Cole Sprouse (Jughead Jones)
Salary: $40,000 per episode
Net worth: $8 million
Variety reported in October 2018 that the four leads of Riverdale were paid $40,000 per episode for Season 3, which ended in May 2019. Included in that deal is Sprouse, who plays Jughead Jones. With 20 episodes in Season 3, Sprouse’s salary for the season was $800,000. According to Elite Daily, Sprouse’s net worth sits $8 million, far higher than any of his Riverdale costars.
Much of his net worth comes from his syndicates Disney Channel show, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and its spinoff, The Suite Life on Deck, which Sprouse and his twin brother, Dylan, acted in in their teens. According to The New York Post, Sprouse made $20,000 an episode for both Suite Life shows, which amounts to $3.16 million for a total of 158 episodes. Along with Riverdale and his Suite Life income, Sprouse has also starred in Friends, as well as the 2019 film, Five Feet Apart. He is also a freelance photographer (a skill he studied at New York University) and has shot for Teen Vogue, W magazine and other publications.
When Riverdale was renewed for season 7, what would eventually be the finale, memes of Sprouse looking less than pleased, though that wasn’t entirely accurate to how the actor was feeling IRL. “One, because I’ve just assumed we’re going to see the finality of our [seven-season] contracts. Two, I think the internet assumes — because of how insane our show is — that we’re probably doing a bit worse than we actually are. It’s easy to forget that people love the show,” he told the New York Times in 2022.
“And I do think it’s going to be much more appreciated in 10 years than it is right now. It would be pretty pompous of me to say that another season of financial stability is not something that would be appealing. Though I’m not going to lie. The memes do make me laugh.”



















