Kelly Ripa's Net Worth In 2023 is Skyrocketing

First, she achieved success as a dancer, starring in Dancin' On Air and Dance Party USA. She then became a TV actress and participated in numerous projects, in particular, playing Hayley Vaughan for 12 years on All My Children and Faith Fairfield, one of the main characters on Hope & Faith.

But most people know Kelly Ripa as a long-time host of Live! (currently Live! with Kelly and Ryan) — the most popular and successful morning talk show in the US. By now, Kelly has been hosting and co-hosting the hit show for 22 years, nearly catching up with Regis Philbin's 23-years tenure on the project.

Unsurprisingly, Live! has been the chief contributor to Kelly Ripa's considerable net worth.

According to Celebrity Net Worth, her fortune amounts to $120 million. Going by various reports on the Internet, her annual salary on Live! is estimated to be $20–22 million. And as each season of the show consists of 257–259 episodes, that means Ripa currently earns at least around $77,500 per episode.

Interestingly, this number reflects a major surge in the star's earnings compared to the relatively recent past because, at the time when she was co-hosting with Michael Strahan, Ripa was only making $36,000 per episode (the period in question is between 2012 and 2016 when the show was titled Live! with Kelly and Michael).

It turns out Kelly had to fight hard for this more-than-twofold increase in salary.

As she revealed in a recent interview with Variety, after her contract expired and she had to negotiate a new one, the producers didn't want to pay her more — but apparently, they simply had no other choice, as Ripa was set to leave the project unless she gets the pay raise.

And because she has been the most popular and important host on Live! since Regis Philbin's retirement, they simply couldn't turn her down.

Fortunately for the show's viewers, Kelly's threats to the producers worked, and her net worth increased rapidly as a result. Of course, in addition to her work on the show, Ripa has additional sources of income, as is common for the majority of long-established stars. For example, her memoir made it to the New York Times' bestseller list last year.

And right now, she also works as a host on Generation Gap — a recent ABC game show, which has been renewed for a second season. Further contributing to her earnings, Kelly and her husband run their own production company.

Let's clap for the beloved TV host and her career achievements, as Kelly Ripa is certainly one of those talented stars who deserves it all.