--- title: Sofia Vergara Made $14 Million More Than This Year's Top-Paid Male TV Actor description: Sofia Vergara, the highest paid actress in television, made $14 million more than TV's highest paid actor. authors: - name: Jennifer Calfas url: https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/ at_money_since: 2017 articles: 339 covers: - Lifestyle - Banking - Business - Career Advice - Credit Cards - Economy and Politics - Education - Housing - Identity Theft - Insurance - Investing - Loans - Personal Finance - Pets - Retirement - Shopping - Taxes - Technology social: - https://x.com/jencalfas former_staff: true published: '2017-09-28T16:15:54.000Z' modified: '2024-04-17T06:56:07.000Z' section: Lifestyle tags: - celebrities - onetime word_count: 337 canonical: https://money.com/sofia-vergara-jim-parsons-net-worth/ type: Article source: structured-blocks --- > **Disclosure:** We research all brands listed and may earn a fee from our partners. Research and financial considerations may influence how brands are displayed. Not all brands are included. [Learn more](https://money.com/page/disclaimer/). ![2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals](https://img.money.com/2016/12/sofia-vergara-frozen-embryo-lawsuit.jpg?crop=0px%2C38px%2C3000px%2C1688px&quality=85) *Actress Sofia Vergara arrives at the 2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on February 28, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images)* It looks like Sheldon is on the receiving end of the "Bazinga" this time. [Sofia Vergara](https://time.com/4493851/sofia-vergara-highest-paid-tv-actress/), the highest paid actress in television, out-earned [Jim Parsons](https://time.com/4518818/highest-paid-television-personalities/), the highest paid actor, by $14 million this year, according to *Forbes* — a unique accomplishment in the entertainment industry as male actors often capture higher salaries and higher paying roles. One of the stars of ABC's *Modern Family*, Vergara [earned](https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/09/26/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actresses-2017-sofia-vergara-leads-with-41-5-million-total-2/#509ed2155b0e) $41.5 million this year, while Parsons, better known as Sheldon on CBS's *The Big Bang Theory,* [earned](https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/09/28/the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actors-jim-parsons-leads-with-27-5-million/#1c1ee9b351a3) $27.5 million, according to rankings released by *Forbes* this week. Over the last several years, Vergara has easily out-earned all other television actors and actresses, largely due to a slew of endorsement deals for high-profile products like Head & Shoulders, Pepsi and CoverGirl, according to *Forbes*. Of course, these titles aren't anything new to the two TV stars. Vergara has been TV's highest earning actress for six consecutive years, and Parsons has held his title for three years. Their co-stars on *Modern Family* and *The Big Bang Theory* make up most of the combined top 20 highest paid actors and actresses in television, [according to *Forbes*](https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2017/09/28/full-list-the-worlds-highest-paid-tv-actors-and-actresses-2017/#4a1f7d021725). Vergara and Parsons did not create a trend for women earning more than men in the television industry, though. According to *Forbes*, the top 10 highest-earning actors made a combined $185 million, $28.5 million more than the top 10 highest-earning actresses. The lists measure the actors's and actress's earnings — including salaries from their television shows as well as endorsement deals, among other things — from June 1, 2016, through June 1, 2017. Parsons and his *Big Bang Theory* cast mates — three of which are men, and one a woman — all earn $1 million an episode, making them the highest-earning cast on TV right now. They also recently took pay cuts to ensure higher salaries for other featured actresses on the show. [Kaley Cuoco](http://insidetv.ew.com/2014/08/04/big-bang-theory-cast-raises/?xid=timerail), who is the leading female actress on the *Big Bang Theory*, is the second highest-earning actress in television, making $26 million last year. ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://money.com/sofia-vergara-jim-parsons-net-worth/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://money.com" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Lifestyle", "item": "https://money.com/lifestyle/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Celebrities", "item": "https://money.com/celebrities/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Sofia Vergara Made $14 Million More Than This Year's Top-Paid Male TV Actor" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://money.com/#website", "url": "https://money.com", "name": "Money", "publisher": { "@id": "https://money.com/#organization" } }, { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://money.com/sofia-vergara-jim-parsons-net-worth/#webpage", "url": "https://money.com/sofia-vergara-jim-parsons-net-worth/", "name": "Sofia Vergara Made $14 Million More Than This Year's Top-Paid Male TV Actor", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://money.com/#website" }, "datePublished": "2017-09-28T16:15:54.000Z", "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://money.com/sofia-vergara-jim-parsons-net-worth/" }, "inLanguage": "en-US", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://money.com/sofia-vergara-jim-parsons-net-worth/#breadcrumb" }, "dateModified": "2024-04-17T06:56:07.000Z" }, { "@type": "Article", "headline": "Sofia Vergara Made $14 Million More Than This Year's Top-Paid Male TV Actor", "articleSection": "Lifestyle", "image": [ { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://img.money.com/2016/12/sofia-vergara-frozen-embryo-lawsuit.jpg?crop=0px%2C38px%2C3000px%2C1688px&quality=85", "width": 1012, "height": 569, "caption": "2016 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Graydon Carter - Arrivals" } ], "author": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jennifer Calfas", "url": "https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/", "@id": "https://money.com/author/jennifer-calfas/#author", "sameAs": [ "https://x.com/jencalfas" ] } ], "publisher": "https://money.com/#organization", "datePublished": "2017-09-28T16:15:54.000Z", "description": "Sofia Vergara, the highest paid actress in television, made $14 million more than TV's highest paid actor.", "abstract": "Sofia Vergara, the highest paid actress in television, made $14 million more than TV's highest paid actor.", "@id": "https://money.com/sofia-vergara-jim-parsons-net-worth/", "inLanguage": "en-US", "dateModified": "2024-04-17T06:56:07.000Z", "wordCount": 337, "keywords": [ "celebrities", "onetime" ], "about": [ { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Lifestyle", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle" ] }, { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Celebrity", "sameAs": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity" ] } ] } ] } ```