How Much Money Do the "Real Housewives" Earn? [Depressing Story of the Day]

The Bravo Housewives Pull in Much More Than a Pretty Penny

Thanks to the sleuths at RadarOnline, the world will soon know how much money those "Real" housewives from the various cities make for airing their dirty laundry, over-inflated senses of self and duck lips on the air.

Are you sitting down? You may want to be ...

Believe it or not, Vicki Gunvalson, she of WHOOOP and overbearing mother fame, earns much more than the rest of her plastic California cohorts. Pulling in a whopping $450,000 a season, it's no surprise that she's lasted longer than any of the other original Orange County cast members.

Shockingly, Vicki's O.C. frenemy, Tamra Barney is second in line with a $350,000 payday, followed by Gretchen Rossi ($300,000, which hopefully Slade Smiley won't get his hands on), then the rumored-to-be-bankrupt Alexis Bellino ($200,000) and the newcomer, Heather Dubrow who only earns $30,000 but who is clearly (unlike the rest of them) not doing this for the money as she has puh-lenty and just wants the exposure.

The "ladies" from Beverly Hills fare less well than their neighbors to the south with Lisa Vanderpump leading the pack with a hefty $250k Adrienne Maloof (who, like Dubrow, doesn't need the cash) and Kyle Richards follow closely behind with $200,000 and Taylor Armstrong's just a tad below with $175k. The roubled Kim Richards who could really use the cash, nets a paltry $100,000 (along with newcomer Yolanda Hadid, she rounds out the bottom of the barell. Even Brandi Glanville pulls down more at $125,000.)

But, the women of Cali don't have anything on the unbeatable NeNe Leakes who, why oh why do I have to type this?, pulls in a staggering $750,000 each season. Go figure.