Then & Now-- Part 3: Salaries on Sitcoms: Dick Van Dyke Show and The Big Bang Theory

THEN

THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW (1961)

Dick Van Dyke (Rob Petrie) was paid $1,500 an episode ($12,221 today)  He also received ownership hares in the series.

THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (1979)

Tom Wopat (Luke) John Schneider (Bo)

$30,000 an episode ($100,662 today)

NOW

THE BIG BANG THEORY (2017)

Johnny Galecki (Leonard Hofstadter), Jim Parsons (Sheldon Cooper), kaley Cuoco (Penny Hofstadter), Simon Helberg (Howard Wolowitz) and Kunal Nayyar (Raj Koothrappali)

$900,000 an episode.

Mayim Bialik (Amy Farrah Fowler) and Melissa Rauch (Bernadette Rostenkowski) $425,000 an episode.

Real Funny Folks.  --DaCoot