According to TV Guide's $4, "The Daily Show" host makes anywhere from $4 for the Comedy Central show. In 2012, TV Guide reported his salary at $4.
That number blows network hosts out of the water. The average salary for the late-night hosts hovers around $10 million. The only one who comes close to Stewart's reported pay check is David Letterman at $20 million per year.
Here are the numbers $4:
Late-night Personality | Network | Salary per year |
1. Jon Stewart | Comedy Central | $25-$30 million |
2. David Letterman | CBS | $20 million |
3. Conan O'Brien | TBS | $12 million |
4. Jimmy Fallon | NBC | $11 million |
6. Chelsea Handler | Netflix | $10 million |
6. Jimmy Kimmel | ABC | $10 million |
7. John Oliver | HBO | $2 million |
Stewart has been hosting "The Daily Show" since 1999. The show averaged slightly above half a million viewers weekly in the spring.
$4, "Jimmy Kimmel" and "The Late Show with David Letterman" averaged 2.7 million and 2.85 million viewers, respectively, as of April.
Jimmy Fallon has been receiving an average of 4.3 million views on "The Tonight Show."