Key Insights
- Salary Equality: The cast of White Lotus receives the same salary per episode.
- Episode Earnings: Each main cast member earns approximately $40,000 for their performance.
- Consistent Billing: The show employs alphabetical billing for its cast credits.
- Producer’s Statement: Producer David Bernard emphasized that all actors are treated equally.
The White Lotus cast’s salaries aren’t quite as eclectic as the guests who check into the fictional resort.
Fans of the HBO series—which scored 23 nominations at the 2025 Emmy Awards—know the colorful characters featured across its three seasons have ranged from a needy heiress (Jennifer Coolidge) to a sexually forward grandfather (F. Murray Abraham) to a pill-popping housewife (Parker Posey).
But unlike the wide range of personalities featured onscreen, the salaries paid to the show’s cast—which included Carrie Coon, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Walton Goggins, Aimee Lou Wood, Natasha Rothwell, and Blackpink singer Lisa for season three—are the same across the board.
“Everyone is treated the same on White Lotus,” producer David Bernard said in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in April. “They get paid the same, and we do alphabetical billing, so you’re getting people who want to do the project for the right reasons.”
As such, the main cast earns about $40,000 per episode, a figure season three star Jason Isaacs confirmed to New York magazine in July.
