Sofía Vergara Net Worth 2026: Modern Family Pay, AGT Salary and Brand Empire

Sofía Vergara’s net worth is about $180 million, according to widely reported 2026 estimates. Forbes Colombia, which named her one of its 100 Most Powerful Women in May 2026, put her fortune at more than $150 million. Either way, she is one of the richest Latina actresses in Hollywood.

Sofía Vergara: quick facts

Net worth

$180 Million

Salary / earnings

$10 Million per year

Source of wealth

Modern Family, AGT, licensing deals

Profession

Actress, TV Host, Producer, Entrepreneur

Nationality

Colombian-American

Place of birth

Barranquilla, Atlántico, Colombia

Date of birth

July 10, 1972 (age 54)

Her wealth comes from a rare mix of television pay and business deals. Forbes ranked her the highest-paid actress on U.S. television seven years in a row, from 2012 to 2018, and in 2020 she was the highest-paid actress in the world, film included, with $43 million in a single year.

The base of that income was Modern Family, which paid her a reported $500,000 per episode in its final seasons. On top of that came a judging seat on America’s Got Talent, a long list of licensing and endorsement deals, the talent firm she co-founded in 1994, and in 2024 the hit Netflix series Griselda.

Sofía Vergara at a glance

• Net worth: about $180 million (widely reported estimate, 2026); more than $150 million (Forbes Colombia, May 2026)
• Born: July 10, 1972, in Barranquilla, Colombia
• Profession: actress, TV host, producer and entrepreneur
• Best-known role: Gloria Delgado-Pritchett in Modern Family (2009–2020)
• Key companies: Latin World Entertainment (co-founder), Toty beauty brand, Dios Mío coffee
• Biggest payday: about $500,000 per Modern Family episode, plus a reported $10 million or more per season of America’s Got Talent
• Peak earnings: $44.1 million in one year (Forbes, 2019)
• Awards: five Emmy nominations, five Golden Globe nominations, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (2015)
• Marital status: divorced from actor Joe Manganiello (finalized 2024); one son, Manolo

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

Where Sofía Vergara’s money comes from

Source	What it includes	Scale
Television acting	Modern Family salary over 11 seasons and 250 episodes	Up to about $500,000 per episode
TV judging	America’s Got Talent since 2020	Reported at least $10 million per season (Forbes, 2020)
Licensing and endorsements	Walmart and Kmart clothing lines, Rooms To Go furniture, Foster Grant eyewear, fragrances, Pepsi, CoverGirl, Head & Shoulders	Millions a year at their peak
Latin World Entertainment	Talent management, production and brand marketing firm she co-founded	Revenue of about $27 million in 2011 (Forbes estimate)
Streaming and film	Griselda (Netflix), voice roles, film parts	Star and producer fees
Own brands	Toty beauty, Dios Mío coffee	Early-stage; sales not disclosed
Real estate	Beverly Park estate in Beverly Hills	Bought for about $26 million

Annual earnings

Forbes tracked Vergara’s yearly pretax earnings on its lists of the highest-paid TV actresses and, later, the highest-paid actresses overall. The figures cover roughly June to June and include salary, endorsements and licensing.

Forbes list	Earnings	Ranking
2012	$19 million	No. 1 on TV for the first time
2014	$37 million	No. 1 on TV, third year in a row
2015	$28.5 million	No. 1 on TV
2016	$43 million	No. 1 on TV
2017	$41.5 million	No. 1 on TV, sixth year in a row
2018	$42.5 million	No. 1 on TV, seventh year in a row
2019	$44.1 million	No. 2 among all actresses, behind Scarlett Johansson
2020	$43 million	No. 1 among all actresses worldwide

Added together, the years shown come to more than $295 million in pretax earnings. Taxes, agent and manager fees, and living costs explain why her net worth is lower than that total.

Early life

Sofía Margarita Vergara Vergara was born on July 10, 1972, in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her father, Julio Enrique Vergara Robayo, worked as a cattle rancher supplying the meat industry, and her mother, Margarita, was a homemaker. Her family nickname, “Toti,” later gave its name to her beauty brand.

She studied dentistry for three years at the National University of Colombia but left two semesters short of a degree to pursue modeling and TV work.

Her family went through serious tragedy. Her older brother Rafael was killed during an attempted kidnapping in Colombia in the 1990s. After his death she moved to Miami, where she would build her career.

Modeling and Spanish-language TV

A photographer spotted Vergara on a beach in Santa Marta, and at 17 she landed her first commercial, a Pepsi spot that aired across Latin America. In 1992 she won Colombia’s Look of the Year contest.

Univision then hired her, first as a model on variety shows and later as a host and celebrity correspondent on programs such as Fuera de Serie, Primer Impacto and El Gordo y La Flaca. She also acted in the Mexican telenovela Acapulco, cuerpo y alma (1995–96).

In 1994, while still in her early twenties, she co-founded Latin World Entertainment in Miami with music promoter Luis Balaguer. The company managed her career and would later become a major income source in its own right.

Hollywood breakthrough

Vergara moved into English-language work in the early 2000s. She had roles in Chasing Papi (2003), Four Brothers (2005), and Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns (2008) and Madea Goes to Jail (2009). She also starred in the short-lived ABC sitcom Hot Properties (2005).

In 2009 she spent six weeks on Broadway as Mama Morton in Chicago. These years built her profile, but the real money arrived with one sitcom.

Modern Family: the main engine of her fortune

Modern Family premiered on ABC in September 2009. Vergara played Gloria Delgado-Pritchett for all 11 seasons and 250 episodes, until the finale in April 2020. The show won the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series five years in a row.

Her pay rose sharply over the run. The adult cast renegotiated as a group in 2012 and again later in the series. By the final seasons, Forbes reported that Vergara earned $500,000 per episode, which it called her biggest TV haul ever.

The role also earned her four straight Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (2010–2013) and four Golden Globe nominations. More important for her bank balance, it made her one of the most recognizable faces on American TV, which brands paid heavily to use.

Films during the Modern Family years

• The Smurfs (2011) and Happy Feet Two (2011, voice role)
• New Year’s Eve (2011)
• The Three Stooges (2012)
• Machete Kills and Fading Gigolo (2013)
• Chef (2014)
• Hot Pursuit (2015), co-starring Reese Witherspoon
• The Emoji Movie (2017), voice role

Her film salaries were never reported in detail, and they were small next to her TV and licensing income.

America’s Got Talent

Vergara joined NBC’s America’s Got Talent as a judge for season 15 in 2020, the same year Modern Family ended. Forbes reported that the job paid her at least $10 million per season. Her exact current pay has not been disclosed.

She has kept the seat ever since. In 2026 she returned for season 21 alongside Simon Cowell, Howie Mandel and Mel B. Two of her Golden Buzzer picks have gone on to win the show: Mayyas in 2022 and Jessica Sanchez in 2025.

For a performer in her fifties, a steady eight-figure TV salary for a few months of work each year is a major pillar of her wealth.

Griselda and her Netflix comeback

In January 2024, Netflix released Griselda, a six-episode limited series in which Vergara played Colombian drug lord Griselda Blanco. She also served as a producer, alongside her longtime partner Luis Balaguer.

The show was a hit. It debuted at No. 1 in 90 countries and drew 20.6 million views in its first period on Netflix’s global top 10.

It also brought her the best reviews of her career. Vergara earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series and a Golden Globe nomination. Her pay for the series was not disclosed.

The same year she voiced a character in Despicable Me 4 and appeared in Jennifer Lopez’s This Is Me… Now: A Love Story.

Latin World Entertainment

Latin World Entertainment (LatinWE) is the business behind much of Vergara’s wealth. She co-founded it in 1994 with CEO Luis Balaguer and Melissa Escobar. Today it is based in Beverly Hills with an office in Miami.

The firm handles talent management, production, licensing, endorsements and brand marketing aimed at Hispanic audiences. Forbes estimated its revenue at about $27 million in 2011, a figure Balaguer described as “impressively close.”

LatinWE also negotiated many of Vergara’s own licensing deals, so she profits both as the face of the products and as an owner of the company that sets them up. It has produced TV shows such as Killer Women (2014) and the animated film Koati (2021).

Endorsements and licensing deals

Vergara has been one of the most active celebrity endorsers on TV. Her deals have included:

• Pepsi and Diet Pepsi: from her first commercial at 17 to a 2011 spot with David Beckham
• CoverGirl (2011) and Head & Shoulders (2014)
• Comcast Xfinity, State Farm and Synthroid
• SharkNinja coffee makers

Her biggest money-makers have been licensing deals, which usually pay a fixed fee plus a share of sales:

• Kmart clothing and accessories line (2011–2015)
• Walmart lines of jeans, intimates, jewelry and home décor, which followed the Kmart deal
• Rooms To Go furniture collection (since 2013)
• Foster Grant eyewear (since 2020)
• Payless shoes and bags (2018)
• Five fragrances, starting with “Sofia by Sofia Vergara” in 2014

Toty and Dios Mío coffee

In 2023 Vergara launched Toty, a beauty brand named after her childhood nickname. It focuses on sun care, with mineral sunscreen, color-correcting cream and supplements, and was developed with Spain’s Cantabria Labs, maker of Heliocare.

Toty started on its own website and HSN. Vergara and the company have not shared sales, but industry sources told WWD they expected $5 million to $10 million in first-year net sales. The brand expanded to Europe in 2025.

In 2024 she also launched Dios Mío coffee, which sources beans from female growers in Colombia. Both brands are young, and their value to her net worth is not public.

Real estate

Vergara’s main home is a large estate in Beverly Park, one of the most exclusive gated communities in Beverly Hills.

Property	Year	Reported price
Beverly Hills villa (seven bedrooms, about 11,000 sq ft), bought	About 2014	About $10.6 million
Beverly Park estate (about 17,100 sq ft), bought with Joe Manganiello	2020	About $26 million
Beverly Hills villa, sold after two years on the market	2024	$13.7 million

The older villa was first listed in 2022 for close to $20 million before price cuts. It finally sold for $13.7 million, about $3 million more than she paid. She kept the Beverly Park estate after her divorce and has since redecorated it.

Personal life

Vergara married her high school sweetheart, Joe Gonzalez, in 1990, when she was 18. Their son, Manolo, was born in 1991. The couple divorced in 1993. Manolo now works with his mother on some business projects.

She was engaged to businessman Nick Loeb from 2012 to 2014. A long legal dispute over frozen embryos followed; a 2016 suit in Louisiana was dismissed in 2017 for lack of jurisdiction.

In November 2015 she married actor Joe Manganiello in Palm Beach, Florida. They announced their separation in July 2023, and the divorce was finalized in early 2024. Neither side contested the couple’s prenuptial agreement, so each kept what they had earned individually and both waived spousal support. That left her fortune largely intact.

Since 2025 she has been linked to businessman Douglas Chabbott. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2000, at 28, and recovered after surgery and treatment. She became a U.S. citizen in 2014.

Recent and upcoming projects (2025–2026)

• America’s Got Talent: judge for season 20 (2025) and season 21 (2026)
• Koati: voice role in the animated series (2025), following the 2021 film she executive produced
• Thumb: dark comedy film; she joined the cast in November 2025, with release not yet dated
• Toty: expansion into Europe from 2025

Philanthropy

Vergara’s charity work is lower-profile than her business career. As a thyroid cancer survivor, she has spoken publicly about the disease and fronted a 2013 awareness campaign urging people to get their thyroid checked. Her Dios Mío coffee brand was set up to support women coffee growers in Colombia.

How Sofía Vergara compares

Reliable net worth figures for actors are scarce, so the fairest comparison is earnings. Here is how Vergara ranked on Forbes’ list of the world’s highest-paid actresses in 2020:

Actress	2020 earnings	Main source
Sofía Vergara	$43 million	Modern Family, America’s Got Talent, licensing
Angelina Jolie	$35.5 million	Film salaries
Gal Gadot	$31.5 million	Film salaries, including Netflix’s Red Notice
Melissa McCarthy	$25 million	Film and streaming deals

Figures are Forbes pretax estimates for the 12 months to June 2020. For a fellow Colombian star with a larger fortune, see our Shakira net worth page, or browse more actor net worth profiles.

Frequently asked questions

What is Sofía Vergara’s net worth?

About $180 million, according to widely reported 2026 estimates. Forbes Colombia put her fortune at more than $150 million in May 2026.

How much did Sofía Vergara make per episode of Modern Family?

About $500,000 per episode in the show’s final seasons, according to Forbes.

How much does Sofía Vergara make on America’s Got Talent?

Forbes reported in 2020 that she earned at least $10 million per season as a judge. Her current pay has not been disclosed.

Was Sofía Vergara the highest-paid actress on TV?

Yes. Forbes ranked her the highest-paid TV actress every year from 2012 to 2018, and in 2020 she was the highest-paid actress in the world with $43 million.

Did Sofía Vergara get an Emmy nomination for Griselda?

Yes. She was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie in 2024 for playing Griselda Blanco. It was her fifth Emmy nomination.

Did Sofía Vergara lose money in her divorce from Joe Manganiello?

No. The couple had a prenuptial agreement that neither contested. Each kept their own earnings and both waived spousal support.

Sources: Forbes (highest-paid TV actresses lists 2012–2018, highest-paid actresses 2019–2020), Forbes Colombia (Most Powerful Women 2026), WWD, ABC News, Netflix, NBC, Wikipedia. All net worth and earnings figures are estimates.