Adam Scott
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Adam Scott Net Worth

Actor of Parks and Recreation and Severance
Estimated net worth
$8M
Source: Celebrity Net Worth, June 16, 2025. Updated November 7, 2026.
Forbes and Bloomberg rarely publish net worth figures for stars who are not billionaires, so this page uses Celebrity Net Worth's published estimate (page last updated June 16, 2025). It is an outside estimate, not an official figure.

Adam Scott’s net worth over time

$8M: Celebrity Net Worth estimate, Jun 2025. page last updated June 16, 2025$8MJun 2025

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DateEstimateSource
Jun 2025$8 millionCelebrity Net Worth · page last updated June 16, 2025

Where the money comes from

Television salariesFilm rolesProducingComedy series

These are the main sources of wealth named in the reporting we cite. No published source breaks the total into exact amounts, so we do not show percentages.

Adam Scott’s fortune in real-life terms

122 years
for the median full-time U.S. worker to earn this much, spending nothing
37×
the net worth of the typical U.S. family
0.00%
of Elon Musk's fortune, the biggest on Net Worth Lookup

Based on the Celebrity Net Worth estimate above. Median full-time U.S. pay is $65,416 a year ($1,258 a week, BLS, Q2 2026), before taxes. Typical (median) U.S. family net worth is $216,100 (Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances).

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Adam Scott has an estimated net worth of $8 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Adam Scott net worth page (figures as of June 16, 2025).

Adam Scott is an American actor and comedian who was born on April 3, 1973. He is best known as Ben Wyatt on NBC's Parks and Recreation from 2010 to 2015, earning Critics' Choice Television Award nominations, and as Mark Scout on Apple TV's Severance, which brought Emmy and Golden Globe attention.

He also appeared on Party Down, The Good Place and films such as Step Brothers. A steady comedy and drama career mixes network sitcoms, prestige streaming thrillers and Judd Apatow-adjacent film work.

How Adam Scott makes his money

Network sitcom salaries from Parks and Recreation were a multi-year core paycheck.

Severance lead fees on Apple TV represent a major prestige-streaming payday with awards leverage.

Film supporting roles such as Step Brothers add feature income between series.

Producing and recurring comedy work including Party Down extend earnings beyond a single show. Those career beats show how the work compounds over time rather than arriving as a single payday. Steady credits keep income diversified instead of depending on one hit. Residuals and repeat collaborations help earnings last between headline jobs. As the profile grows, better quoting power on the next project tends to follow. Those career beats show how the work compounds over time rather than arriving as a single payday. Steady credits keep income diversified instead of depending on one hit. Residuals and repeat collaborations help earnings last between headline jobs. As the profile grows, better quoting power on the next project tends to follow. Those career beats show how the work compounds over time rather than arriving as a single payday. Steady credits keep income diversified instead of depending on one hit. Residuals and repeat collaborations help earnings last between headline jobs.

His estimate

Celebrity Net Worth estimates Adam Scott's net worth at $8 million, on its page last updated June 16, 2025. That figure is an outside estimate of what the star has earned and kept after taxes, fees and spending. It is not an official number, and the star has not confirmed it or published personal finances.

His figure reflects Parks and Recreation, Severance and a long comedy-drama resume. We will add any newer dated estimate from a named outlet to the chart above, and we never fill in the years between published figures.

Career and money timeline

  1. 2008

    Appears in Step Brothers.

  2. 2009

    Stars in Party Down.

  3. 2010

    Begins Parks and Recreation as Ben Wyatt.

  4. 2016

    Appears on The Good Place.

  5. 2022

    Begins Severance as Mark Scout.

  6. 2025

    Continues Severance and related projects.

Adam Scott net worth FAQ

What is Adam Scott's net worth?

Adam Scott's net worth is an estimated $8 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, Adam Scott net worth page (June 16, 2025). It is an estimate, not an official figure.

How did Adam Scott get so rich?

The main sources named in the reporting we cite are: Television salaries, Film roles, Producing, Comedy series.

Is Adam Scott a billionaire?

Not by current published estimates. Adam Scott is estimated at $8 million.

What roles is Adam Scott best known for?

He is best known as Ben Wyatt on Parks and Recreation and Mark Scout on Severance.

Sources

  1. Celebrity Net Worth, Adam Scott net worth page (June 16, 2025)
  2. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Usual Weekly Earnings (Q2 2026) (July 2026)
  3. Federal Reserve, 2025 Survey of Consumer Finances (median family net worth, Table 4) (October 2026)
  4. Background facts: Wikipedia, Adam Scott (accessed November 7, 2026). Used for career facts only, never for figures.

Photo: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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