he was paid machinist wages.
not sure but actors have a union and require producers to at least pay a minimum of about 800 an episode. everything else is negotiated by how popular the show and person is.
After 2005 season, I believe he negotiated a contract for himself so I'm sure after that point his pay per episode increased quite a bit.
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I am a reality TV producer and my guess is that Vinnie probably made about $2000 per episode in the beginning (plus his pay as a mechanic).
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Vinnie DiMartino likely made about $2000 per episode of American Chopper. He currently has a net worth of about $2 million.
it is worth around the $70,000 to the $150,000 depends on the diametric dilistics
Probably around 5 million.
In the published lawsuit from 2007 they made quite a bit. For year ending 2007 Sr. made 2.5 million and Jr. 325K. They argued that Jr. should have gotten over 500k as 20% minority owner
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