Emmy winner Jon Hamm seems like one of the good guys in Hollywood. In 2022, he gave up 60 percent of his salary to finance an extra three days of filming for the indie comedy Confess, Fletch which must mean he’s in a pretty secure position to make that sort of investment. Which leads fans to wonder what Jon Hamm’s net worth is and how much he made while filming Mad Men as Don Draper, one of his most legendary roles.
Hamm has spent the last 25 years in the entertainment industry. His first on-screen appearance was as “Gorgeous Guy at the Bar” in an episode of Ally McBeal and from there, he worked pretty consistently in small roles over the next 10 years; a spot on the third season of Gilmore Girls, another in season seven of Buffy. But it wasn’t until 2007 when the world really started to get to know the name, Jon Hamm.
What is Jon Hamm’s net worth? What is Jon Hamm’s net worth? Around $45 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. The actor can owe much of that wealth to his work on Mad Men, for which he reportedly received up to $275,000 per episode, totaling $4 million per season. He worked hard to get the part, too. In an interview with TV Week in 2017, Hamm explained the arduous audition process.
Personally, Hamm and his partner of 18 years, Jennifer Westfeldt, broke up in 2015. In 2013, they’d purchased a house together: a 1,000-square-foot, two-bedroom penthouse with a terrace on the Upper West Side of Manhattan for $2.45 million, just a block away from Central Park. But after they split, the penthouse underwent extensive renovations before it was rented out for almost $15,000 per month.
In 2022, news broke that Hamm had given up 60 percent of his salary on the indie comedy Confess, Fletch to film an extra three days of footage. The film had a shoestring budget of $20 million thanks in part to Hamm’s generosity, compared to the average cost of making a movie which is around $65 million. The film’s director Greg Mottola confirmed the news to Uproxx, saying Hamm “gave back 60 percent of his salary to the budget” to finish filming the Paramount/Miramax feature.