Bill Burr Net Worth 2026: The Fenway Payday Behind $25M

Last updated: October 1, 2026 · By Nathan Cole

Bill Burr’s net worth in 2026 is estimated at $20–30 million, anchored at $25 million. The figure comes from Celebrity Net Worth’s current listing, echoed by Parade’s January 2026 profile and BBN Times — the most-carried 2026 number, replacing the stale $12 million estimates that still circulate on older pages. Burr built it the hard way: three decades of stand-up, nine streaming specials, a five-season Netflix animated series he created, and a sideline in film and TV that now includes an Aaron Sorkin movie hitting theaters on October 9, 2026.

The three money stories that matter: the Fenway Park sellout in August 2019, when Burr became the first comedian to headline the ballpark before roughly 38,000 fans; the streaming-special machine, nine specials deep with the latest, Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years, landing on Hulu in March 2025 and collecting two Emmy nominations; and the October 2026 film slate — The Social Reckoning in theaters October 9, and production starting this fall on Born Losers, a film Burr is co-writing, producing, and starring in. Below: the full ledger, the real-estate flips, the podcast economics, and why the estimates disagree.

The Number: –30 Million, Anchored at M

Bill Burr, the stand-up comedian and actor from Canton, Massachusetts, is worth an estimated $20–30 million in 2026. The $25 million midpoint is the figure Celebrity Net Worth currently carries, and it’s the number Parade repeated in its January 2026 profile. BBN Times landed in the same place, noting the figure is up from the $12–14 million estimates that tracked him in earlier years.

That rise is the story. Burr didn’t get rich from one payday. He stacked three decades of road work, nine specials, five seasons of a show he created, and a run of film roles — then kept touring through all of it. The anchor sits at $25 million because that’s where the freshest reporting converges.

Why the Estimates Disagree: M vs. M

Search Bill Burr’s net worth and you’ll see numbers from $12 million to $30 million. The spread isn’t mysterious — it’s a freshness problem. The low end comes from pages last meaningfully updated in 2023. The high end comes from 2026 reporting that prices in his last three years: the Hulu special, the Broadway run, the Fenway-era touring peak, and the 2026 film slate.

The honest read: Burr’s wealth kept climbing after the $12 million pages froze. The $20–30 million range captures the disagreement without pretending the stale numbers are current.

Stand-Up Is the Engine: 300 Shows a Year at His Peak

Everything in Burr’s fortune traces back to the road. BBN Times reports that at his peak he played more than 300 shows a year — a workload that built the war chest everything else was layered onto. He headlines arenas and theaters across North America, and his 2026 calendar is still full: FireKeepers Casino Hotel in Battle Creek, Michigan on October 1 (per the Battle Creek Enquirer, August 2026), a three-night stand at the Chicago Theatre October 2–4 (Choose Chicago; TicketNews, June 2026), and the first-ever comedy show at Pawtucket’s Centreville Bank Stadium (Providence Journal, June 2026).

The landmark gig remains Fenway Park. In August 2019, Burr became the first comedian to sell out Fenway Park, drawing roughly 38,000 fans, per BBN Times. For a Boston kid from Canton, it was the hometown coronation — and arena-scale paydays like that are where a stand-up’s net worth is actually minted. He’s also sold out Madison Square Garden, and his 2022 Live at Red Rocks special was filmed before 9,000 fans in Colorado.

All Nine Specials, Deal by Deal

Burr has released nine full-length stand-up specials, starting in 2008. BBN Times reports the streaming-era specials each commanded seven-figure deals from platforms like Netflix and Hulu. The table below is the complete run.

Notice the arc: Comedy Central hours, then five straight Netflix specials, then a jump to Hulu for the ninth. Each platform move came with a bigger check.

“Drop Dead Years”: The Hulu Payday With Hardware

Bill Burr: Drop Dead Years premiered on Hulu on March 14, 2025, and it did something none of his Netflix specials had done: it earned him two Emmy Award nominations. The streaming album followed on August 1, 2025, and picked up Burr’s second Grammy nomination, per the Battle Creek Enquirer (August 2026).

Awards don’t pay directly, but they reset a comedian’s quote. A ninth special with Emmy nominations behind it is a different negotiating instrument than a ninth special without them — and Burr’s next special deal, whenever it lands, will be priced off this one.

“F Is for Family”: Five Seasons of Creator Money

Burr co-created the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family with Michael Price, and it ran for five seasons from 2015 to 2021. Creator money works differently than performer money: a co-creator collects producing fees across every season plus backend participation, on top of voice-acting pay.

The show was loosely based on Burr’s own 1970s childhood — which meant he was monetizing his own upbringing twice: once as stand-up material, once as a series. Five seasons of a Netflix original is the kind of durable asset that keeps paying after the road dates end.

The Acting Ledger: Breaking Bad to Broadway

Parade’s January 2026 profile notes that “a good portion of his net worth comes from acting roles on shows like The Mandalorian.” The ledger runs deep: Patrick Kuby on AMC’s Breaking Bad, Migs Mayfeld on Disney+’s The Mandalorian, film roles in Daddy’s Home (2015), The Front Runner (2018), and The King of Staten Island (2020), two turns hosting Saturday Night Live (2020 and 2024, per the Providence Journal), and a Broadway debut in David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross — March through June 2025 at the Palace Theatre, alongside Kieran Culkin and Bob Odenkirk (Battle Creek Enquirer, August 2026).

He also directed, co-wrote, and starred in Old Dads (Netflix, 2023), adding a director’s fee to his usual acting check. Exact salaries for the TV guest roles were never disclosed publicly — anyone quoting a per-episode number for The Mandalorian is guessing.

October 2026: “The Social Reckoning” and “Born Losers”

Burr’s film slate makes October 2026 his biggest acting month yet. The Social Reckoning, the Aaron Sorkin film co-starring Jeremy Allen White, Mikey Madison, and Jeremy Strong, opens in theaters October 9, 2026 (Battle Creek Enquirer, August 2026). A Sorkin ensemble piece puts Burr in front of an audience that never bought a comedy ticket.

Then comes Born Losers — a film Burr is co-writing, producing, and starring in, with production slated to begin in fall 2026 (Battle Creek Enquirer, August 2026). Writer-producer-star is the triple pay structure: a writing fee, a producing fee, and the acting salary, plus backend if it performs. It’s the Old Dads playbook, one rung up.

The Monday Morning Podcast: Running Since 2007

Burr started the Monday Morning Podcast in 2007 — before podcasting had an industry. Nineteen years later it’s still publishing twice a week, with roughly 984,000 YouTube subscribers as of September 2026 (NetWorthSpot). The show runs on the classic model: host-read ads and sponsorships sold against a loyal, hard-to-reach male audience.

Nobody publishes the show’s revenue, and Burr’s never disclosed it. But a twice-weekly show with a two-decade archive and a near-million-subscriber YouTube channel is a meaningful second business — one with no touring costs and no studio taking a cut.

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Burr’s most quoted money moment isn’t a paycheck — it’s a porch. He told The Hollywood Reporter (quoted by Parade, January 2026): “In 2011, I bought a house with money from being a stand-up. And I remember [being] on the back porch with my beautiful wife and said, ‘I know you’re not supposed to say this, but I made it. I’ve been satisfied for a long time.'”

The transactions behind the story check out:

The 2011 buy sold seven years later for a $570,000 gain — a tidy flip on top of the stand-up money that funded it. Burr also keeps a vacation home in New Hampshire, per celebclive’s biography.

Endorsements and the Production Company

BBN Times names Squarespace and SimpliSafe among Burr’s endorsement deals — the kind of mid-seven-figure-adjacent sponsorships that fit his audience. He also produces his own specials through his production entity (celebclive), which means he keeps the producer’s margin instead of handing it to a third party.

This is the quiet compounding in Burr’s finances: every special he produces himself, every ad he reads on his own podcast, every tour he headlines is a deal with one fewer middleman.

The Riyadh Payday Debate

In September 2025, Burr performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia — a payday that drew criticism, given his on-stage persona as a scourge of billionaires and corporate power. BBN Times (early 2026) framed it as a controversy about his “anti-billionaire” persona colliding with a state-backed festival check.

The fee was never disclosed. What’s reportable: the gig happened, the criticism was real, and Burr — who has built a career on saying the uncomfortable thing — absorbed it the way he absorbs hecklers. It doesn’t change the net-worth math, but it’s the kind of 2025–2026 development the flat “$25 million” profiles skip.

What He Actually Keeps: The Take-Home Math

A note on honesty: gross paydays are not net worth. Burr’s team — agent, manager, lawyer, business manager — takes its cut off the top, then come federal and California taxes, then touring costs. The table below is illustrative only, showing how a single arena-scale night shrinks on its way to the bank account.

Multiply nights like that across a touring year — Burr played 300+ shows annually at his peak — and the $25 million anchor starts to look conservative rather than generous.

Roots and Family: Canton to Los Feliz

William Frederic Burr was born June 10, 1968, in Canton, Massachusetts. He attended Emerson College in Boston, worked briefly as a dental assistant, and started doing stand-up in Boston’s comedy clubs in the early 1990s (celebsmoney; wealthypipo).

He married actress and producer Nia Renee Hill in 2013. They have two children: a daughter, Lola, born January 20, 2017, and a son born in June 2020 (wealthypipo). The family is based in Los Angeles — in the Los Feliz home bought for $4.7 million in 2017.

Sources & Reporting

Figures in this profile reflect reporting through September 2026. Key sources: Celebrity Net Worth (the $25M anchor figure, via Parade’s January 2026 profile); Parade (the 2026 profile structure, the Hollywood Reporter porch quote, the specials count); BBN Times (early-2026 $25M figure, the 300-shows-a-year peak, Fenway’s 38,000 attendance, seven-figure special deals, Squarespace/SimpliSafe endorsements, the Riyadh festival debate); Battle Creek Enquirer (August 2026 — the October 1 FireKeepers date, Drop Dead Years Emmy/Grammy nominations, the Glengarry Glen Ross Broadway run, The Social Reckoning‘s October 9 release, Born Losers fall production); Providence Journal (June 2026 — the Centreville Bank Stadium show, SNL hosting history); TicketNews/Choose Chicago (June 2026 — the October 2–4 Chicago Theatre stand); wealthypipo/celebsmoney (the $1.08M/$1.65M/$4.7M real-estate transactions, family details — dated pages, used only for historical facts). Where outlets disagree, the article publishes a range rather than picking a side.

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