Mark Wahlberg Net Worth 2026: From Marky Mark to a $400 Million Empire

Mark Wahlberg’s net worth is about $400 million, according to the widely reported estimate cited by Parade in August 2026. That puts him among the wealthiest working actors in Hollywood, even though no major business publication tracks his total fortune the way Forbes tracks billionaires.

Mark Wahlberg: quick facts

Net worth

$400 Million

Salary / earnings

$60 Million per year

Source of wealth

Acting, producing, businesses

Profession

Actor, Producer, Entrepreneur

Nationality

American

Place of birth

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Date of birth

June 5, 1971 (age 55)

Wahlberg has earned at the top of his industry for two decades. Forbes named him the world’s highest-paid actor in 2017, with $68 million in pre-tax earnings, and estimated he still made about $60 million in 2025, mostly from streaming films.

Acting is only part of the story. Wahlberg also makes money as a TV and film producer (Entourage, Boardwalk Empire), as a co-owner of Wahlburgers, and through a long list of investments that includes car dealerships, a tequila brand, an apparel company and fitness chain F45.

Mark Wahlberg at a glance

• Net worth: about $400 million (published estimates via Parade, 2026)
• Born: June 5, 1971, in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts
• Profession: actor, producer, rapper (as Marky Mark) and entrepreneur
• Key businesses: Wahlburgers, Municipal, Performance Inspired, Flecha Azul tequila, Mark Wahlberg car dealerships
• Biggest payday: $68 million in one year (Forbes, 2017), led by Transformers: The Last Knight and Daddy’s Home 2
• Awards: two Academy Award nominations (one for acting, one as a producer), a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
• Spouse: model Rhea Durham (married 2009); four children

His net worth by year is charted at the end of this article.

Where Mark Wahlberg’s money comes from

Source	Details	Estimate
Movie salaries	Upfront fees and profit shares from more than 50 films	Hundreds of millions over his career
Streaming films	Netflix, Apple TV, Prime Video and Paramount+ movies since 2020	About $20–25 million per project (Forbes)
TV producing	Entourage, Boardwalk Empire, Ballers, In Treatment, McMillions	Producer fees plus long-running residuals
Restaurants	Wahlburgers, co-owned with brothers Paul and Donnie	Undisclosed
Other businesses	Municipal, Performance Inspired, Flecha Azul, car dealerships	Undisclosed stakes
Real estate	Homes in Las Vegas and Florida; past Beverly Hills mansion	Tens of millions of dollars

Acting earnings

Forbes ranks actors by their pre-tax earnings over roughly 12 months, including film fees, profit shares and endorsements. Wahlberg has appeared on the list many times.

Forbes list	Earnings	Rank and main driver
2016	$30 million	Tied for 12th
2017	$68 million	1st; Transformers: The Last Knight, Daddy’s Home 2
2020	$58 million	3rd; Netflix deal for Spenser Confidential
2025 (estimate)	About $60 million	Streaming films, Flight Risk, TV residuals

Reported per-film pay

Studios rarely publish actor salaries, so the figures below are reported numbers, not confirmed contracts.

Film	Year	Reported pay
The Fighter	2010	About $500,000, a big pay cut to get the film made
Ted	2012	About $7.5 million
Big studio films around 2014 (incl. Transformers: Age of Extinction)	2014	About $15–17 million upfront plus a possible profit share (Forbes)
All the Money in the World reshoots	2017	$1.5 million, which he donated
Spenser Confidential (Netflix)	2020	About $24 million (Forbes estimate)
Recent streaming films	2023–2025	About $20–25 million each (Forbes)

Early life

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg was born on June 5, 1971, in Dorchester, a working-class part of Boston. He is the youngest of nine children. His mother, Alma, worked as a bank clerk and nurse’s aide, and his father, Donald, was a delivery driver and Korean War veteran. His parents divorced in 1982.

His teenage years were troubled. He dropped out of high school, used drugs and had several run-ins with police. At 16 he was convicted of assault for attacking two Vietnamese-American men and served 45 days in jail. He has since apologized publicly and says the experience pushed him to change his life.

He later went back to school and earned his high school diploma (GED) in 2013, decades after leaving school.

Music career: Marky Mark

Wahlberg’s older brother Donnie was a founding member of New Kids on the Block. Mark joined the group briefly at 13 but left after a few months.

In 1990 he started his own act, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. Their debut album, Music for the People (1991), produced the single “Good Vibrations,” which went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was certified platinum. A second single, “Wildside,” reached the top 10.

A second album, You Gotta Believe (1992), sold far less. Around the same time, Wahlberg became famous as a Calvin Klein underwear model, appearing in black-and-white ads shot by photographer Herb Ritts. The music faded, but the fame gave him an opening in Hollywood.

Hollywood breakthrough (1993–2005)

Wahlberg made his acting debut in a 1993 TV movie and his feature debut in Renaissance Man (1994). He played a key role opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in The Basketball Diaries (1995) and had his first lead in the thriller Fear (1996).

His breakout came with Boogie Nights (1997), Paul Thomas Anderson’s film about the adult film industry. Critics praised his performance, and it turned him from a former pop star into a serious actor.

Big studio work followed:

• Three Kings (1999) with George Clooney
• The Perfect Storm (2000), a major summer hit
• Planet of the Apes (2001), Tim Burton’s remake
• The Italian Job (2003), a heist remake that became one of his most popular films
• Four Brothers (2005) and Invincible (2006)

The Departed, The Fighter and peak stardom (2006–2013)

Martin Scorsese cast Wahlberg as a foul-mouthed police sergeant in The Departed (2006). The film won Best Picture, and Wahlberg earned an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

He spent years getting The Fighter (2010) made, a boxing drama about Massachusetts fighter Micky Ward. He starred, trained for years and served as a producer, reportedly taking a small fee. The film was nominated for Best Picture, giving Wahlberg his second Oscar nomination, this time as a producer.

Comedy then made him even more bankable. The Other Guys (2010) and especially Ted (2012), Seth MacFarlane’s film about a foul-mouthed teddy bear, were big hits. Ted grossed more than $500 million worldwide.

Franchise paydays (2014–2019)

In 2014 Wahlberg replaced Shia LaBeouf as the lead of the Transformers series. Transformers: Age of Extinction grossed more than $1 billion worldwide, and he returned for Transformers: The Last Knight (2017).

He also teamed with Will Ferrell on Daddy’s Home (2015) and Daddy’s Home 2 (2017), and made a string of true-story dramas with director Peter Berg: Lone Survivor (2013), Deepwater Horizon (2016) and Patriots Day (2016).

This run led to his best year. Forbes estimated he earned $68 million between June 2016 and June 2017, more than any other actor, ahead of Dwayne Johnson ($65 million) and Vin Diesel ($54.5 million).

The same period brought a pay controversy. When All the Money in the World needed reshoots in late 2017, reports showed Wahlberg was paid $1.5 million while co-star Michelle Williams received less than $1,000. Wahlberg donated the full $1.5 million to the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund in her name.

King of streaming (2020–2026)

Since 2020 Wahlberg has focused heavily on streaming movies. Netflix’s Spenser Confidential (2020) helped him earn $58 million that year, third on Forbes’ list. Other streaming hits include:

• The Family Plan (2023), which Apple says was its most-watched film ever
• The Union (2024) with Halle Berry on Netflix
• Play Dirty (Prime Video, 2025) and The Family Plan 2 (Apple TV, 2025)

Forbes reported in late 2025 that he had starred in seven streaming films since 2020, typically earning $20 million to $25 million per project. He also stayed active in theaters with Uncharted (2022), which grossed about $407 million, Flight Risk (2025) and the mob drama By Any Means, which Paramount released in September 2026.

Producing: Entourage, Boardwalk Empire and more

Wahlberg’s producing work, much of it with longtime partner Stephen Levinson, is a steady second income stream.

• Entourage (HBO, 2004–2011): loosely based on Wahlberg’s own early years in Hollywood. Forbes reported in 2008 that he earned about $3 million a year from the show. It ran eight seasons and was followed by a 2015 movie.
• Boardwalk Empire (HBO, 2010–2014): a Prohibition-era drama with Martin Scorsese as a fellow executive producer. It won multiple Emmys.
• In Treatment, How to Make It in America and Ballers (HBO, 2015–2019), the Dwayne Johnson football comedy.
• Wahlburgers (A&E, 2014–2019), the reality show about the family restaurant, and HBO’s documentary series McMillions (2020).

He has also produced many of his own films, including The Fighter, Lone Survivor and Father Stu (2022), a faith drama he partly funded himself.

Business ventures

Wahlberg is one of Hollywood’s most active celebrity investors. His main ventures:

Wahlburgers

Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg opened the first Wahlburgers in Hingham, Massachusetts, in 2011, with Paul as chef. The A&E show turned it into a national brand, and franchising pushed it past 100 locations by 2023. Many of those were small outlets inside Hy-Vee grocery stores, which closed in early 2025, cutting the count to about 32. The original Hingham restaurant closed in September 2026 when its lease ended.

Performance Inspired and fitness

Wahlberg co-founded Performance Inspired Nutrition with business partner Tom Dowd in 2016. It sells protein powders and supplements. Earlier, from 2012, he backed a GNC supplement line called Marked.

In 2019 he invested in Australian gym chain F45 Training. His investment group’s deal valued the company at about $450 million. F45 went public on the New York Stock Exchange in July 2021 at a value of about $1.4 billion, and Wahlberg later became its chief brand officer. The stock then collapsed by more than 95%, and the company faced lawsuits, including one from David Beckham over shares owed for promotional work.

Municipal

Municipal is an athletic apparel brand Wahlberg co-founded in 2020 with former video game executive Harry Arnett. It opened its first flagship store in Oceanside, California, in late 2024 and is building a luxury gym of about 32,000 square feet in Downtown Summerlin, Las Vegas, set to open in 2026.

Car dealerships

In 2018 Wahlberg teamed up with Ohio car dealer Jay Feldman to buy a Chevrolet dealership in Columbus, renamed Mark Wahlberg Chevrolet. The partnership kept buying, including a store in Avon, Ohio, and an RV dealership, and grew to around five locations by 2021.

Flecha Azul, AQUAhydrate and other stakes

• Flecha Azul tequila: founded in 2020 by Aron Marquez and pro golfer Abraham Ancer. Wahlberg made a large investment and became a partner and the face of the brand around 2022. It sold about 33,000 cases in 2022.
• AQUAhydrate: a bottled water brand Wahlberg backed alongside Sean Combs and Ron Burkle. The Alkaline Water Company agreed to acquire it in 2019.
• StockX (sneaker resale, 2017) and a stake in the Barbados Tridents cricket team (2013).
• Paid endorsements, including AT&T ads.

The move to Las Vegas

In 2022 Wahlberg moved his family from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. He said he wanted a better life for his children and hoped to help build a film industry in Nevada. He also bought, sold and built property there quickly, as the table below shows.

Real estate

Property	Year	Reported price
Beverly Park, Beverly Hills: 6.2-acre lot (bought)	2009	$8.25 million
Beverly Park mansion, about 30,500 sq ft (sold)	2023	$55 million (first listed at $87.5 million)
Summit Club, Las Vegas: 2.5-acre lot (bought)	2022	$15.6 million
Summit Club townhouse (bought)	2022	$14.5 million
Summit Club townhouse (sold)	2023	About $16.65 million
Summit Club house, about 8,400 sq ft (bought)	2023	More than $21 million
Summit Club lot (sold)	2024	$17.25 million
Mansion near Delray Beach, Florida (bought)	2025	$37 million, furnished

The Beverly Park estate was his signature home. He bought the land in 2009 and finished a French-style mansion there in 2014. After a $55 million sale in 2023, the house changed hands again in 2025, when Paris Hilton bought it for a reported $63 million.

In Las Vegas he dropped plans for a 37,000-square-foot custom mansion and sold the land in December 2024 for a gain of about $1.65 million. In October 2025 he bought a 26,000-square-foot estate in Florida’s Stone Creek Ranch area for $37 million.

Personal life

Wahlberg began dating model Rhea Durham in 2001, and they married on August 1, 2009, in Beverly Hills. They have four children: Ella, Michael, Brendan and Grace.

He is a devout Catholic and often talks about his faith, which inspired Father Stu. He is also known for an extreme early-morning workout routine, which he has turned into a business through Municipal and Performance Inspired.

His brothers are also public figures: Donnie is an actor and New Kids on the Block singer, Paul runs the Wahlburgers kitchen, and Robert is an actor.

Philanthropy

• He founded the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in 2001 to fund programs for inner-city young people.
• He donated his $1.5 million reshoot fee for All the Money in the World to Time’s Up in 2018.
• He supports the Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children.

How Mark Wahlberg compares

Actor	Estimated net worth	Main source
Tom Cruise	About $600 million	Film salaries and producing
Adam Sandler	About $500 million	Netflix deals, comedy films
Mark Wahlberg	About $400 million	Films, producing, businesses
Vin Diesel	About $225 million	Fast & Furious salaries and producing

Figures are published estimates estimates as of 2026. See more profiles in our actors net worth section, including Denzel Washington and George Clooney.

Frequently asked questions

How much is Mark Wahlberg worth?

About $400 million, based on the widely reported estimate cited by Parade in 2026.

How much did Mark Wahlberg make in his best year?

Forbes estimated he earned $68 million in its 2017 ranking, making him the world’s highest-paid actor that year.

How much does Mark Wahlberg get paid per movie?

Forbes estimated in 2025 that he earns about $20 million to $25 million per project for streaming films.

Does Mark Wahlberg still own Wahlburgers?

Yes. He co-owns the chain with his brothers Paul and Donnie. The original Hingham, Massachusetts, location closed in September 2026, but other restaurants remain open.

Why did Mark Wahlberg move to Las Vegas?

He moved his family from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in 2022, saying he wanted a better life for his children and to help grow a film industry in Nevada.

Who is richer, Mark Wahlberg or Vin Diesel?

Mark Wahlberg. His fortune is estimated at about $400 million, compared with about $225 million for Vin Diesel.

Sources: published estimates via Parade (2026), Forbes (highest-paid actors lists 2016, 2017 and 2020; 2025 streaming earnings report), Variety, Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Real Deal, Fox News, Modern Retail, Shanken News Daily, SmartCompany, Boston.com, Wikipedia. All net worth figures are estimates.