$35.6 Million

Austin Butler Net Worth 2026

Last updated August 3, 2026

As of 2026, Austin Butler has an estimated net worth of $35.6 Million, computed film by film and year by year from public records and published rates. Every input, rate, and source behind the number is on this page.

Calculation

  • Disclosed salaries and documented backend, each with a citation
  • Undisclosed roles modeled from disclosed comparables for their era, budget band, and career stage
  • Backend, endorsements, and producing credits estimated from disclosed medians
Austin Butler

Fast Facts

BirthdateAugust 17, 1991
BirthplaceAnaheim
BreakthroughElvis (2022)
Best KnownElvis (2022)

Who Is Austin Butler?

Austin Butler was born August 17, 1991 in Anaheim, best known for Elvis (2022). The earnings behind Austin's net worth come from film salaries, backend participation, and endorsement deals.

The model tracks Austin's earning years from 2005 to 2026, with the biggest single year in 2023 at about $29.8 Million of gross income. After representation fees, taxes, and living costs, what stays invested compounds at market returns into an estimated $35.6 Million today.

Data

Every line below is computed from public data and the published rate tables on our methodology page. Confidence: Grade C. Documented numbers cover only a small share of this figure, so most of it is modeled from published rates and comparables (grades run from A, mostly documented, to C, mostly modeled).

The Calculation

Austin Butler net worth line items
LineAmount
Revenue
Film pay, modeled lead roles (12 of 42 films)
era and budget-band medians of disclosed lead salaries (winsorized, thin cells shrunk toward the era median), blended with this actor's disclosed quote history when available; soft breakthrough blend near the career break year
$84,050,796
Film pay, modeled supporting and early roles (30 of 42 films)
2.5% of era medians: the pre-stardom rate
$13,237,005
Backend points, estimated
12% of disclosed lead deals included points, at a median 2.6% of box office; expected value on 10 commercially viable undisclosed lead roles; cash spread over 3 years; 7 film(s) used band-specific box-office/budget multiples as a gross proxy
$6,377,922
Endorsements, estimated (1 brand partnerships)
1 named partnerships x the $4.0M annual fee from the median disclosed film deal x a 4-year term, spread across the deal years
$16,000,000
Residuals, estimated
SAG residual rates on post-theatrical receipts assumed at half of box office, split by role share and spread over the ten years after each release; 31 film(s) used band-specific box-office proxies
$25,656,131
Investment returns on savings
mixed portfolio: 55% actual 60/40 securities returns (taxed) + 45% US long-run home-price rate on the rest
$7,714,424
Expenses
Representation fees
agent 10% + attorney 5%
-$20,258,786
Taxes
US-CA effective rates, year by year
-$51,579,282
Personal spending
measured household savings rates by income, times a 88% entertainment-household factor
-$35,326,504
Estimated net worth$35,608,423

Film by Film

Austin Butler film-by-film pay
FilmYearRoleBudgetBox officePay counted
Caught Stealing
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $7.9M
2025Lead$52,500,000$33,299,999$7,007,054
Eddington
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $21.7M shrunk median for 2020s/mid (n=1), capped at $3.8M
2025Lead$25,000,000$13,700,000$3,367,557
Enemies
no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $10.5M
2025Lead$70,000,000$9,319,146
Dune: Part Two
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.79): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $16.4M shrunk median for 2020s/tentpole (n=5) vs early terms
2024Lead$190,000,000$715,000,000$13,087,110
Masters of the Air
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.79): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $10.5M vs early terms
2024Lead$70,000,000$8,433,472
Alliance of Women Film Journalists
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.66): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $10.5M vs early terms
2023Lead$70,000,000$7,139,368
Best Breakthrough Performance
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.66): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $10.5M vs early terms
2023Lead$70,000,000$7,139,368
Breakthrough Artist
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.66): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $10.5M vs early terms
2023Lead$70,000,000$7,139,368
The Bikeriders
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.66): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $21.7M shrunk median for 2020s/mid (n=1), capped at $5.2M vs early terms
2023Lead$35,000,000$36,300,000$3,652,728
Breakthrough Performance
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.50): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $10.5M vs early terms
2022Lead$70,000,000$5,546,875
Elvis
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.50): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $12.8M vs early terms
2022Lead$85,000,000$288,700,000$6,671,875
Most Promising Performer
soft-breakthrough blend (w=0.50): no disclosed fee: modeled on the $23.8M shrunk median for 2020s/large (n=2), capped at $10.5M vs early terms
2022Lead$70,000,000$5,546,875
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $20.0M shrunk median for 2010s/large (n=8) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.12
2019Lead$93,000,000$374,343,626$2,103,279
The Dead Don't Die
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.12
2019Lead$40,000,000$15,325,468$957,437
Dude
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.06
2018Lead$40,000,000$646,948
The Iceman Cometh
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.06
2018Lead$40,000,000$646,948
Yoga Hosers
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.02
2016Lead$5,000,000$38,784$136,241
The Intruders
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.01
2015Lead$40,000,000$328,334
Death of the Author
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2014Lead$40,000,000$302,507
Are You There, Chelsea?
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2012Lead$40,000,000$282,277
Arrow
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2012Lead$40,000,000$282,277
My Uncle Rafael
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $5.0M median for its era and nearest band (mid) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2012Lead$1,300,000$234,830$125,089
The Carrie Diaries
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2012Lead$40,000,000$282,277
The Shannara Chronicles
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2012Lead$40,000,000$282,277
CSI: NY
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2011Lead$40,000,000$278,738
Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2011Lead$40,000,000$278,738
Switched at Birth
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2011Lead$40,000,000$278,738
CSI: Miami
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2010Lead$40,000,000$276,920
Jonas
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2010Lead$40,000,000$276,920
Life Unexpected
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2010Lead$40,000,000$276,920
Ruby & The Rockits
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2010Lead$40,000,000$276,920
The Defenders
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2010Lead$40,000,000$276,920
Wizards of Waverly Place
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $11.0M shrunk median for 2010s/mid (n=3) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2010Lead$40,000,000$276,920
Aliens in the Attic
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2009Lead$45,000,000$59,600,000$485,454
Ruby & the Rockits
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2009Lead$40,000,000$485,325
Zeke and Luther
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2009Lead$40,000,000$485,325
Out of Jimmy's Head
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2008Lead$40,000,000$484,863
iCarly
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2007Lead$40,000,000$484,625
Drake & Josh
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate)
2006Supporting$40,000,000$484,418
Hannah Montana
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2006Lead$30,000,000$169,200,000$484,469
Zoey 101
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate); soft-breakthrough weight 0.00
2006Lead$40,000,000$484,504
Unfabulous
no disclosed fee: 2.5% of the $19.4M shrunk median for 2000s/mid (n=2) (pre-stardom rate)
2005Supporting$40,000,000$484,397

How the modeled figures work. An undisclosed lead role after the breakthrough gets the median of disclosed lead salaries for its era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film’s budget. Supporting and pre-breakthrough roles get 2.5% of that median, the documented going rate for actors before stardom. Films with no reported budget are treated as small productions. Undocumented backend, endorsements, and producer or director credits enter as separate estimated lines in the calculation above, built from disclosed medians. Every median comes from the published tables on our methodology page.

Net Worth Over Time

$10M$20M$30M20052010201520202026$35.6 Million2005: $76,4152006: $399,7152007: $519,8632008: $581,5342009: $1,007,0172010: $1,516,1462011: $1,889,4082012: $2,448,5892013: $2,819,6142014: $3,169,7912015: $3,425,0932016: $3,760,3022017: $4,224,3492018: $4,795,9342019: $5,928,7462020: $6,511,9462021: $8,322,8832022: $13,026,2652023: $20,453,8632024: $27,959,8672025: $34,364,2362026: $35,608,423

Modeled balance at the end of each year, matching the year-by-year table below.

Year by Year

Austin Butler year by year model
YearIncomeRep feesTax rateSpentSavedBalance
2026$2,613,323$391,99845%$673,417$548,312$35,608,423
2025$20,817,220$3,122,58345%$5,364,306$4,367,744$34,364,236
2024$27,979,265$4,196,89045%$7,209,865$5,870,442$27,959,867
2023$29,843,564$4,476,53545%$7,690,269$6,261,598$20,453,863
2022$25,119,684$3,767,95345%$6,472,991$5,270,461$13,026,265
2021$6,017,909$902,68645%$1,550,731$1,262,642$8,322,883
2020$937,274$140,59145%$295,506$142,670$6,511,946
2019$2,966,732$445,01045%$764,485$622,462$5,928,746
2018$2,606,665$391,00045%$671,701$546,915$4,795,934
2017$1,212,400$181,86047%$368,348$177,838$4,224,349
2016$1,071,653$160,74847%$325,587$157,193$3,760,302
2015$1,215,544$182,33247%$369,303$178,299$3,425,093
2014$1,213,584$182,03847%$368,708$178,012$3,169,791
2013$994,081$149,11247%$302,019$145,815$2,819,614
2012$1,991,350$298,70243%$531,803$433,006$2,448,589
2011$1,448,843$217,32643%$386,923$315,042$1,889,408
2010$2,025,096$303,76443%$540,815$440,344$1,516,146
2009$1,701,260$255,18943%$454,332$369,928$1,007,017
2008$688,510$103,27743%$224,969$108,615$581,534
2007$646,764$97,01543%$211,328$102,029$519,863
2006$1,463,453$219,51843%$390,824$318,218$399,715
2005$484,397$72,66043%$158,275$76,415$76,415

Model Notes

  • RESIDENCE PROXY: residence not individually sourced for this batch; US-CA default applied until documented
  • salary comps: 2 disclosed lead fee(s) flagged as non-market outliers (scale / far-below-quote) and excluded from era medians
  • Image credit: Wikimedia Commons via Wikipedia (Austin Butler)
Reproduce this number. A net worth estimate should be reproducible the way a scientific finding is: the same public inputs and the same published rates should always give the same answer. Film budgets and box office are public reporting. Every disclosed salary, fee rate, tax rate, savings rate, and benchmark return is published with citations on our methodology page. Undisclosed lead roles use the median of disclosed salaries for their era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film’s budget. Supporting and early-career roles use the documented pre-stardom fraction of that median. Undocumented backend, endorsements, and hyphenate credits enter as estimated lines from disclosed medians. Apply the rates year by year as shown above and you will land on $35.6 Million.

Methodology

We rebuild Austin’s career as a yearly time series. Disclosed salaries and documented backend enter as reported, with citations. Undisclosed lead roles get the median of disclosed salaries for their era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film’s budget. Supporting roles and roles from before the breakthrough get 2.5% of that median, the going-rate ratio measured from disclosed pre-stardom deals. Films with no reported budget are treated as small productions, and every role is estimated unless a source documents it was unpaid. Representation fees come out at sourced rates, taxes follow the eras actually lived through, spending follows measured household savings behavior unless court documents say otherwise, and what remains compounds at real market returns. Undocumented backend enters as an expected value from disclosed deals, endorsements at the median disclosed ambassador fee, and producer or director credits at union-scale floors.

The full model, every rate table, and how our estimates have checked out against real deals are on the methodology page.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Austin Butler's net worth in 2026?

As of 2026, Austin Butler's net worth is an estimated $35.6 Million. The estimate is built film by film from disclosed salaries and documented backend, then year by year: income, minus representation fees and taxes, minus spending, compounded at real market returns.

How does Austin Butler make money?

Film salaries and documented backend participation.

How is Austin Butler's net worth calculated?

Disclosed paydays enter as reported, with citations. Undisclosed lead roles use the median of disclosed salaries for their era and budget band, capped at 15% of the film's budget, and supporting or early-career roles use the documented pre-stardom fraction of that median. We subtract sourced representation fees, taxes for the years Austin actually worked, and spending from measured savings behavior, then compound at real market returns. Undocumented backend, endorsements, and producing credits enter as estimated lines from disclosed medians. Every rate and source is published.

How much does Austin Butler make per film?

It varies by role and era, and the film-by-film table above lists the pay counted for every title. Disclosed paydays enter as reported. Undisclosed roles are modeled from what comparable actors earned in the same era and budget range, with lead roles after the breakthrough earning the most and supporting or early roles a documented fraction of that.

Why is the tax rate so high, and don't actors avoid it with a loan-out company?

Tax comes out at the effective rate for where Austin lived each year, which is the rate shown in the year-by-year table. In a high-tax state like California, combined federal and state income tax reaches close to half of a top earner's income, so those years run in the mid-40s percent. A loan-out company, the corporation many actors run their income through, does not lower the tax on the money they take home. Its real advantage is deducting business costs such as agent, manager, and attorney fees, and the model already subtracts those as a separate line before any tax is applied. High-earning performers also fall outside the pass-through business deduction that other company owners can claim, so it buys them no rate cut.

Why is this figure different from other net worth sites?

Most sites publish a single number with no way to check it. This estimate is built in the open: every salary, rate, and assumption is on the page, and the methodology page lists every source.

How accurate is this estimate?

No net worth estimate for a private individual is exact; this one is a model built from public data. The difference is that you can see how it was built and check every step. The confidence grade near the top of the calculation shows how much of the figure rests on disclosed numbers, and the page flags where a number leans on an assumption.

Is Austin Butler rich compared to the average person?

Yes. A net worth of $35.6 Million is far above the median American household, which sits near $193,000 according to Federal Reserve data.

What is Austin Butler's biggest source of wealth?

On this page it is film salaries, the largest line in the calculation at $84.1 Million. The full breakdown, with every other line and its source, is above.

How much does Austin Butler make from endorsements?

The model counts $16.0 Million in career endorsement income for Austin: 1 named partnerships x the $4.0M annual fee from the median disclosed film deal x a 4-year term, spread across the deal years. It is an estimate, since the individual deal values are not all public, and it sits as its own line in the calculation above.

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