12. Matthew Gray Gubler – $100,000 per episode of Criminal Minds
As you can see, cop shows or crime shows are all over today’s TV. Criminal Minds is one of them. In fact, it is one of the best. We ranked top ten best cop shows in another article.
Criminal Minds is also one of the longest TV series ever aired. It has just finished the 12th season and will continue to the 13th by the end of this year. So far, there have been 257 episodes.
Matthew Gray Gubler has been on the show since the start. He is paid $100,000 per episode. It is relatively low compared to other cop shows, but it is only fair because Criminal Minds has seven main characters to share the screen time with.
Matthew plays Dr. Spencer Reid who is the FBI BAU’s brain. He is a genius who is socially awkward.
Because of his longevity within the show, Matthew has earned a total of $2 million net worth.