Meet One Of The Highest-Paid Actresses

Hidden Costs of Success

Actor salaries, even at top levels, are sometimes misleading. Those with high salaries usually fall within the highest tax brackets. Thus, about 40 percent of top salaries earnings may go toward taxes. For example, reported actor taxes in 2019 filed by megastar Dwayne Johnson don't reflect his disposable income after paying taxes and cutting paychecks for all the people that help make him a star. Agents or managers get a cut of the work they help their clients find. The Hollywood Reporter indicates that A-list actors pay their agents millions of dollars. Some actors also have personal beauty professionals that help keep them in top shape and fashions. Perhaps the most important misconception about actor salaries is that they are always exorbitant.