Actor, host, singer and producer
Neil Patrick Harris
Base case$60M
Estimate confidence
★★★★★
2 out of 5
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Ty Burrell Net Worth Estimate
Actor and comedianTy Burrell’s $55M base case reflects repeated eight-figure television earnings and Modern Family compensation that reached roughly $500,000 per episode.
Published estimateReviewed Oct 12, 2026
ActorsMedia personalities
Research context
See what supports this page, how current it is, and where comparable or historical context is available.
- Evidence
- 3 retained sourcesReviewed through Oct 12, 2026
- Change history
- 1 tracked snapshotComparable tracking began Sep 18, 2026
- Comparison context
- 1 reviewed peer rankingPeer lists preserve the same base-case estimate and uncertainty range.
Current estimate
What we can support today
Base case
$55M
Bear case
$35M
Bull case
$90M
Estimate confidence
2 out of 5
Why this estimate
- Main wealth driver
- Estimated retained television and entertainment capital ($55M base case)
- Estimate confidence
- 2 out of 5
- Key evidence
- TVLine reported Burrell at $12.5M in Forbes' 2016 ranking of the highest-paid television actors, after Forbes had reported $11.5M for the prior annual ranking.Sources[1][2]
- Biggest uncertainty
- What current residual or backend economics from Modern Family still accrue personally to Burrell?
- Evidence reviewed through
- Oct 12, 2026
Base case is our central scenario. Bear and bull cases show how uncertainty around private holdings, retained proceeds, taxes and liabilities can move the estimate.
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Scenario composition
Where the estimated wealth comes from
Switch scenarios to see how the total and each component move together. The bars show each positive component's share of the estimated assets in that scenario, not audited holdings.
Bear scenario net worth$35MPositive estimated assets shown: $35M
Estimated retained television and entertainment capital
$35M to $90M range$35M100%
Base scenario net worth$55MPositive estimated assets shown: $55M
Estimated retained television and entertainment capital
$35M to $90M range$55M100%
Bull scenario net worth$90MPositive estimated assets shown: $90M
Estimated retained television and entertainment capital
$35M to $90M range$90M100%
How Ty Burrell Built a Fortune
Forbes reported $11.5M of television earnings for Burrell in its 2015 ranking. TVLine’s summary of the following Forbes ranking then put him at $12.5M, showing that the role was supporting repeated eight-figure personal income rather than one unusually strong year.
The 2017 renewal reporting later described the adult cast moving toward roughly $500,000 per episode. That salary helps constrain the scale of Burrell’s historical cash flow, but it overlaps with the annual earnings observations and does not reveal how much ultimately remained after taxes, representation, spending and investing.
Modern Family remains a valuable television property, but the series’ continuing commercial value is not the same thing as Burrell’s personal asset value. Public evidence does not disclose enough current residual or backend economics to support a separate valuation.
Investments, property net equity, taxes, transfers and liabilities are also incomplete. The estimate therefore gives substantial weight to the documented earnings record without assuming that historical pretax compensation survived intact.
Sources[1][2][3]Observed assets and financial anchors
A reported salary, company sale or brand valuation is not automatically current personal wealth. We show the pieces that can be tied to retained evidence and keep historical flows separate.
No major component is directly observable as a precise current valueThis estimate is built from source-backed financial anchors and explicitly modeled scenario ranges rather than pretending a private balance sheet is directly observable.
Historical flow
TVLine reported Burrell at $12.5M in Forbes' 2016 ranking of the highest-paid television actors, after Forbes had reported $11.5M for the prior annual ranking.
Sources[1][2]Historical flow
The 2017 Modern Family renewal reporting put adult-cast compensation around $500,000 per episode for the next two seasons.
Sources[3]Scenario balance sheet
The estimate treats Burrell’s annual earnings observations and late-series episode pay as overlapping historical personal-flow evidence. Current residuals, backend participation, investments and liabilities remain unpriced where public economics are incomplete.
| Component | Bear | Base | Bull |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated retained television and entertainment capitalSources[1][2][3] | $35M | $55M | $90M |
| Estimated net worth | $35M | $55M | $90M |
Modeled component
Estimated retained television and entertainment capital
Forbes reported $11.5M of earnings for Burrell in its 2015 television-actor ranking, and TVLine later reported $12.5M in the 2016 Forbes ranking. The 2017 Modern Family renewal then put adult-cast compensation around $500,000 per episode. The range recognizes sustained high television earnings while allowing for taxes, representation, spending, investments, property, residuals and liabilities that are not publicly complete.
Sources[1][2][3]Tracked estimates
Estimate history
We began retaining comparable estimate snapshots on Sep 18, 2026. Earlier Grizzly Bulls figures are not reconstructed unless a retained snapshot exists.
- Current tracked estimateBase case$55MBear to bull$35M to $90M
Initial Grizzly Bulls estimate published with repeated television earnings and late-series episode compensation separated from current retained personal capital.
This is the first retained snapshot, so there is no earlier comparable Grizzly Bulls estimate to show yet.
What could move the estimate
- What current residual or backend economics from Modern Family still accrue personally to Burrell?
- How much historical television income remains invested in liquid assets, property or other holdings?
- What taxes, spending, transfers and liabilities materially reduce current retained wealth?
Wealth timeline
Forbes reports $11.5M of annual television earnings
Forbes listed Burrell at $11.5M in its 2015 television-actor earnings ranking.
Sources[1]Annual television earnings rise to $12.5M
TVLine's summary of Forbes' 2016 ranking listed Burrell at $12.5M.
Sources[2]Modern Family pay reaches roughly $500,000 per episode
Renewal reporting described the adult cast moving from roughly $350,000 to about $500,000 per episode.
Sources[3]
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Sources
Numbered citations above link to the retained sources below. External net-worth headlines do not set our estimate.
- [1]ForbesReporting · May 18, 2016The World's Highest-Paid TV Actors, 2015: Ty Burrell
- [2]TVLineReporting · Sep 27, 2016TV's Highest-Paid Actors And Actresses: Who's The Best Value?
- [3]Yahoo EntertainmentReporting · May 10, 2017Modern Family Gets 2-Year Renewal By ABC, Closes New Deals With Core Cast
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