How much do the storage wars show on A E make per episode

We have the scoop, with special thanks to ex-cast member Dave Hester.

According to Hester, the salary for appearing on Storage Wars was $25,000 for each episode with a guarantee of 26 episodes (that's a cool $650,000 to start); he also received a monthly stipend of $2,500, plus an expense account with a $124,500 limit, and he received $25,000 as a signing bonus.

All totaled it looks like Hester was paid somewhere in the area of $800,000+ in cash and services.

This all came out after Hester filed a lawsuit against the show's producers for wrongful termination; he was fired, according to him, for being a "whistleblower."

He claims that the show is completely fake, the lockers are staged by planting valuable items, and bidding is rigged with weaker cast members getting financial help to win certain auctions. He even claims that one of the female cast members had plastic surgery, receiving implants to boost her sex appeal, all paid for by the show.