Be a "Made guy"...are you a Top Earner?

The top earners, by category:

Drama (per episode)Hugh Laurie (House) $400,000+Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay (Law & Order: SVU) $395,000 (each)David Caruso (CSI: Miami) $375,000Marg Helgenberger (CSI) $375,000Mark Harmon (NCIS) $375,000Laurence Fishburne (CSI) $350,000Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer)  $350,000Denis Leary (Rescue Me) $350,000Gary Sinise (CSI: NY ) $275,000Patrick Dempsey (Grey's Anatomy)  $250,000David Boreanaz (Bones) $200,000Jeffrey Donovan (Burn Notice) $200,000Julianna Margulies (The Good Wife ) $175,000Dana Delany (Body of Proof ) $150,000Lauren Graham (Parenthood) $150,000Jada Pinkett Smith (HawthoRNe) $150,000Jimmy Smits (Outlaw) $150,000LL Cool J (NCIS: Los Angeles) $125,000Chris O'Donnell (NCIS: Los Angeles) $125,000Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains) $125,000Jason Lee (Memphis Beat) $125,000Joe Mantegna (Criminal Minds) $125,000Tom Selleck (Blue Bloods) $125,000Michael Weatherly (NCIS) $125,000Matt Bomer (White Collar) $100,000Nathan Fillion (Castle) $100,000Thomas Gibson (Criminal Minds) $100,000Jon Hamm (Mad Men) $100,000Cole Hauser (Chase)  $100,000Alex O'Loughlin (Hawaii Five-0) $100,000Timothy Olyphant (Justified  ) $100,000Scott Caan (Hawaii Five-0) $80,000Angie Harmon (Rizzoli & Isles) $75,000Anna Paquin (True Blood) $75,000Blair Underwood (The Event) $75,000Zachary Levi (Chuck) $60,000Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) $40,000Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) $40,000Ashley Tisdale (Hellcats) $30,000

Late Night/Talk Syndication (per year)Oprah Winfrey $315 millionJudge Judy Sheindlin $45 millionDavid Letterman (The Late Show) $28 millionJay Leno (The Tonight Show) $25 millionConan O'Brien (The Conan O'Brien Show) $10 millionEllen DeGeneres (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) $8 millionJimmy Kimmel (Jimmy Kimmel Live) $6 millionChelsea Handler (Chelsea Lately) $3.5 millionGeorge Lopez (Lopez Tonight) $3.5 million
Reality (per year)
Ryan Seacrest (American Idol) $15 millionJoel McHale (The Soup) $2 millionPiers Morgan (America's Got Talent) $2 millionKate Gosselin (Kate Plus 8) $250,000 per episodeNicole "Snooki" Polizzi (Jersey Shore) $30,000 per episode

Comedy (per episode)
Charlie Sheen (Two and a Half Men) $1.25 millionJon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) $550,000Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives) $400,000Teri Hatcher (Desperate Housewives) $400,000Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives) $400,000Eva Longoria Parker (Desperate Housewives) $400,000Dan Castellaneta (The Simpsons) $400,000Julie Kavner (The Simpsons) $400,000Tina Fey (30 Rock) $350,000Jeremy Piven (Entourage) $350,000Steve Carell (The Office) $297,000Angus T. Jones (Two and a Half Men) $250,000David Duchovny (Californication) $200,000Kevin Dillon (Entourage) $200,000Adrian Grenier (Entourage) $200,000Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly) $180,000Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) $175,000William Shatner ($#*! My Dad Says) $150,000David Spade (Rules of Engagement) $150,000Ed O'Neill (Modern Family) $100,000Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement) $85,000Betty White (Hot in Cleveland) $75,000Kaley Cuoco (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000Johnny Galecki (The Big Bang Theory) $60,000Ty Burrell (Modern Family) $50,000Jane Lynch (Glee) $50,000Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) $40,000Matthew Morrison (Glee) $30,000Selena Gomez (Wizards of Waverly Place) $30,000Dylan and Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) $20,000 (each)Rico Rodriguez (Modern Family) $15,000

News (per year)
Matt Lauer (Today)  $16 million +Katie Couric (CBS) $15 millionBrian Williams (NBC) $12.5 millionDiane Sawyer (ABC) $12 millionMeredith Vieira (Today) $11 millionBill O'Reilly (Fox News) $10 millionGeorge Stephanopoulos (ABC) $8 millionKeith Olbermann (MSNBC) $7 millionShepard Smith (Fox News) $7 millionWolf Blitzer (CNN) $3 millionChristiane Amanpour (ABC) $2 millionLawrence O'Donnell (MSNBC) $2 millionEliot Spitzer (CNN) $500,000