Howard Stern's Staggering Per-Minute Salary Revealed as Dozens of Veteran Staffers Are Laid Off After 'Hostile Workplace' Scandal

Howard Stern's salary reportedly still sits at multi-millions per year amid staff layoffs and airtime cutbacks.

Stern renewed his contract with SiriusXM for The Howard Stern Show after the three-year contract expired in December 2025.

The radio titan reportedly made $500 million over the course of the past five years. His new salary hasn't been disclosed.

Stern's past income was approximately $100 million a year for four one-hour shows per week. The math shakes out to roughly $8,000 per minute.

Page Six revealed that Stern plans to cut back to just one show a week after his generous summer break.

With the lengthy summer hiatus and multiple other vacations throughout the year, the veteran host could be making far more than just $8,000 per minute on his renewed offer.

The outlet previously reported that Stern switched up his schedule in hopes that the new rotation would offer the 72-year-old more "flexibility."

"I do like my days off," he said. "You know me, I’m never bored. I’m busy every minute."

Leftover airtime will be filled with content from his extensive radio archive.

Dozens of Stern's staffers were allegedly let go via Zoom on July 13 in the aftermath of Stern's contract change.

Many of the producers had been at the show for decades. Sources alleged that the severed staff members were sent home directly after the call and will receive severance packages based on their time at the show.

"He just doesn’t need that much content anymore," a source said, giving an offhand reason for the layoffs.

Stern was embroiled in a scandal earlier this year when his former assistant accused him and his wife, Beth Stern, of creating a "hostile work environment."

Leslie Kuhn filed a lawsuit against the couple on April 5, claiming that she was fired "as the result of, among other things, a hostile work environment and enablement of that hostile work environment," according to People.

Stern's attorney brushed off Kuhn's claims, calling the lawsuit a "thinly veiled attempted shakedown." The couple is actively seeking to have the case thrown out.

Before Stern renewed his contract, rumors suggested that the show was on the verge of being canceled due to his outspoken anti-Donald Trump commentary.

"If Sirius isn’t going to give Stern a good offer, I don’t think it would have anything to do with his ratings," one source told The Sun. "It’s more likely everything to do with the political climate."

But it seems the self-proclaimed "King of Media" is here to stay.