The Friends cast had quite the pay journey, starting with $22,500 per episode in Season 1, totaling $540,000. By Season 2, salaries varied, with some earning around $40,000. They united for collective bargaining in Season 3, securing $75,000 each per episode. The raises kept coming, reaching $100,000 in Season 5 and $125,000 in Season 6. By Seasons 7 and 8, they soared to $750,000 per episode, netting $36 million each season. For their reunion special, they earned $2.5 million each after negotiating for a better deal. In their final two seasons, they famously made $1 million per episode, making Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, and Lisa Kudrow the highest-paid women on TV at the time. Today, they still rake in $20 million annually from residuals, thanks to the show's massive ongoing revenue of $1 billion for Warner Bros. each year.