Just because you're on a TV show doesn't mean you're taking home enough money to buy a new car or that dream house. No, if you're an "under-five," meaning you appear on "The Young and the Restless" without a contract and have under five lines in the episode, you don't make a lot at all.
You might have to audition for those scant few lines, according to HeidiMarshall.com. But you won't get rich if you land an under-five part, which can be a nurse at the hospital if a main character gets sick or a server at one of Genoa City's main eateries, like Society or The Athletic Club.
TVOvermind reported that under-fives made anywhere from $450 to $500 per episode as of 2019, which sounds like a good amount for one day's work, but, if you only work every once in a while, it doesn't add up to a lot after taxes.
New contract players will make more than those under-fives, so performers like Kelsey Wang, who plays Jack Abbott's newfound granddaughter, Allie Nguyen, and Allison Lanier, who plays a recast Summer Newman (via Soap Opera Digest), may make about $1,000 per episode, which was the going rate as recently as 2019, per TVOvermind.
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