One of the earliest credits that Tim Allen scored in his career was a 1988 feature in Comedy’s Dirtiest Dozen on HBO. However, barely three years later, he was the star of his television show, Home Improvement, and the rest, as they say, is history. His work on the series made Tim one of the highest-paid television actors in history and contributed a great deal to his sizable net worth.
In his very first feature film outing in the 1999 Galaxy Quest, Tim Allen received $2 million for his role. His price kept getting higher in a short period of time. When he starred in Joe Somebody in 2001, he took home a whopping $12 million salary. However, the movie that has earned Tim Allen the most money is Toy Story 3, for which he got paid $22 million for voicing Buzz Lightyear. This is a huge come up from Toy Story and Toy Story 2, which earned him $500,000 and $5 million respectively.
Moving on to television series, one of the shows that have made Tim Allen the most money is Last Man Standing, for which he reportedly received $235,000 per episode, amounting to $4.2 million annually.
Next up is Home Improvement, the show that served as Tim Allen’s cash cow. Although it is not clear how much he earned per episode on the show between 1991 to 1996, he was earning a mouthwatering $200,000 per episode, not including consulting fees from 1996 to 1998. Considering that 50 episodes aired within this latter timeframe, Tim took home a total of $10 million during the period. For the show’s final season, Tim Allen’s net worth rose significantly due to the huge pay raise he received, which saw him take home $1.25 million per episode for 27 episodes. In total, the Golden Globe-winning actor earned $35 million for season 8 of Home Improvement alone.
