Ray Romano's Net Worth in 2024 Proves That Everyone Still Loves Raymond

Comedian Ray Romano became a household name with his sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond, which ran for nine seasons on CBS from 1996 to 2005. While the show wrapped almost two decades ago, Everybody Loves Raymond remains beloved, with the series ranked as the 35th best sitcom of all time by Rolling Stone and still running in syndication today.

Since Raymond, Romano has leant his voice to the Ice Age films and starred in multiple projects, including TV series Men of a Certain Age, Parenthood, and Get Shorty. Next up, Romano will star in No Good Deed with Friends alum Lisa Kudrow on Netflix. Romano and Kudrow play a couple trying to suppress dark family secrets while they attempt to sell their 1920s Spanish-style home in Los Angeles.

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The comedy is another foray for Romano in front of the camera, but the comedian has also made a living by producing behind the scenes. He was an executive producer on Everybody Loves Raymond from the second season until the end of the series, which increased the amount of royalties he received from the show.

Here's everything we know about Ray Romano's finances, including his net worth in 2024:

What is Ray Romano's net worth in 2024?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ray Romano is worth $200 million. Much of that is from royalties accrued making Everybody Loves Raymond, but is also partially from his current acting and producing gigs.

How did Ray Romano get his start?

Romano started as a stand-up comedian and competed in the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search in 1989. His performance led to multiple comedy gigs, including sets on Comedy Central. His big break didn't come until he performed a set on The Late Show with David Letterman, which brought Romano in the door at CBS. The next year, Everybody Loves Raymond was launched.

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How much did Ray Romano make on Everybody Loves Raymond?

Romano's salary is unknown for the first four seasons of the show. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Romano started making $800,000 per episode in Season 5, for a total of $19 million each year for Seasons 5, 6, and 7. In 2005, as the show wrapped up its penultimate season, Romano was given the Guinness World Record for the most money made per episode at $1.94 million. He held the record for being the highest paid actor on TV until 2019, when Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon were paid $2 million each per episode of The Morning Show.

If you speculate that Romano made around $300,000 per episode for the first four seasons of the show, and then add up his paycheck for the later five, the actor made approximately $161 million for starring in and executive producing the sitcom. Romano also secured points on the backend, so he's making additional money in syndication apart from his acting royalties.

How much did Ray Romano make off of the Ice Age movies?

According to Romano's co-star John Leguizamo in a recent interview with Complex, the Ice Age actors were paid scale to voice the characters in the modestly produced first film. When the film and its sequel became big box-office successes, the cast were able to renegotiate for bigger pay days in the third film. While the exact numbers are confidential, Leguizamo revealed that Ice Age paid for his New York brownstone. The Hollywood Reporter announced last month that both Romano and Leguizamo will be returning (and earning sizable paychecks) for another installment of the animated series that is currently in production. Leguizamo joked that the new movie should allow him to buy a helicopter, so you can expect everyone will make seven or eight figures on the movie.

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How much has Ray Romano made playing poker?

Aside from Hollywood, Romano is an active poker player and has played multiple times in the Poker World Series. Romano's total winnings in poker competitions is confidential, but according to the poker player ranking site Hendon Mob, Romano has earned at least $35,000 by competing in public tournaments.

How much money does Ray Romano have in real-estate?

According to Celebrity Net Worth and Yahoo Finance, Romano owns three homes in California—a large estate in Encino valued at over $10 million in 2021, a luxury beach house in Malibu worth over $25 million, and a $2.1 million house in Venice, California.

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