I'm talking about Betty Suarez, not the actress (America Ferrera) who plays her on the hit ABC show. Every year one of the financial sites figures out how much money various TV characters make a year. Last year we discovered that Homer Simpson makes $67,422 at the power plant. This year's list comes from CareerBuilder.com.
I'm not surprised to find out that Boston Legal's Denny Crane makes $210,000, but I was rather shocked that Cold Case's Lilly Rush only makes $44,000 a year. She solves cold cases, for pete's sake! Hopefully the benefits are good.
The list also has the salaries for Arthur Branch on Law and Order, Jim on According To Jim, Pam on The Office, and many others.
Update: Betty Suarez makes $37, 810 a year. Now you don't even have to click on the link and all the world is at peace again.
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6-05-2007 @ 11:43AM
Jamie Richards said...
Why would you make the title of the post "Here's how much money Ugly Betty makes a year" and then NOT actually put that information in the post? Why not make the title "Here's how much money Denny Crane makes a year" or "Here's how much money Homer Simpson makes a year" Doesn't really make a lot of sense.
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6-05-2007 @ 11:59AM
Bob Sassone said...
Because this is a blog and we want you to click on the link to the article that has the rest of the information.
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6-05-2007 @ 12:06PM
David said...
I thought Denny Crane would make more.
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6-05-2007 @ 12:26PM
Grimy said...
The Denny Crane salary is silly, he is the named partner in a top firm(meaning he shares profits). He probably would make tens of millions per year. I can only assume that the median salary includes every small local law firm as well as very large ones. Oh and he has a lear jet doesn't he?
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6-05-2007 @ 12:46PM
pete said...
lame bob, very lame.
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6-05-2007 @ 1:12PM
Jamie Richards said...
I'm sorry, but that is crap. Title the article "find out what TV characters make". don't mention a specific character then not have that information. you give THAT information and have people click on for the rest. And your response, just made it seem all the more silly. Frankly, just bad blogging!!
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6-05-2007 @ 1:22PM
Dave said...
Bob, I tried to click the link and my firewall prevents it. So here I am wondering how much Betty makes and I can't find out. Nice.
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6-05-2007 @ 1:32PM
Mike said...
Betty Suarez, "Ugly Betty" -- Executive Assistant
Real-life median salary: $37,810, according to the BLS
As an assistant in a notoriously low-paying media niche (fashion magazines), it's possible that Betty is taking home much less than the average salary for assistants. These fashion editorial positions do often come with perks like clothing allowances, but it's clear Betty prefers ponchos to Prada.
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6-05-2007 @ 1:41PM
David said...
The hatred grows for Bob.... :)
And Grimy has a point, Didn't Allen say in one episode that he makes like $300,000? I think they also said that Denny made more than the President ($400,000) and he does own a jet.
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6-05-2007 @ 1:45PM
Eliz said...
Thanks mike, I was about to do the same thing. Seems like everybody is overreacting just a little bit. It is interesting to see the "fake" earnings. I'd have thought Pam's might be a little higher - she's been there a long time.
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6-05-2007 @ 2:02PM
pete said...
thanks mike, and liz i dont think anyone is overeacting but jamie hit the nail in the head with his comment. i second bad blogging. and i like this blog.
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6-05-2007 @ 3:01PM
Bash said...
What's next?
"you'll find more info after the link" and in the post's body it says "made you look"?
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6-05-2007 @ 4:47PM
patrick said...
whys everyone gotta beat on bob?
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6-05-2007 @ 4:55PM
Jaymez said...
Apparently, Betty took a pay cut of $11,980 this year. That, of course, is based on what was posted in the link from last year vs this year.
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6-08-2007 @ 11:18PM
David said...
To make this whole topic even more pointless I bought the Boston Legal season 2 on DVD, in the second episode it says the woman from Ed makes $300,000+ a year. So Denny who owns the company would make less?
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6-11-2007 @ 9:58PM
Myke Elton said...
One can be ugly put be have a great life...stupid
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