I Found Out What Celebrities Would Earn In Normal Jobs

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On the JJ Barnes blog, I check out research by Reboot into what celebrities would likely earn based on their qualifications rather than their celebrity status.

We all know that many people aren’t working jobs that are directly related to their university degrees, but did you know that many celebrities are also in the same boat? For instance, according to reports, it would take Prince Williams 2,494 years to achieve his current net worth.

This makes me wonder what would happen if celebrities weren’t celebrities, and had to work in the “normal” job market like we do, relying solely on their degrees?

SEO provider Reboot was interested to learn this, so they used Payscale.com to estimate the 2023 annual salary of 27 celebrities based on their university degrees. This showed how many years it would take them to reach their current net worth if they took a different job!

Years To Reach Current Net Worth

Celebrity	University	College/university degree	Potential job role	Predicted salary 2023 £	Number of years to reach current net worth
Chris Martin	University College London	Ancient World Studies	Museum curator	40,000	3,293
Prince William	University of St Andrews	Geography	Architectural technologist	33,000	2,494
Emma Watson	Brown University	English literature	Writer	31,000	2,257
Bradley Cooper	Georgetown University	English	Editorial assistant	49,379	1,667
John Legend	University of Pennsylvania	English, African American literature	Writer	56,786	1,449
Tom Hiddleston	University of Cambridge	Classics	Archivist	30,000	1,098
Kourtney Kardashian	University of Arizona	Theatre Arts and Spanish	Production Manager, Theater	50,202	1,066
Gerard Butler	University of Glasgow	Law	Lawyer	65,000	1,013
Natalie Portman	Harvard University	Psychology	Clinical psychologist	79,007	938
Eva Longoria	California State University	MA Chicano studies	Higher education lecturer	73,804	894

Chris Martin

Chris Martin, the lead singer of Coldplay, came in first among the celebrities whose net worths would take the longest to reach if they only had a college degree! The British singer, who earned a degree in Ancient World Studies from University College London, is likely to work as a museum curator like other graduates with the same degree. He would have to work 3,293 more years to reach his current net worth if he were to earn an annual salary of £40,000, which is estimated.

Prince William

Second place went to Prince William. After 17 years of work experience, most typical Geography graduates would earn an average of £33,000 in 2023, despite his current net worth of £83 million. Assuming that Sovereign William was naturally introduced to an alternate family, he might have rather turned into an engineering technologist – implying that it would have taken him 2,494 years to become however rich as he seems to be currently.

Emma Watson

Emma Watson, an actress who earned a degree in English literature from Brown University, comes in third place. She could have become a writer after graduation, earning up to £31,000 this year, given her interests in journaling and reading books and her English degree. This means that if she didn’t start working as Hermione Granger, it would take her 2,257 years to reach the same amount of money she has now.

Celebrity University Degrees Potential Worth

Celebrity	College/university degree	Potential job role	Predicted salary 2023 £
Ken Jeong	Medical degree	Doctor / General Practitioner	157,646
Mayim Bialik	PhDin neuroscience	Neuroscientist	134,147
2 Chainz	Psychology	Clinical psychologist	86,414
Christy Turlington	Masters in Public Health	Healthcare Consultant	83,122
Natalie Portman	Psychology	Clinical psychologist	79,007
Eva Longoria	Masters in Chicano studies	Higher education lecturer	73,804
Wanda Sykes	Marketing	Marketing executive	70,777
Gerard Butler	Law	Lawyer	65,000
John Legend	English, African American literature	Writer	56,786
Issa Rae	African and African-American studies	Broadcast journalist	51,025

Ken Jeong

It was estimated that American actor and comedian Ken Jeong, who graduated from medical school and had been a licensed doctor for a few years, would earn £157,646 annually if he decided to work in medicine.

Mayim Bialik

Mayim Bialik, an American actress who received her PhD in neuroscience from UCLA, came in second place as the celebrity who would earn the most money with a university degree (134,147 pounds).

2 Chainz

Based on his degree in psychology, the third-place rapper, 2 Chainz, would earn approximately £86,414 as a clinical psychologist in the United States.