Taylor Swift Gave a Whopping $197 Million in Bonuses to Eras Tour Performers, Crew on Top of Their Salaries (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour team put in the work — and she rewarded them generously.Over the past two years, Swift gave out $197 million in bonuses to everyone working on her tour — including truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, merch team, lighting, sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, physical therapists and video team — PEOPLE confirms.In August 2023, as Swift wrapped the first North American leg of the tour, PEOPLE confirmed she’dgiven out more than $55 million in bonuses.On Sunday, Dec. 8, Swift, 34, took the stage at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver for her final show of the Eras Tour, whichkicked offin Glendale, Ariz., in March 2023.Taylor Swift performing the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 2024.Kevin Winter/TAS24/GettyDuring her openingLoverset, Swift shared her appreciation for fans and concertgoers.“We have toured the entire world,” she said. “We have had so many adventures. It has been the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.”Then later, before performing “Karma” (the last track of her setlist) and taking her final bow, Swift told the crowd: “I want to thank every single one of you for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date — my beloved Eras Tour.”Taylor Swift takes a bow during the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 2024.Kevin Winter/TAS24/GettyAfter her 149th and final show, Swift’s production company, Taylor Swift Touring, confirmed to theNew York Timesthat 10,168,008 people attended the Eras Tour — and that it sold $2,077,618,725 in total tickets, making itthe bestselling tour of all timeand “double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history.”Taylor Swift performing the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 2024.AP Photo/Lindsey WassonSwift is ending 2024 on an unprecedented high note. In addition to her record-shattering tour, she scored big with its accompanyingTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour Book, whichsold a reported 814,000 copies in its first two days, making it the most successful publishing launch of the year. Additionally,Spotify,Apple Musicand Amazon Music each announced that Swift was the top-streamed artist of 2024, and her 11th album,The Tortured Poets Department, was the top-streamed album of the year.While she’s reached the end of her Eras Tour era, Swift has plenty to look forward to in 2025. The 14-time Grammy winneris up for six moregolden gramophones at the award show, including album of the year forTTPD.

Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour team put in the work — and she rewarded them generously.

Over the past two years, Swift gave out $197 million in bonuses to everyone working on her tour — including truck drivers, caterers, instrument techs, merch team, lighting, sound, production staff and assistants, carpenters, dancers, band, security, choreographers, pyrotechnics, riggers, hair, make-up, wardrobe, physical therapists and video team — PEOPLE confirms.

In August 2023, as Swift wrapped the first North American leg of the tour, PEOPLE confirmed she’dgiven out more than $55 million in bonuses.

On Sunday, Dec. 8, Swift, 34, took the stage at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver for her final show of the Eras Tour, whichkicked offin Glendale, Ariz., in March 2023.

Taylor Swift performing the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 2024.Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty

Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty

During her openingLoverset, Swift shared her appreciation for fans and concertgoers.

“We have toured the entire world,” she said. “We have had so many adventures. It has been the most exciting, powerful, electrifying, intense, most challenging thing I’ve ever done in my entire life.”

Then later, before performing “Karma” (the last track of her setlist) and taking her final bow, Swift told the crowd: “I want to thank every single one of you for being a part of the most thrilling chapter of my entire life to date — my beloved Eras Tour.”

Taylor Swift takes a bow during the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 2024.Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty

After her 149th and final show, Swift’s production company, Taylor Swift Touring, confirmed to theNew York Timesthat 10,168,008 people attended the Eras Tour — and that it sold $2,077,618,725 in total tickets, making itthe bestselling tour of all timeand “double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history.”

Taylor Swift performing the Eras Tour in Vancouver on Dec. 6, 2024.AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson

AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson

Swift is ending 2024 on an unprecedented high note. In addition to her record-shattering tour, she scored big with its accompanyingTaylor Swift | The Eras Tour Book, whichsold a reported 814,000 copies in its first two days, making it the most successful publishing launch of the year. Additionally,Spotify,Apple Musicand Amazon Music each announced that Swift was the top-streamed artist of 2024, and her 11th album,The Tortured Poets Department, was the top-streamed album of the year.

While she’s reached the end of her Eras Tour era, Swift has plenty to look forward to in 2025. The 14-time Grammy winneris up for six moregolden gramophones at the award show, including album of the year forTTPD.

source: people.com