Sterling K. Brown
Season 1: $75,000 per episode.
Season 6: $250,000 per episode.
Net Worth: $10 million.
The Emmy winner was a bigger name than his TV siblings when This Is Us began in 2016. He starred on Army Wives and American Crime Story before his success on the NBC drama. He has since joined the Marvel universe as N’Jobu in Black Panther.
Justin Hartley
Season 1: $40,000 per episode. (He made $75,000 per episode by season 2.)
Season 6: $250,000 per episode.
Net Worth: $7 million.
Hartley’s claim to fame before the NBC series was as a soap actor starring on Passions and The Young and the Restless. His other TV work included a starring role on Smallville and recurring roles on Revenge and Mistresses.
Chrissy Metz
Season 1: $40,00 per episode.
Season 6: $250,000 per episode.
Net Worth: $8 million.
Metz famously said she only had 81 cents in her bank account before booking This Is Us. While she was the least known actress in the cast to start, she did have experience on TV with a recurring role on American Horror Story.
