Richest Late Night Show Hosts Ranked 2025

The Late Night shows are some of the most successful and most competitive programmes aligned by channels in American Television. The comparison from having live audience reactions, booking the trending, big celebrities to interview and even circulate the audience among them to be more authentic. 

While the celebrities are a big part of such sitdown interviews, it is mostly the host’s skill that pulls the audience to tune in regularly. Many of the Tonight Shows are named along with the respective hosts and one can only imagine that the said host is also fairly compensated financially for their services. Down is the list of the Richest Late Night Show hosts ranked based on their salary, earnings, along with the gawking net worth. 

Richest Late Night Show Hosts in 2025

HostShowEstimated Annual SalaryEstimated Net Worth
John OliverLast Week Tonight (HBO)~$30 million~$80 million
Jon StewartThe Daily Show specials~$25 million~$120 million
Jimmy FallonThe Tonight Show (NBC)~$16 million~$70 million
Stephen ColbertThe Late Show (CBS)~$15 million (some reports up to $17 M)~$75 million
Jimmy KimmelJimmy Kimmel Live! (ABC)~$15 million~$50 million
Bill MaherReal Time with Bill Maher (HBO)~$10 million~$140 million
Andy CohenWatch What Happens Live (Bravo)~$10 million~$50 million
Graham NortonThe Graham Norton Show (BBC)~$5 million~$40 million
Seth MeyersLate Night with Seth Meyers~$5 million~$25 million
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