--- title: "Teresa Giudice And NeNe Leakes Top Highest-Paid Reality TV Stars!" url: https://allabouttrh.com/2014/01/20/teresa-giudice-and-nene-leakes-top-highest-paid-reality-tv-stars/ type: post date: 2014-01-20 modified: 2014-01-20 markdown_url: https://allabouttrh.com/2014/01/20/teresa-giudice-and-nene-leakes-top-highest-paid-reality-tv-stars.md author: "Roxanne" --- # Teresa Giudice And NeNe Leakes Top Highest-Paid Reality TV Stars! ![Screen Shot 2014-01-19 at 10.49.19 PM](https://allabouttrh.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Screen-Shot-2014-01-19-at-10.49.19-PM.png) Who would have thought being a reality star could make you so much money? [Business Insider](https://www.businessinsider.com/the-23-highest-paid-reality-tv-stars-2014-1#snooki-from-195-million-to-200000-1)released the top 23 highest-paid reality stars and NeNe Leakes and Teresa Giudice not shockingly are actually top the list! NeNe Leakes makes a whopping $1 million per season and that's not even including bonuses making her the highest paid housewife. Teresa comes second, making 650,000 a season! What else are the other housewives reportedly making? Vicki Gunvalson who labels herself the "original" housewife makes 500,000 per season! Kandi Burruss: $450,000 per season Tamra Barney: $350,000 per season Melissa Gorga: $350,000 per season (Melissa has Teresa to thank for that) Gretchen Rossi: $300,000 per season Cynthia Bailey: $300,000 per season Phaedra Parks: $300,000 per season Lisa Vanderpump: $250,000 per season (That's like pocket change to her!) Are you surprised with how much the housewives make?