# Mariska Hargitay’s staggering ‘Law & Order: SVU’ salary revealed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/mariska-hargitays-staggering-law-order-svu-salary-revealed/
- Published: 2026-11-12T19:51:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-12T20:50:23+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://pagesix.com/2026/11/12/entertainment/mariska-hargitays-staggering-law-order-svu-salary-revealed/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Hargitay reportedly earns $850,000 per “SVU” episode.
- She has played Olivia Benson since the show’s 1999 debut.
- The cast and crew marked the drama’s 600th episode.

## Summary

Mariska Hargitay reportedly earns $850,000 per episode of “Law & Order: SVU”, where she is the lead actor and an executive producer. The figure was reported ahead of the NBC drama’s 600th episode, marking a major milestone for a series that has run since 1999.

Hargitay has played Olivia Benson since the show began and became an executive producer in 2014. The article also cites reported episode salaries of $2 million for Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Zendaya, and $1 million each for the three leads of “Only Murders in the Building”. Hargitay described the 600th-episode celebration as an unexpectedly meaningful evening attended by cast, crew and creator Dick Wolf.

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