KJ Apa earns roughly $61,000 per episode for the CW/Netflix drama Riverdale. Photo / supplied
KJ Apa's salary on Riverdale has been revealed, with the Kiwi star earning around $61,000 per episode (US$40,000) on the CW/Netflix drama.
Apa's fellow stars Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes and Cole Sprouse each earn the same.
Their earnings were revealed in a Variety story on the top salaries in TV
in 2018 - and Apa's is tiny in comparison to some of the big-name stars moving into scripted TV.
Javier Bardem is earning $1.8 million (US$1.2m) per episode for an as-yet untitled Amazon miniseries about 16th-century explorer Hernan Cortes. Both Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston will earn nearly $1.7 million (US$1.1m) for their upcoming Apple series about a morning news show.
The Handmaid's Tale star Elisabeth Moss earns $1.5 million (US$1m) per episode, while Julia Roberts is earning roughly $900,000 (US$600k) per episode for Homecoming, her first move into television, which debuts on Amazon Prime on Friday.
