{"id":57599,"date":"2025-03-12T13:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/?post_type=article&#038;p=57599"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:50:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T13:50:53","slug":"celebrity-salaries-before-they-got-famous","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/casino.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/reel-life\/celebrity-salaries-before-they-got-famous\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Salaries Before They Got Famous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before celebrities were rich, they had regular jobs. How long would they need to work to earn their current net worth? The results may surprise you!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"betmg-3013339819\" class=\"after-article-adv-ad betmg-after-content betmg-entity-placement\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Advertisements\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.betmgm.com\/en\/myaccount\/promotions\/casino\/new-player-offer\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PS_MC_3864152_PS &#8211; Facebook &#8211; 1200&#215;628\"><img src=\"https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1-300x157.jpg?strip=all 300w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1-1024x536.jpg?strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1-768x402.jpg?strip=all 768w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1-50x26.jpg?strip=all 50w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1-640x335.jpg?strip=all 640w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all&w=120 120w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all&w=240 240w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all&w=360 360w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all&w=480 480w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all&w=840 840w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all&w=960 960w, https:\/\/eidk95seyu2.exactdn.com\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/PS_MC_3864152_PS-Facebook-1200x628-1.jpg?strip=all&w=1080 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 639px) 98vw, (max-width: 1199px) 64vw, 770px\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\"   \/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":57603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","categories":[420],"tags":[],"topic":[543],"class_list":["post-57599","article","type-article","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","topic-reel-life"],"acf":{"article_highlights":null,"article_builder":[{"acf_fc_layout":"paragraph","title_only":true,"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people know how much celebrities make now, but <\/span><b>almost no one<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> knows how much they earned before fame.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the first time, we dive into the estimated salaries of major celebrities before they rose to fame\u2014and explore how long it would have taken them to accumulate their current wealth. From <a href=\"https:\/\/casino.betmgm.com\/en\/blog\/hollywood-money-slots-hub\/\"><strong>Hollywood legends<\/strong><\/a> and politicians to pop culture icons, we reveal the financial journeys that led them to stardom in a new Celebrity Index.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrity Grind-To-Glory Index<\/span><\/h2>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"inline_table","align_in_the_center":false,"table":{"acftf":{"v":"1.3.26"},"p":{"o":{"uh":1},"ca":""},"c":[{"p":""},{"p":""},{"p":""},{"p":""},{"p":""},{"p":""},{"p":""}],"h":[{"c":"Celebrity"},{"c":"Pre Fame Salary (USD)"},{"c":"Pre Fame Salary (GBP)"},{"c":"Previous Job"},{"c":"Current Net Worth (USD)"},{"c":"Estimated Lifetimes Working Their Old Jobs To Earn Their Current Value"},{"c":"Lifetimes for Average American Worker To Earn Their Current Value"}],"b":[[{"c":" Harry Styles"},{"c":"$2,942"},{"c":"\u00a32,271"},{"c":"Bakery Worker"},{"c":"$120 M "},{"c":"886 Lifetimes"},{"c":"40 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Adele\n\n"},{"c":"$8,195\n\n"},{"c":"\u00a36,500\n\n"},{"c":"Cafe Worker\n\n"},{"c":"$220 M\n"},{"c":"584 Lifetimes\n\n"},{"c":"72 Lifetimes\n\n"}],[{"c":"Post Malone"},{"c":"$19,968"},{"c":"\u00a315,463"},{"c":"Chicken Express Employee"},{"c":"$50 M\n"},{"c":"54 Lifetimes"},{"c":"16 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Margot Robbie"},{"c":"$22,950"},{"c":"\u00a317,774"},{"c":"Subway Sandwich Artist"},{"c":"$60 M"},{"c":"57 Lifetimes"},{"c":"20 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Rachel McAdams"},{"c":"$24,298"},{"c":"\u00a318,818"},{"c":"Mcdonalds Worker"},{"c":"$25 M"},{"c":"22 Lifetimes"},{"c":"8 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Jeff Bezos"},{"c":"$24,298"},{"c":"\u00a318,818"},{"c":"Mcdonalds Worker"},{"c":"$250.1 B"},{"c":"223,761 Lifetimes"},{"c":"82,378 Lifetimes\n"}],[{"c":"Zendaya"},{"c":"$25,000"},{"c":"\u00a319,361"},{"c":"Child Model"},{"c":"$30 M "},{"c":"26 Lifetimes"},{"c":"10 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Barack Obama"},{"c":"$27,056"},{"c":"\u00a320,950"},{"c":"Ice Cream Scooper"},{"c":"$70 M"},{"c":"56 Lifetimes"},{"c":"10 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Beyonce"},{"c":"$29,708"},{"c":"\u00a323,004"},{"c":"Hair Salon Assistant"},{"c":"$760 M"},{"c":"556 Lifetimes"},{"c":"250 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Stormzy"},{"c":"$29,992"},{"c":"\u00a323,822"},{"c":"Oil Refinery"},{"c":"$34 M"},{"c":"24 Lifetimes"},{"c":"11 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Brad Pitt"},{"c":"$30,442"},{"c":"\u00a323,573"},{"c":"Chicken Shop Promoter"},{"c":"$400 M"},{"c":"286 Lifetimes"},{"c":"132 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"JK Rowling"},{"c":"$31,186"},{"c":"\u00a324,768"},{"c":"Secretary"},{"c":"$1 B"},{"c":"697 Lifetimes"},{"c":"329 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Kayne West"},{"c":"$33,000"},{"c":"\u00a325,553"},{"c":"Gap Employee"},{"c":"$400 M"},{"c":"263 Lifetimes"},{"c":"131 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Elon Musk"},{"c":"$33,696"},{"c":"\u00a326,092"},{"c":"Boiler Room Cleaner"},{"c":"$378.8 B"},{"c":"244,371 Lifetimes"},{"c":"124,762 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Dwayne Johnson"},{"c":"$35,663"},{"c":"\u00a327,302"},{"c":"Pot Washer"},{"c":"$800 M"},{"c":"493 Lifetimes"},{"c":"264 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Tyler the Creator"},{"c":"$35,663"},{"c":"\u00a327,616"},{"c":"Starbucks Employee"},{"c":"$30 M"},{"c":"18 Lifetimes"},{"c":"10 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Jennifer Aniston"},{"c":"$49,338"},{"c":"\u00a338,205"},{"c":"Waitress"},{"c":"$320 M"},{"c":"140 Lifetimes"},{"c":"105 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Tom Cruise"},{"c":"$49,338"},{"c":"\u00a338,205"},{"c":"Waitor"},{"c":"$600 M"},{"c":"264 Lifetimes"},{"c":"198 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Lewis Capaldi"},{"c":"$52,237"},{"c":"\u00a341,433"},{"c":"Pub Singer"},{"c":"$38 M"},{"c":"16 Lifetimes"},{"c":"13 Lifetimes"}],[{"c":"Ed Sheeran"},{"c":"$56,010"},{"c":"\u00a344,425"},{"c":"Street Busker"},{"c":"$200 M"},{"c":"77 Lifetimes"},{"c":"66 Lifetimes"}]]},"paragraph":"","table_template":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"paragraph","title_only":true,"content":"<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: This is for entertainment purposes only and salaries are estimates.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Key Findings:<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harry Styles had the lowest pre-fame salary\u2014just $2,942 per year\u2014before becoming one of the most famous artists on the planet. However, he was only 16 at the time and was on minimum wage in England, working at a bakery in Cheshire.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ed Sheeran, another incredibly famous artist, earned the most before fame\u2014$56,010 per year busking on the streets.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elon Musk, one of the wealthiest men in the world, cleaned boiler rooms for $33,696 a year\u2014he\u2019d have to work more than 11 million years at that job to match his net worth today.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, would need to flip over 223 thousand lifetimes worth of McDonald's Patties at his previous job at the fast food chain to accumulate his current net worth of $250.1 Billion.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before becoming famous, most celebrities earned at least 50% less than the current average US salary ($66,621).<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The average earning American would need to work from 16 to 62 at least 10 times over to achieve the wealth of even the least wealthy celebrities on the list, e.g., Tyler The Creator, and Zendaya.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>"},{"acf_fc_layout":"large_image","image_options":"inline-image","image":57602,"image_link":"","caption_1":"","image_2":null,"caption_2":"","image_2_link":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"paragraph","title_only":true,"content":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Popular Celebrity Highlights<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elon Musk<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<b>Previous role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Boiler room cleaner<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Previous salary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $33,696 per year<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Net Worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $378.8 Billion<\/span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the average worker earns $66K annually, it would take them <\/span><b>5.7 million years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to reach Musk\u2019s wealth. If you started working 5.7 million years ago, you\u2019d have to live through the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">entire evolution<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of modern humans.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Musk had never pursued his career in technology, it would have taken him a staggering 244 <\/span><b>thousand<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lifetimes to achieve his current wealth, assuming he maintained his old salary.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jeff Bezos<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<b>Previous Role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> McDonald's Worker<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Previous Salary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $24,298 per year<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Net Worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $250.1 Billion<\/span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If the average worker earns $66K per year, it would take them 3.79 million years to reach Jeff Bezos' wealth. That\u2019s even longer than between now and when the first Genus, Homo, appeared.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Bezos had never pursued his career in e-commerce, he would have needed to work 223,761 lifetimes at his old job at McDonalds to match his current fortune.<\/span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyonce<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<b>Previous role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Hair Salon Assistant<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Previous salary:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$29,708 per year<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Net Worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $760 Million\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To reach Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s $760 million fortune, an average worker would need to work for <\/span><b>11,515 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014longer than human civilization itself. You\u2019d have worked through the rise and fall of Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and the Internet age.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Beyonce never chased her career in music, she would have needed to work 556 lifetimes at her Mom\u2019s salon to be worth what she is today.<\/span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harry Styles<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<b>Previous role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bakery worker<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Previous salary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $2,942 per year \/ \u00a33.64\/hour<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Net Worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $120 Million<\/span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If the average worker earns $66K per year, it would take them <\/span><b>1,818 years<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to match Harry Styles' wealth. That\u2019s longer than the entire history of the English language.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Styles had never auditioned for the X Factor back in 2010, he would have needed to work 886 lifetimes at his old job at a bakery in England to earn his current net worth. However, his previous salary was based on his <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk\/content\/national-minimum-wage-previous-rates\">minimum wage at 16<\/a><\/strong>, which would naturally be expected to increase with age and experience.<\/span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kanye West<\/span><\/h3>\r\n<b>Previous role:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gap Employee<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Previous salary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $33,000 per year<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>Current Net Worth:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> $400 Million<\/span>\r\n\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To earn Kanye West\u2019s $400 million net worth, an average worker would need to work for <\/span><b>6,061 years.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> That\u2019s over 100x longer than the entire history of rap music.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Kanye hadn\u2019t embarked on his successful music career, he would have had to work 263 lifetimes at Gap to earn his current net worth.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Methodology<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><b> Data Collection<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BetMGM Casino analyzed multiple online sources, including <\/span><b>celebrity interviews and articles from reputable sources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, to determine the previous jobs held by celebrities before they became famous.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once their past job roles were identified, <\/span><b>salary estimates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were obtained using job listing sites such as <\/span><b>Indeed US, UK and Glassdoor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The average salary for each role was applied to the respective celebrity. <\/span><b>British celebrities' GBP earnings were converted into USD based on the exchange rate.<\/b>\r\n<ol start=\"2\">\r\n \t<li><b> Salary Calculation Adjustments<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If an interview or article provided accurate <\/span><b>hourly or daily earnings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we used that information to calculate an <\/span><b>estimated annual salary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on full-time employment (e.g., Elon Musk and Adele).<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>default assumption<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was that all celebrities worked full-time hours unless stated otherwise in an interview or online source.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Part-time hours<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were applied to certain celebrities by default due to the nature and timing of their previous jobs (e.g., <\/span><b>Harry Styles, Post Malone, Barack Obama, and Lewis Capaldi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ol start=\"3\">\r\n \t<li><b><\/b> <b>Estimating Celebrity Working Lifetimes to Earn Their Current Net Worth<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To determine how many <\/span><b>working lifetimes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a celebrity would need to earn their current net worth if they remained in their previous jobs, we used the following formula:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous annual salary * 46 = X\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Net Worth \/ X = Estimated celebrity working lifetimes<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Where <\/span><b>46 represents the estimated number of working years from ages 16-62<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span>\r\n<ol start=\"4\">\r\n \t<li><b> Comparing to the Average American Worker<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To calculate how many <\/span><b>working lifetimes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the average American would need to reach each celebrity\u2019s net worth, we used this formula:<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Networth \/ $66,000 * 46 = Average working American lifetimes.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$66,000 represents the estimated median U.S. salary based on national labor data.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Where <\/span><b>46 represents the estimated working years from ages 16-62<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span>\r\n<ol start=\"5\">\r\n \t<li><b> Net Worth Data<\/b><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Celebrity net worth estimates were obtained from reputable sources such as <\/span><b>Forbes and CelebrityNetWorth.com<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All Sources:<\/span><\/h2>\r\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ABCNews, AOL.com, Backstage.com, Businessinsider.com, Capitalxtra.com, Celebritynetworth.com, Dailyrecord.co.uk, Delish.com, Forbes, Glamour.com, Glasgowlive.co.uk, Glassdoor, Gov.UK, Harpersbazaar.com, Headspacegroup.co.uk, IMDB.com, Indeed.com, Londonmuseum.org, Mensjournal.com, Nasdaq.com, Nationalworkexperienceweek.co.uk, Ndtv.com, Nme.com, Salaryexpert, Secretmanchester.com, SI.com, Sky News, Thesalarycalculator.co.uk, Thesun.co.uk, Wikipedia.org, Womanandhome.com.<\/span><\/i>\r\n<h2><b>Celebrity-themed Games at BetMGM<\/b><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BetMGM Casino has many online games for players in states where online casinos are legally active. 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