You don’t need Sheldon’s IQ to guess that starring in a mega-hit sitcom comes with a pretty nice paycheck. But the Young Sheldon crew isn’t just doing “okay,” some of them are sitting on actual millions of dollars.
From the original grown-up Sheldon to the kid genius himself and the hilarious relatives appearing around him, this show quietly created a small army of millionaires.
Jim Parsons
Surprise-surprise (not really), Jim Parsons is the financial king of this nerdy universe. His TBBT paychecks were legendary! By the series finale, he and his co-stars were reportedly offered around $50 million for a 2-year contract, plus a little something from the show’s profits. Parsons decided to walk away anyway, and considering Celebrity Net Worth has him sitting at around $160 million, he’s probably not losing any sleep over a couple more mils. His Young Sheldon salary has been rumored at $500,000 per episode as narrator and executive producer, though that’s never been confirmed. Even without exact numbers, Sheldon Cooper made it big.
Wendie Malick
Wendie Malick didn’t show up until Season 4. Her net worth is estimated to be about $16 million, and that’s thanks to a career that stretches all the way back to the ’70s. Dream On, Just Shoot Me, Hot in Cleveland, Hallmark movies, and numerous voice roles have all featured her. Basically, if you’ve watched TV in the past 30 years, you’ve seen Wendie Malick get a paycheck. These days, she lives off the grid in Topanga Canyon, supports environmental causes like ClientEarth, and proudly re-wears her clothes. This lifestyle is remarkably frugal for a TV star.
Annie Potts
Annie Potts, aka the iconic Memaw Connie Tucker, is worth around $8 million. Some reports have speculated she made up to $125,000 per Young Sheldon episode, but that’s never been officially confirmed. She’s been in Designing Women, Love & War, Any Day Now, Joan of Arcadia, and, of course, Ghostbusters. Still, before landing Memaw, she admitted that she was in “a bit of a career slump” and had actually moved to New Orleans to be with her husband. Then Young Sheldon called, so of course she moved back to L.A. and had a career renaissance.
Wallace Shawn
Wallace Shawn, who played the odd Dr. John Sturgis, is estimated to be worth about $6 million. And that’s after decades of being in the business. He’s been in The Princess Bride, Clueless, Gossip Girl, and voiced Rex the dinosaur in Toy Story, among many others. In a 2015 interview with The Guardian, he jokingly stated that his primary source of income is his cartoon work. He clarified that, contrary to popular belief, he has no inheritance and relies solely on voice acting. He once made more in two days, being electrocuted by a giant insect in the film Strange Invaders, than he did in a year teaching Latin.
Iain Armitage
By the time Young Sheldon was over, Iain had gone from a 9-year-old newcomer to an insanely successful 15-year-old with a net worth reportedly around $6 million, which is crazy for a kid. He wasn’t exactly unknown before the show, either, as he appeared in Law & Order: SVU, Our Souls at Night, and HBO’s Big Little Lies, where he played Shailene Woodley’s son. Jim Parsons has called him “inspirational,” and it’s clear the industry loves him.
Montana Jordan
Montana Jordan, who plays Sheldon’s big brother Georgie, wasn’t a big hit on Young Sheldon, but the spinoff Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage made his net worth go up from around $2 million to roughly $4 million. The timing couldn’t be better, as Jordan became a dad in 2024 and has already purchased property in Texas with his wife, Jenna Weeks. She told People that Jordan proposed on that very land, which they plan to turn into a family home. With a few million in the bank in his early 20s and a growing career, nothing appears to be too unrealistic for this guy.
