Sofia Vergara Net Worth 2026: Modern Family, AGT and Walmart Deals

Sofía Vergara's net worth is about $180 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, and Yahoo says it is at least that much in 2026. The main reason it is so high is that she earned from several sources at once: at her peak she was paid $500,000 an episode on Modern Family while collecting royalties from a Walmart clothing line and fees from long-running endorsement deals. She now earns about $10 million a season judging America's Got Talent.

Where the money comes from

Modern Family

Her pay on ABC's Modern Family (2009-2020) climbed steeply, according to Celebrity Net Worth:

At $500,000 an episode, a 22-episode season paid roughly $11 million, and the shorter final season about $9 million, Yahoo calculates. The show also went into syndication, which adds residuals.

America's Got Talent

Vergara has been a judge on NBC's America's Got Talent since 2020. Forbes reported her pay at $10 million per season as of October 2020, per Yahoo, and it is not known whether it has risen since.

Brands, licensing and endorsements

This is the part of her income that separates her from most TV stars. According to Yahoo, citing Forbes, she negotiates deals that pay not just a flat fee but a share of revenue once sales pass a minimum, an arrangement that reportedly earned her seven figures from an earlier Kmart line alone. Her current and past businesses include:

• A clothing line sold at Walmart, plus lines of furniture, shoes, jewelry, eyewear and several fragrances, starting with "Sofia by Sofia Vergara" in 2014 (Wikipedia).
• Endorsements for Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, CoverGirl, State Farm, Head & Shoulders, Comcast, Rooms To Go and Ninja Coffee, among others.
• Latin World Entertainment, a talent management and marketing firm she co-founded.

Film and Netflix

Celebrity Net Worth lists film fees including $175,000 for Fading Gigolo (2013), $200,000 for Machete Kills (2013), $450,000 for Chef (2014) and $2.5 million for Wild Card (2015). She also produced Hot Pursuit (2015). In 2024 she starred in and helped produce the Netflix series Griselda; her fee is not public, but Yahoo reports it spent three weeks at No. 1 on Netflix's global top 10 and earned her an Emmy nomination.

Earnings by year

Celebrity Net Worth, drawing on Forbes' annual rankings, puts her pre-tax earnings at:

That is $329.5 million over nine years. The gap between that total and a $180 million net worth is explained by taxes, agent and manager fees, and spending. Wikipedia notes Forbes named her the highest-earning woman in U.S. television in 2012, and she topped Forbes' list of highest-paid TV actresses for several years after.

Before Hollywood

Vergara's commercial career started long before Modern Family. According to Wikipedia, she studied dentistry at the National University of Colombia for three years and left two semesters short of a degree to pursue modeling and television. A Pepsi commercial that aired across Latin America in 1990 made her face known throughout the region, and she then co-hosted Univision's travel show Fuera de Serie, building a Spanish-language audience in the U.S. before English-language studios cast her.

She married her high school boyfriend at 18, had her son Manolo, and divorced about two years later, per Celebrity Net Worth. In 1998 her older brother was killed in Colombia, and she moved to Miami. In 2000 she was treated for thyroid cancer; Celebrity Net Worth says she later started a foundation that helps Colombian families dealing with cancer. That background explains why so much of her later income came from Latino audiences and from advertisers who wanted to reach them.

Career timeline

Recent changes (2023-2026)

Vergara and Joe Manganiello separated in July 2023 and later divorced. According to documents reported by People and summarized by Yahoo, she asked the court to uphold their prenuptial agreement, keeping her own earnings, jewelry and art from before and during the marriage. Social Life Magazine notes her roughly $180 million estimate held steady through the split. In 2026 she remains an America's Got Talent judge.

Assets

• Beverly Park mansion: bought in June 2020 with Manganiello for $26 million. Baseball player Barry Bonds once owned it.
• Former Beverly Hills home: bought in 2014 for $10.6 million, listed in 2022 for $19.6 million and sold in April 2024 for $13.7 million.
• Business stakes: her product lines and Latin World Entertainment.

Property details are from Celebrity Net Worth.

Sofía Vergara net worth compared

Vergara is among the richest people ever to come out of network television acting. Fellow TV hosts and judges such as Ryan Seacrest have built similar stacks of salary plus business income. George Lopez is another Latino sitcom star whose show led to lasting income, and Kris Jenner shows how far brand licensing can take a TV personality. Yahoo reports ex-husband Joe Manganiello's net worth at about $40 million.

Why estimates differ

Reputable sources cluster at $180 million, with a few sites saying $185 million and at least one older estimate at $140 million. The spread comes from how her business income is valued. Retail sales of her product lines are large, but her personal share is a royalty that is not published, and the value of her stakes is private. Her AGT raise, if any, is also unknown. Because Celebrity Net Worth and Yahoo both land on $180 million and her documented earnings exceed $329 million, we use $180 million as the most reliable figure.