Jill Duggar & husband Derick’s jaw-dropping reality TV salary revealed after stars admit they rely on food banks to eat
JILL Duggar and her husband Derick Dillard’s jaw-dropping reality TV salary has been revealed after the stars admitted to relying on food banks to eat.
Sisters Jill, Jessa, Jinger and Joy-Anna sued the City of Springdale, police department employees and others for invasion of privacy after they claimed the release of their oldest brother Josh’s 2006 molestation police report caused "emotional distress.”
The Sun can exclusively reveal in unsealed court depositions from the case, which has been dismissed by an Arkansas judge, Jill and Derick’s show salaries and yearly income.
In Jill’s deposition taken on September 1, 2021, she revealed her income comes from social media, including promoting products and advertisements.
The social media platforms include Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and their family blog.
She explained: “We have Google Ads, which is like a simple, easy way to make revenue from.
“You just, like, check boxes and then there are advertisements that I may not even be aware of exactly, you know, what's being on there… The Google Ads are more like third party… Like, if you're on YouTube, it would pop up during the video.”
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She then explained about promoting products on her blog and social media: “On the blog, it would just be a placement on the blog. And then the other ones that I would work out would be something that I would post with the product.”
Jill, 30, revealed in the deposition that she made “ballpark” $10,000 from social media promotions and advertisements in 2020.
DERICK'S DEPOSITION
Jill’s husband Derick, 33, took his deposition on May 25, 2021, where he further elaborated on their income, including from .
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Jill and Derick appeared on the 19 Kids and Counting spinoff from 2015 up until they left the show in 2017.
Derick has accused Jill’s father Jim Bob in the past of withholding money made from Counting On.
He explained in the deposition: “I asked [TLC] if we could get paid when I found out some things and they said there was an agreement that we be paid.”
He explained he had never been paid for 19 Kids and Counting and talked to Jim Bob about it.
Derick confirmed he began receiving just $500 to $1,000 per episode of Counting On in "early 2017" until May of that year when they left the show.
When asked about Jill’s salary from the show, Derick replied: “Somewhere around the same, but more than me. I don’t know if it was $1,000 or what.”
He then agreed Jim Bob and Michelle “probably” made over $10,000 per episode.
Derick explained they would receive benefits from the show, including having their groceries paid off by production.
When asked: “Have Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar treated you right with respect to the TV shows?”
Derick responded: “I’m not sure, because I think there are a lot of misunderstandings there.
"Where I thought there should have been. I thought we should have known and been able to decide whether or not we made an obligation to the show.”
SOCIAL MEDIA INCOME
Derick also went into their recent income, as they made $800 from their YouTube channel in April 2021.
While in law school, Derick relied on part-time work including a job as a driver for Grubhub, where he made $800 monthly.
He also went into Jill’s social media promotions, as she made $2,000 for promoting a modest swimwear company Modlily.
Derick said he did not take out loans for law school, as he had a scholarship and paid off the remaining tuition with part-time work.
They both also had savings.
Derick even went into his past employment, as he once worked as a bank teller and an accountant for Walmart.
He explained that during their two-year missionary trip to Central America, they raised their own support and did not receive compensation.
He then worked at Cross Church as a resident minister, where he made a “small monthly stipend.”
FINANCIAL STRUGGLE
As The Sun previously reported, Derick also revealed in his deposition that he and Jill, who is pregnant with their third son, relied on food banks.
He said: “Our neighbors bring boxes of food sometimes. And I also got food through the pantry on campus.”
Jill and Derick are expecting their third son to join Israel, 7, and Sam, 4.
She and her husband have put their Arkansas home on the market, as they are moving for Derick's law job after he passed the Bar exam.
BREAKING FREE
Jill and Derick have been open about receiving no compensation from their time on , as reps for TLC have not responded to The Sun's request for comment in the past.
reported Jim Bob was in charge of the money made from Counting On, as they received $25,000 to $45,000 per episode.
The couple didn’t receive money from the series until they quit in 2017.
Jill said: "That's when we got an attorney involved and finally recovered some of the money. It was a process."
Derick said in a YouTube video: "It probably ended up being a little more than minimum wage. But we were able to recover at least something."
The show was canceled in 2021 after oldest brother Josh’s arrest for child pornography.
'LACK OF BOUNDARIES'
The Sun previously reported the four sisters also requested evidence related to their relationship with parents Jim Bob and Michelle be excluded because it has “no relevance” to the case.
In the Defendant’s response, they claimed their “allegation of emotional distress opens the door to inquiries into their lives, including their relationship with the parents.”
The court filing claimed Jill is the only family member who has “sought any type of therapy or counseling following the release of the redacted police reports.”
The court papers continued that Jill and Derick even entered couple’s treatment because they were “going through some issues” with her family, and especially her father, regarding a “lack of boundaries” related to contractual concerns.
'CONTROLLING & FEARFUL'
According to the court papers, Jill said during a Preliminary Psychological Opinion by Robert Wynne: “I saw a whole new side to my dad once my husband and I started making decisions that were best for our family, but not in his best interest.
“Sadly, I realized he had become pretty controlling, fearful and reactionary. He was verbally abusive. Our relationship is not good. It got pretty toxic.
"We occasionally text on a family group thread, but I don’t feel comfortable being around him and just hanging out. It isn’t good for my mental health right now.”
Jill also testified that her father has been “verbally abusive to her.”
The court papers claimed: “They were asked to not to come over to the Duggars’ house without permission from her father and that her father did not approve of her having a nose ring, drinking alcohol, or wearing pants.”
JOSH'S LEGAL TROUBLE
Jill and Jessa, 31, came forward as two of the five victims that were molested in the family home, while Jinger and Joy-Anna have not.
The case was dismissed ahead of trial, as a judge ruled that the sisters failed to prove the released report caused emotional distress.
Brother Josh was found guilty of possessing and receiving child pornography on December 9.
His sentencing has been scheduled for May 25.
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Jill’s husband Derick was in attendance for the trial, while Jill made a brief appearance.
Counting On was canceled after Josh's arrest in April 2021.
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