Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth

Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth is $45 million. The Jennifer Lawrence net worth total comes mostly from acting. The megastar’s net worth would be a lot bigger if she had been around longer. Her acting career is in the stratosphere. Since she’s only been a superstar since 2012, her net worth hasn’t had time to catch up.

Acting income of $89 million makes up most of the Jennifer Lawrence net worth total. Endorsement deals and merchandise chip in another $25 million. Taxes take back $61 million. Expenses knock another $12 million from the Jennifer Lawrence net worth sum.

Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth Facts

Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth of $45 million is about the same as Bradley Cooper’s net worth of $44 million. Hugh Jackman has 3 times the Jennifer Lawrence net worth sum with $150 million. Leonardo DiCaprio has $217 million. That’s 5 times more than Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth. Jackman has been acting since 1995 and DiCaprio since 1989. Lawrence started in 2006 and will most likely catch up.

Adele’s net worth of $33 million is about 40% smaller than Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth. Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth is 85 times bigger than Bernie Sanders’ net worth of $528,000. It’s 660 times bigger than the median U.S. family’s net worth of $68,000.

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Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth Timeline

Jennifer Lawrence started acting professionally in 2006. Her first role was as an extra in the TV series Monk. Lawrence’s first lead role was in 2008’s The Poker House. She earned an estimated $27,000 for the role. The first big contributor to the Jennifer Lawrence net worth story was the Bill Engvall show. Lawrence appeared in 31 episodes of that TV series from 2007 through 2009. She earned an estimated $279,000.

The Jennifer Lawrence net worth machine didn’t really ramp up until 2011’s X-Men: First Class. Lawrence was paid an estimated $1 million for the role of Mystique, plus 1/4% of the box office take. By 2013, Lawrence was commanding an impressive $10 million per movie.

The chart below shows how the Jennifer Lawrence net worth amount has piled up over time.

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Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth Sources

Where does Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth come from? As the table below shows, most of it comes from acting. Lawrence has earned a grand total of $89 million from acting since she first entered the business in 2006. She has also made $15 million from endorsement deals and another $10 million from merchandise.

Lifetime earnings of $115 million form the foundation of the Jennifer Lawrence net worth mountain. Taxes chop out $61 million and expenses like agent fees and other costs take another $12 million. Investments of about $2.5 million add a little back.

Jennifer Lawrence’s salary is about $23 million per year. That figure comes from splitting her $115 million in career earnings over her five years of superstardom. For more details on the Jennifer Lawrence net worth breakdown, see the sections below.

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Acting and Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth

The bulk of the Jennifer Lawrence net worth total comes from her acting work. Lawrence has earned $89 million from acting since 2006. For the first five years of her career, Lawrence barely made enough to cover her expenses. Even the 2010 hit Winter’s Bone only paid the star an estimated $43,250.

It wasn’t until the 2011 blockbuster X-Men, First Class that Lawrence really started to build her wealth. That movie paid the actress about $1 million up front and a probable 1/4% of box office earnings. That gave Lawrence her first payout in the millions or $1.9 million to be specific.

The Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook gave Lawrence her first paydays over $5 million. They also set her up as American’s new sweetheart action star. By the time she appeared in 2013’s The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, film roles were adding $10 million or more each to the Jennifer Lawrence net worth figure.

Though Lawrence can now command $12 million per role, she frequently accepts far less than that for labors of love. Since 2012, Lawrence has taken on several indie roles for much lower pay. These include House at the End of the Street, The Devil You know, and Serena. Notably, many of these smaller roles put her opposite Bradley Cooper, fueling speculation of an off screen romance. It’s just speculation though, as Cooper vowed in 2015 that he would never sleep with his regular co-star.

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Endorsements and Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth

The Jennifer Lawrence net worth math figures in a hefty chunk of endorsement cash. Most recently, Lawrence entered into a multi-million dollar deal as the new face of Miss Dior. The ad below shows off Lawrence’s product endorsement power.

The star’s other endorsement deals chip in an estimated $3 million per year to her net worth. Lawrence became a hot property in 2012. Figuring $3 million per year from endorsements since that time adds a total of $15 million to the Jennifer Lawrence net worth sum.

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Merchandise and Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth

Most stars earn money from merchandise. Sales of posters, tee shirts, hoodies, pens, cell phone cases and other gear certainly pump money into the Jennifer Lawrence net worth amount.

Lawrence earns a probable $2 million per year from sales of merchandise. That means in the five years she’s been a star, Lawrence has earned $10 million from merchandising.

The Jennifer Lawrence t-shirt pictured here retails for $23 on Amazon.

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Appearances and Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth

Probably the smallest slice of the Jennifer Lawrence net worth pie comes from $265,000 for appearances. These include spots on shows like Jimmy Fallon and The Daily Show as well as clips of Lawrence used on news digest programs like Entertainment Tonight.

Lawrence has 92 appearance credits to her name. The biggest was her stint as host of Saturday Night Live in 2013. Hosts earn a reported $30,000 for that gig. Lawrence has also had 36 smaller appearances paying an estimated $5,000 each. The other 55 appearance credits are for use of Jennifer Lawrence stock footage.

If Lawrence earns so little for appearances, why bother? Showing up on talk shows is more of a marketing tool for stars like Lawrence than anything else. The idea is that the shows add to the Jennifer Lawrence net worth total indirectly rather than directly.

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Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth Calculations

The table below shows our Jennifer Lawrence net worth calculations. Total earnings are only one part of the story. Lawrence is in a 39.6% federal tax bracket. Since Lawrence lives in California, she also pays the nation’s highest state tax rate of $13.3%. Agent fees, staff, cost of living and other expenses chop out another 10% per year. Investments add back 6%. The column on the right shows the final Jennifer Lawrence net worth number.

Jennifer Lawrence’s net worth has grown rapidly since she first hit mega stardom in 2012. Even so, some may express surprise that she’s not worth more. Given time, the star’s wealth will grow as she continues to accept high profile roles. For now, she’s outshone by actors who’ve already spent decades in the limelight like Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock.

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Jennifer Lawrence Net Worth in the Future

Jennifer Lawrence has been consistently adding about 25% to her net worth each year since 2012. Assuming that trend continues, the star is on track to amass $232 million by 2025.

Apparently Jennifer Lawrence isn’t stingy with her net worth. As the tweet below from 2/17/16 shows, the star gave a $2 million donation to the Kosair Children’s Hospital. The tweet shares an open letter to Lawrence from a grateful mom.

jennifer lawrence is an absolute angel and nobody can convince me otherwise pic.twitter.com/BNqrBLb5lZ

— izzie (@falIingforher) February 17, 2016

Sources:

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