Raking it in! Current and former 90 Day Fiancé stars like David Murphey, Darcey Silva and Larissa Dos Santos Lima are some of the highest earners that have been featured on the TLC show. Their net worths top more than six figures, and it’s obvious their reality fame has helped build their bank accounts.
While you may think all the 90DF couples are making bank from appearing on the reality show about long-distance lovers, that’s not exactly the case. Chris Thieneman and wife Nikki Cooper appeared in David Toborowsky and now-wife Annie Suwan’s storyline during season 5 in 2018 and claimed they did not get paid a dime for their time filming. Later that year, an insider explained to Radar Online how the sliding pay scale for the show works.
“90 Day Fiancé pays their American cast members $1,000 to $1,500 per episode,” the source said at the time. Even if a person is able to land a spot on the spinoff 90 Day Fiancé: Happily Ever After?, their pay “doesn’t go up much more.”
Unfortunately, the foreign stars don’t get any sort of paycheck for their time on the show. “They can’t even get paid because they have to wait for a work permit,” the source continued. “It’s, of course, different if filming takes place in their country.”
Besides a paycheck directly from TLC, being featured on 90 Day opens up other doors for potential financial gain, like becoming a social media influencer, Cameo star or getting paid for public appearances.
Viewers see some people on the show throw around large sums of money during the process of their significant other getting granted a K-1 visa so they can come live in the states. Fans were shocked when 90 Day Fiance: Before the 90 Days David revealed he spent $300,000 on a dating site to speak to a Ukrainian woman named Lana. Although they were briefly engaged, the couple did not work out in the end.
However, not all the stars on the show are in such a solid financial state. Popular cast member Danielle Jbali (née Mullins) appeared on both 90 Day Fiancé and Happily Ever After? but revealed to fans she struggled with money problems and asked for prayers amid financial hardships.
Some 90 Day Fiancé stars have a seriously impressive net worth. Keep scrolling to see the highest-earning stars on the series!
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Larissa appeared during season 6 with then-husband Colt Johnson. Their drama-fueled relationship eventually ended up in divorce, but the Brazilian reality star’s professional life took off. Her net worth is an estimated $500,000, according to ScreenRant. She is no longer part of 90DF, but makes money as a star on Cameo and OnlyFans.
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Kenneth Niedermeier and Armando Rubio were featured as the first gay male couple in the franchise. 90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way documented Kenneth’s move to Mexico to be with Armando and his daughter. Kenneth, who is a dad of four and proud grandfather, has an estimated net worth of $500,000, according to The Cinemaholic. His money reportedly comes from his former career in business and selling property.
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Colt Johnson and Larissa were one of the most controversial couples on the show. His estimated net worth of $600,000, according to ScreenRant, proves the drama paid off. Besides his reality stardom, Colt also works as a software engineer for the firm Konami, but he, unfortunately, lost his job at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in April 2020.
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Ed Brown, known on the franchise as Big Ed, has an estimated net worth of $800,000, according to ScreenRant. After appearing on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days with ex Rosemarie Vega, he went on to star in the spinoff 90 Day: The Single Life. In addition, Big Ed makes money on Cameo and has a clothing line.
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When Elizabeth Potthast first appeared on 90DF during season 4, her now-husband Andrei Castravet was not working. However, it looks like she’s become a major boss lady since then with an estimated net worth of $1 million, according to ScreenRant.
The couple not only started their own real estate business called Castravet Properties, but Elizabeth also posts ads on Instagram for Boom Bod, Curology and more. The duo is also raking in more money since launching their OnlyFans pages.
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Anfisa Nava’s relationship with Jorge Nava during season 4 did not work out, and she’s been fully focused on her career since then. She works as a fitness influencer, launched a training app, runs a YouTube channel and is on OnlyFans. It’s no wonder she’s racked up a net worth of $1 million, according to The Cinemaholic.
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Michael Jessen’s name on this list may come as no surprise considering during season 7 he gifted Juliana Custodio de Sousa a $4,000 custom-made necklace and bought a $1 million home. He has an estimated $1.5 million net worth, according to The Cinemaholic, through his work as a wine investor for Zachys Wine Auctions for more than a decade and other business ventures.
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Darcey has appeared on 90DF a whopping four times and even got her own spinoff with her twin sister, Stacey. The blonde beauty’s net worth is an estimated $2 million, according to ScreenRant, because she has multiple ventures under her belt. She owns a production company, Eleventh Entertainment, a clothing line with her sister called House of 11 and posts about various partnerships on social media.
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That’s right, David is the highest-earning 90DF star with an estimated net worth of $2.5 million, according to ScreenRant. He works as an SR Systems Programmer for Clark County in Nevada and sells his high-end items to pay for other purchases. As far as spending so much on dating sites, David is unbothered by the hefty price tag.
“I was spending $2,000 per month dating when I was dating in the USA,” he previously said during an Instagram Q&A. “Dinner, shows, activities, and travel. When the website came out I just transferred that expense to them. I know, I know. If you earn $4K a month, this is crazy money, but not if you earn $15k plus. None of this money is life-changing to me.”
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Tim Malcolm may have appeared on Before the 90 Days with Colombian beauty Jeniffer Tarazona, but the North Carolina native makes a lavish living as a custom gun entrepreneur. “I make the gun more like a painting than an actual firearm,” he said during the season 3 premiere of the series in August 2019. “My customers are never going to fire that gun. I’m selling art.” His net worth is estimated to be between $1 and $5 million, according to multiple outlets.
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Following his time on 90 Day Fiancé, Pedro and his estranged wife, Chantel Everett, were given their own spinoff called The Family Chantel. The TLC alum obtained his real estate license in July 2021, and his net worth is estimated to be between $100,000 and $5 million.
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The season 9 star made her TLC debut in April 2022. However, apart from reality TV, the Albuquerque, New Mexico, native is dually trained as a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and Licensed Massage Therapist. Her net worth is estimated to be $1.5 million, according to Popular Net Worth.