Kiwi star KJ Apa earns more than $60k per episode on Riverdale

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.

Netflix's top Stranger Things stars Winona Ryder, David Harbour and Millie Bobby Brown are paid $537,000 (US$350k) per episode.

In unscripted TV, Kelly Clarkson is paid a whopping $859,000 per episode for The Voice, compared to the $11,500 paid to the stars of Queer Eye per episode.