Patrimoine net Guides

Headlines put a billionaire's fortune in quotation marks. The "only on paper" test also throws out your home equity and your 401(k). Why paper wealth is real.

The page méthodologie shows every rate table. This is the longer story of how the system behind it got built, including the mistakes.

MrBeast leads at $2.64 billion, and every figure on the list links to its full calculation instead of a copied guess.

Ranked by paychecks that were actually reported, with the deal structures that produced them: Depp's $90M Pirates deal, Downey's $75M Endgame backend, Bullock's $70M record.

Les salaires documentés, les points back-end qu'ils ont gagnés en 2000 et six carrières post-show très différentes, regroupés en chiffres que vous pouvez vérifier.

One has company accounts on the public record, one had his residuals read out in a tax court, and one has a full model on this site.

The per-view, per-1,000-view, and per-million-view math by niche, built from creators who published their actual dashboards.

Ads, sponsorships, memberships, and merch, priced with sourced rates instead of folklore, from hobby channels to the biggest names.

The exact union rates for film, TV, soaps, commercials, and background work, what SNL pays, and where the $20 million paychecks come from.

The new Equity minimum, what swings and understudies add, how star deals are structured, and what an eight-show week actually pays.

Union session fees, audiobook per-finished-hour rates, video game contracts, and how the working middle of the field actually earns.

Reported salaries from $20,000 to $1.25 million per episode, and our modeled net worth for the main cast.

Documented exits from $66 million to $5.7 billion, and what the sharks are actually paid per episode.

The $1 million per episode era, the voluntary pay cut, and the 1% backend that keeps paying.

A federal tax case put hard numbers on reality TV money. Our modeled net worth for the whole cast.

All 29 actors we model, from Kevin Hart at $754 million down. Every figure is our own calculation, not a borrowed number.

One of TV's richest syndication deals, modeled for Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and the cast.

The public salary fight, the climb to $500K an episode, and Sofia Vergara's endorsement empire on top.

Luxury real estate leaves a paper trail. Modeled net worth for Jason Oppenheim, Chrishell Stause, and the cast.

Lisa Vanderpump's empire, the documented Scandoval numbers, and Ariana Madix's post-scandal deals.

Separating inherited Charleston wealth from what the cast actually built, person by person.

A hard-seltzer brand that hit $38 million, a 44-million-download podcast, and the documented Hamptons money.

Court records, real resale businesses, and one fortune that predates the show. Modeled net worth for Barry Weiss, Dave Hester, and the cast.

A Tier 1 sub nets about $2.50 to $3.00. The subs, Bits, and ad math, plus what the top earners actually made.

Instagram pays most creators almost nothing per view. The real money is brand deals at about $10 per 1,000 followers.

The full sponsored-post rate card, from about $10 per 1,000 followers to six and seven figures at the top.

Subscriptions, Bits, donations, ads, and sponsorships, with what each lane actually pays a live streamer.

Podcast ad money is sold per 1,000 downloads. A 10,000-download show earns about $250 to $500 an episode.

About $0.003 to $0.005 a stream through the streamshare model, so a million streams is roughly $3,000 to $5,000 before the split.

Creator Rewards pays $0.40 to $1.00 per 1,000 qualified views. The per-view math and how TikTok compares to YouTube.

The $30 to $70 per 1,000 views baseline, the finance premium, and worked examples by channel size.

About $0.04 per 1,000 views. How the pooled model works and what Shorts are actually for.

YouTube does not withhold for US creators. Self-employment tax, quarterly estimates, deductions, and the AdSense tax form.

A scale role pays $1,246 a day. Documented star deals run to $90 million. The full ladder, from every disclosed salary we track.

The 3.6% cast pool, streaming bonuses, and the checks that arrive decades later.

About $3,000 per episode for rookies up to $25,000 for the most tenured cast, and why the real payday comes later.

A $1,517 per episode union minimum on hour-long daytime dramas, with veterans reported at $5,000 and up.

$224 per day at the 2025-26 union rate, $262 for stand-ins, with overtime after 8 hours. What extras actually take home.

The $822 session fee is the smallest part. How residuals turn one national spot into a year of checks.

Assets minus liabilities, the exact Fed formula with a worked example, and why the U.S. average is five times the median.

Every asset and liability category, a full worked example that adds up, and how often to recalculate.

Les données de la Réserve fédérale sur ce que possèdent réellement les Américains dans chaque tranche d’âge et pourquoi le chiffre cité par la plupart des gens n’est pas le bon à prendre en compte.

Les activités d'agence génèrent des liquidités dès le premier jour, ce qui semble être un avantage par rapport aux fondateurs de SaaS qui brûlent des années avant d'être rentables. Mais transformer ces flux de trésorerie en richesse durable nécessite de comprendre comment les agences sont évaluées, et la plupart des propriétaires découvrent trop tard qu’ils ont créé un emploi et non une entreprise.

Architecture is one of the longer paths to full licensure among the professions, and one of the more modest income ceilings. Here is what architects actually accumulate at each stage, and what it takes to reach the top of the wealth distribution in this field.

CPAs start earning full salaries earlier than most licensed professionals and carry far less debt. Here is what that structural advantage actually produces in net worth at each stage, from staff accountant through Big 4 partner.

Dental school now produces the highest average professional school debt of any healthcare career. Here is how that debt load interacts with dentist incomes at each career stage, and why practice ownership changes the math entirely.

Physicians earn more than almost any profession. They also start a decade later than everyone else, carry more debt than almost anyone, and spend years earning residency wages. Here is what that actually means for their net worth at each stage.

L’entrepreneuriat produit les résultats de richesse les plus élevés de tous les cheminements de carrière, mais aussi certains des pires. La différence dépend de l’étape à laquelle vous vous trouvez et de la question de savoir si l’entreprise atteint les bons points d’inflexion.

Law has one of the most bimodal income distributions in any profession. Whether a lawyer's net worth looks impressive or grim by their forties depends almost entirely on which track they took at 25.

Les spécialistes du marketing et les responsables de comptes créent de la richesse à partir des salaires, des primes et des économies investies plutôt que des événements liés aux actions. Cela rend la courbe plus prévisible que celle des fondateurs, mais l’écart entre les rôles traditionnels de l’entreprise et les packages RSU des entreprises technologiques est suffisamment grand pour produire des résultats totalement différents sur une carrière de dix ans.

Les pharmaciens gagnent des salaires fiables à six chiffres et commencent leur carrière plus tôt que la plupart des autres professionnels de la santé. Le problème, c’est qu’un important endettement s’annonce. Voici à quoi ressemble réellement la valeur nette du pharmacien à chaque étape.

Les physiothérapeutes gagnent un salaire médian d'environ 100 000 $ avec un doctorat et souvent plus de 100 000 $ de dettes étudiantes. Voici ce que cette combinaison produit réellement en valeur nette et comment la thérapie par le voyage et la propriété d’un cabinet changent les calculs.

La carrière de pilote de ligne offre l'une des fourchettes de revenus les plus larges de toutes les professions : les premiers officiers régionaux gagnent 50 000 $ et les commandants de bord des grands transporteurs gagnent 400 000 $. Voici ce que ce chemin produit réellement en valeur nette à chaque étape.

L’agent immobilier médian gagne moins que ce à quoi la plupart des gens s’attendent. Les 20 % les plus riches gagnent une part disproportionnée de toutes les commissions. Voici ce que chaque groupe construit réellement en valeur nette.

Les fondateurs de SaaS sont souvent riches en papier et pauvres en liquidités pendant des années avant de se retirer. Voici à quoi ressemblent réellement les chiffres à chaque étape du voyage et ce qui sépare les fondateurs qui convertissent ce papier en richesse réelle.

No employer survey publishes this number. Here are the realistic benchmarks built from salary data, typical savings rates, and what equity actually contributes.