
BreakthroughHigh School Musical (2006)
Best KnownHigh School Musical and The Greatest Showman

Who Is Zac Efron?

Zac Efron was born October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California, best known for High School Musical and The Greatest Showman. The earnings behind Zac's net worth come from film salaries, backend participation, and endorsement deals.

The model tracks Zac's earning years from 2002 to 2026, with the biggest single year in 2017 at about $18.8 Million of gross income. After representation fees, taxes, and living costs, what stays invested compounds at market returns into an estimated $80.4 Million today.

Data

Chaque ligne ci-dessous est calculée à partir des données publiques et des tableaux de tarifs publiés sur notre page méthodologie. Confiance: Catégorie C. Les chiffres documentés ne couvrent qu’une petite partie de ce chiffre, de sorte que la majeure partie est modélisée à partir de taux publiés et de comparables (les notes vont de A, principalement documentées, à C, principalement modélisées).

The Calculation

Zac Efron net worth line items
LineAmount
Revenue
Film pay, modeled lead roles (30 of 35 films)
era and budget-band medians of disclosed lead salaries (winsorized, thin cells shrunk toward the era median), blended with this actor's disclosed quote history when available; soft breakthrough blend near the career break year
$117,675,124
Film pay, modeled post-breakthrough supporting roles (3 of 35 films)
12.0% of lead cells: lane_benchmarks role/post_breakthrough_supporting_ratio
$8,215,519
Film pay, modeled supporting and early roles (2 of 35 films)
2,5% des médianes de l'époque : le taux de pré-célébrité
$2,097,942
Points back-end, estimés
12% of disclosed lead deals included points, at a median 2.6% of box office; expected value on 21 commercially viable undisclosed lead roles; cash spread over 3 years; 1 film(s) used band-specific box-office/budget multiples as a gross proxy
$7,155,267
Approbations, estimées (2 partenariats de marque)
2 named partnerships x the $4.0M annual fee from the median disclosed film deal x a 4-year term, spread across the deal years
$32,000,000
Résidus, estimés
SAG residual rates on post-theatrical receipts assumed at half of box office, split by role share and spread over the ten years after each release; 1 film(s) used band-specific box-office proxies
$14,494,867
TV: Firefly
Young Simon Tam; guest default per credited year; broadcast network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke
Pete Laemke; one engagement for a television film or special; network not identified, priced on the broadcast cell; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$75,000
TV: ER
Bobby Neville; guest default per credited year; broadcast network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: Miracle Run
Stephen Morgan; one engagement for a television film or special; cable network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$75,000
TV: The Guardian
Luke Tomello; guest default per credited year; broadcast network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: Triple Play
Harry Fuller; one engagement for a television film or special; network not identified, priced on the broadcast cell; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$75,000
TV: Summerland
Cameron Bale; series episode total for a full-run credit; broadcast network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$3,900,000
TV: CSI: Miami
Seth Dawson; guest default per credited year; broadcast network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: Heist
Pizza delivery guy; guest default per credited year; network not identified, priced on the broadcast cell; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: High School Musical
Troy Bolton; one engagement for a television film or special; network not identified, priced on the broadcast cell; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$75,000
TV: If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now
Cody; one engagement for a television film or special; network not identified, priced on the broadcast cell; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$75,000
TV: NCIS
Daniel Austin; guest default per credited year; broadcast network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: The Replacements
Davey Hunkerhoff (voice); guest default per credited year; animation format tier; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$24,000
TV: The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Trevor; guest default per credited year; cable network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: High School Musical 2
Troy Bolton; one engagement for a television film or special; cable network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$75,000
TV: Entourage
Himself; guest default per credited year; network not identified, priced on the broadcast cell; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
TV: Robot Chicken
Various roles (voice); stated episode count; animation format tier; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$59,520
TV: Human Discoveries
Gary (voice); estimated ~12 episodes per credited year (no published count); network not identified, priced on the broadcast cell; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$3,000,000
TV: Down to Earth with Zac Efron
Himself; guest default per credited year; streaming network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$90,000
TV: The Studio
Himself; guest default per credited year; streaming network family; priced from tv_episode_rates.csv (en.wikipedia.org)
$30,000
Retour sur investissement de l'épargne
mixed portfolio: 55% actual 60/40 securities returns (taxed) + 45% US long-run home-price rate on the rest
$37,638,272
Los Feliz residence appreciation, estimated
documented $4,000,000 purchase in 2015 (reported Los Feliz purchase in the mid-2010s), 6.0%/yr US-CA appreciation, net 7% selling costs; the purchase itself is already counted in savings (architecturaldigest.com)
$3,061,671
Expenses
Frais de représentation
agent 10% + avocat 5%
-$28,249,872
Taxes
Taux effectifs US-CA, année par année
-$71,309,101
Dépenses personnelles
measured household savings rates by income, times a 88% entertainment-household factor
-$49,091,752
Valeur nette estimée$80,381,699

Film par film

Zac Efron film-by-film pay
FilmYearRoleBudgetBilletterieSalaire compté
A Family Affair
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2024Lead$2,999,985
Famous
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2024Lead$2,999,985
Judgment Day
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2024Lead$2,999,985
Ricky Stanicky
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $21.7M shrunk median for 2020s/mid (n=1), capped at $7.5M
2024Lead$49,700,000$7,454,958
The Iron Claw
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $2.4M
2023Lead$15,900,000$45,200,000$2,384,979
Firestarter
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $1.8M
2022Lead$12,000,000$15,000,000$1,799,973
Gold
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2022Lead$2,999,945
The Greatest Beer Run Ever
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2022Lead$2,999,945
Save Ralph
no disclosed fee: post-breakthrough supporting at 12.0% of the $25.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid) (lane_benchmarks role/post_breakthrough_supporting_ratio); budget unreported, small-film terms
2021Supporting$2,999,892
Scoob!
no disclosed fee: post-breakthrough supporting at 12.0% of the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2) (lane_benchmarks role/post_breakthrough_supporting_ratio)
2020Supporting$90,000,000$28,500,000$2,849,801
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2019Lead$9,800,000$2,999,505
The Beach Bum
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $0.8M
2019Lead$5,000,000$4,600,000$749,892
Baywatch
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $20.0M shrunk median for 2010s/large (n=8), capped at $10.1M
2017Lead$67,000,000$177,900,000$10,043,764
The Disaster Artist
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $1.5M
2017Lead$10,000,000$29,800,000$1,499,102
The Greatest Showman
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $20.0M shrunk median for 2010s/large (n=8), capped at $12.6M
2017Lead$84,000,000$471,900,000$12,592,099
Dirty Grandpa
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $1.7M
2016Lead$11,500,000$105,100,000$1,722,966
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3), capped at $5.1M
2016Lead$34,000,000$77,100,000$5,093,867
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3), capped at $5.2M
2016Lead$35,000,000$108,000,000$5,243,677
We Are Your Friends
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $0.3M
2015Lead$2,000,000$11,100,000$299,567
Neighbors
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $2.7M
2014Lead$18,000,000$270,700,000$2,687,628
That Awkward Moment
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $1.2M
2014Lead$8,000,000$40,500,000$1,194,835
Parkland
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $1.5M
2013Lead$10,000,000$1,600,000$1,487,191
At Any Price
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2012Lead$487,455$2,948,290
Liberal Arts
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms
2012Lead$1,100,000$2,948,290
The Lorax
no disclosed fee: post-breakthrough supporting at 12.0% of the $20.0M shrunk median for 2010s/large (n=8) (lane_benchmarks role/post_breakthrough_supporting_ratio)
2012Supporting$70,000,000$351,000,000$2,365,826
The Lucky One
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3), capped at $3.8M
2012Lead$25,000,000$99,400,000$3,687,498
The Paperboy
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid), capped at $1.9M
2012Lead$12,500,000$3,700,000$1,843,524
New Year's Eve
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $20.0M shrunk median for 2010s/large (n=8), capped at $8.4M
2011Lead$56,000,000$142,000,000$8,127,883
Charlie St. Cloud
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3), capped at $6.6M
2010Lead$44,000,000$48,200,000$6,189,070
17 Again
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2), capped at $6.0M
2009Lead$40,000,000$139,500,000$5,342,521
High School Musical 3: Senior Year
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.79): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2), capped at $4.5M vs early terms
2008Lead$30,000,000$252,900,000$3,662,306
Me and Orson Welles
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.79): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2), capped at $3.8M vs early terms
2008Lead$25,000,000$2,300,000$3,068,763
Hairspray
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.66): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $20.0M shrunk median for 2000s/large (n=18), capped at $11.2M vs early terms
2007Lead$75,000,000$203,500,000$7,603,131
The Derby Stallion
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.34): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $18.8M median for its era and nearest band (mid); budget unreported, small-film terms vs early terms
2005Lead$1,327,460
Melinda's World
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $18.8M median for its era and nearest band (mid) (pre-stardom rate); budget unreported, small-film terms; soft-breakthrough weight 0.12
2003Lead$770,482

Comment fonctionnent les figures modélisées. An undisclosed lead role after the breakthrough gets the median of disclosed lead salaries for its era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film’s budget. Supporting and pre-breakthrough roles get 2.5% of that median, the documented going rate for actors before stardom. Films with no reported budget are treated as small productions. Undocumented backend, endorsements, and producer or director credits enter as separate estimated lines in the calculation above, built from disclosed medians. Every median comes from the published tables on our page méthodologie.

Patrimoine net Over Time

$25M$50M$75M200220072012201720222026$80.4 Million2002: $25,3162003: $129,4432004: $686,2242005: $1,343,8082006: $3,726,0892007: $7,292,3942008: $9,874,0992009: $13,973,5372010: $16,576,9662011: $19,508,7632012: $23,176,1732013: $25,922,9272014: $28,277,6952015: $29,961,6432016: $34,974,0162017: $41,445,5292018: $42,389,1072019: $48,633,0122020: $53,072,7932021: $58,686,6252022: $56,180,7452023: $62,774,2452024: $70,413,3112025: $75,671,2842026: $80,381,699

Solde modélisé à la fin de chaque année, correspondant au tableau année par année ci-dessous.

Année par année

Zac Efron year by year model
YearIncomeFrais de représentationTaux d'impositionSpentSavedBalance
2026$764,702$114,70545%$241,097$116,401$80,381,699
2025$847,445$127,11745%$267,184$128,996$75,671,284
2024$12,484,478$1,872,67245%$3,217,075$2,619,418$70,413,311
2023$7,457,449$1,118,61745%$1,921,680$1,564,677$62,774,245
2022$7,114,556$1,067,18345%$1,833,321$1,492,733$56,180,745
2021$5,458,081$818,71245%$1,406,471$1,145,182$58,686,625
2020$3,937,552$590,63345%$1,014,652$826,154$53,072,793
2019$8,260,429$1,239,06445%$2,128,597$1,733,154$48,633,012
2018$3,343,610$501,54145%$861,601$701,536$42,389,107
2017$18,841,796$2,826,26947%$4,678,712$3,809,517$41,445,529
2016$17,089,089$2,563,36347%$4,243,487$3,455,147$34,974,016
2015$4,931,202$739,68047%$1,224,494$997,012$29,961,643
2014$3,817,869$572,68047%$948,036$771,914$28,277,695
2013$3,042,342$456,35147%$755,461$615,114$25,922,927
2012$10,874,611$1,631,19243%$2,904,134$2,364,615$23,176,173
2011$10,555,574$1,583,33643%$2,818,934$2,295,242$19,508,763
2010$7,583,341$1,137,50143%$2,025,180$1,648,949$16,576,966
2009$14,514,813$2,177,22243%$3,876,274$3,156,153$13,973,537
2008$14,901,372$2,235,20643%$3,979,507$3,240,208$9,874,099
2007$15,624,288$2,343,64343%$4,172,566$3,397,401$7,292,394
2006$10,544,939$1,581,74143%$2,816,094$2,292,930$3,726,089
2005$2,909,222$436,38343%$776,926$632,592$1,343,808
2004$2,528,238$379,23643%$675,182$549,749$686,224
2003$644,338$96,65143%$210,535$101,646$129,443
2002$261,145$39,17246%$94,550$25,316$25,316

Model Notes

  • PROCURATION DE RÉSIDENCE : résidence non recherchée individuellement pour ce lot ; US-CA par défaut appliqué jusqu'à ce que documenté
  • salary comps: 2 disclosed lead fee(s) flagged as non-market outliers (scale / far-below-quote) and excluded from era medians
  • Crédit image : Wikimedia Commons via Wikipedia (Zac Efron)
Reproduisez ce numéro. Une estimation de la valeur nette doit être reproductible de la même manière qu’une découverte scientifique : les mêmes contributions publiques et les mêmes tarifs publiés doivent toujours donner la même réponse. Les budgets des films et le box-office sont des rapports publics. Chaque salaire divulgué, taux de commission, taux d'imposition, taux d'épargne et rendement de référence est publié avec des citations sur notre page méthodologie. Undisclosed lead roles use the median of disclosed salaries for their era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film’s budget. Supporting and early-career roles use the documented pre-stardom fraction of that median. Undocumented backend, endorsements, and hyphenate credits enter as estimated lines from disclosed medians. Apply the rates year by year as shown above and you will land on $80.4 Million.

Méthodologie

We rebuild Zac’s career as a yearly time series. Disclosed salaries and documented backend enter as reported, with citations. Undisclosed lead roles get the median of disclosed salaries for their era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film’s budget. Supporting roles and roles from before the breakthrough get 2.5% of that median, the going-rate ratio measured from disclosed pre-stardom deals. Films with no reported budget are treated as small productions, and every role is estimated unless a source documents it was unpaid. Representation fees come out at sourced rates, taxes follow the eras actually lived through, spending follows measured household savings behavior unless court documents say otherwise, and what remains compounds at real market returns. Undocumented backend enters as an expected value from disclosed deals, endorsements at the median disclosed ambassador fee, and producer or director credits at union-scale floors.

Le modèle complet, chaque tableau de taux et la façon dont nos estimations ont été comparées aux offres réelles sont disponibles. page méthodologie.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Zac Efron's net worth in 2026?

As of 2026, Zac Efron's net worth is an estimated $80.4 Million. The estimate is built film by film from disclosed salaries and documented backend, then year by year: income, minus representation fees and taxes, minus spending, compounded at real market returns.

How does Zac Efron make money?

Salaires des films et participation backend documentée.

How is Zac Efron's net worth calculated?

Disclosed paydays enter as reported, with citations. Undisclosed lead roles use the median of disclosed salaries for their era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film's budget, and supporting or early-career roles use the documented pre-stardom fraction of that median. We subtract sourced representation fees, taxes for the years Zac actually worked, and spending from measured savings behavior, then compound at real market returns. Undocumented backend, endorsements, and producing credits enter as estimated lines from disclosed medians. Every rate and source is published.

How much does Zac Efron make per film?

Cela varie selon le rôle et l'époque, et le tableau film par film ci-dessus répertorie les rémunérations comptabilisées pour chaque titre. Les jours de paie divulgués entrent tels que déclarés. Les rôles non divulgués sont calqués sur ce que des acteurs comparables ont gagné à la même époque et dans la même fourchette budgétaire, les rôles principaux après la percée gagnant le plus et les rôles de soutien ou les premiers rôles une fraction documentée de ce montant.

Pourquoi le taux d'imposition est-il si élevé et les acteurs ne l'évitent-ils pas en faisant appel à une société de prêt ?

Tax comes out at the effective rate for where Zac lived each year, which is the rate shown in the year-by-year table. In a high-tax state like California, combined federal and state income tax reaches close to half of a top earner's income, so those years run in the mid-40s percent. A loan-out company, the corporation many actors run their income through, does not lower the tax on the money they take home. Its real advantage is deducting business costs such as agent, manager, and attorney fees, and the model already subtracts those as a separate line before any tax is applied. High-earning performers also fall outside the pass-through business deduction that other company owners can claim, so it buys them no rate cut.

Pourquoi ce chiffre est-il différent de celui des autres sites à valeur nette ?

Most sites publish a single number with no way to check it. This estimate is built in the open: every salary, rate, and assumption is on the page, and the page méthodologie lists every source.

Quelle est la précision de cette estimation ?

Aucune estimation de la valeur nette d’un particulier n’est exacte ; celui-ci est un modèle construit à partir de données publiques. La différence est que vous pouvez voir comment il a été construit et vérifier chaque étape. Le niveau de confiance situé en haut du calcul indique dans quelle mesure le chiffre repose sur des chiffres divulgués, et la page indique où un chiffre s'appuie sur une hypothèse.

Is Zac Efron rich compared to the average person?

Yes. A net worth of $80.4 Million is far above the median American household, which sits near $193,000 according to Federal Reserve data.

What is Zac Efron's biggest source of wealth?

On this page it is film salaries, the largest line in the calculation at $117.7 Million. The full breakdown, with every other line and its source, is above.

How much does Zac Efron make from endorsements?

The model counts $32.0 Million in career endorsement income for Zac: 2 named partnerships x the $4.0M annual fee from the median disclosed film deal x a 4-year term, spread across the deal years. It is an estimate, since the individual deal values are not all public, and it sits as its own line in the calculation above.

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