The highest figure published for Colin Jost is around $30 million. Its own derivation lists, among the assets counted, “the Jost-Johansson real-estate portfolio with wife Scarlett Johansson.” The aggregator states in writing that it is counting someone else’s property.
Colin Jost Net Worth: Why We Publish No Figure
- $10 million to $30 million across three sites — a spread of three times
- The only documented gain in his file is $548,250, over eleven years, on a flat
- Our take: no verified figure — and a documented outflow nobody subtracts. See our methodology.
His wife’s income and assets are not his. We carry none of her figures, and we found no document anywhere establishing joint ownership of anything.
$280,100 for a Ferry — the Exact Hammer Price
In January 2022 he bought a decommissioned Staten Island ferry with Pete Davidson and a third partner. Because the seller was a city agency, the sale is documented to the cent.
- Hammer price: $280,100.00, in city auction 2960513, closing 19 January 2022
- Opening bid $125,000, with 36 bids in total
- Five days later, Titanic 2 LLC was registered in New York — DOS ID 6382483, 24 January 2022. New York does not disclose members, so his share is not quantified
What makes this genuinely useful is not the purchase but what followed. The president of the dry dock holding the vessel put berthing at at least $10,000 a month — describing that as “on the low side” — with cumulative costs estimated above $600,000. In June 2025 a law firm sued the company for $13,500 in unpaid fees.
A running, documented outflow of that size appears in no wealth estimate for him. Aggregators record acquisitions and never subtract what they cost to keep.
The One Gain That Can Be Traced
New York publishes its land records, which makes his property history checkable end to end. Three documents, all in Manhattan:
| Recorded | Transaction | Amount | Document ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Purchase, jointly with two family members | $809,508.75 | 2007042701656002 |
| 2011 | Purchase, sole buyer | $1,776,750 | 2011080301502001 |
| 2022 | Sale of the 2011 property | $2,325,000 | 2022060100314001 |
That is a gross gain of $548,250 across roughly eleven years — about 2.5 per cent a year before costs and tax. It is the only quantified gain anywhere in his financial record.
The identity chain is worth stating rather than assuming, because land records carry names, not identities. The 2007 deed names two co-purchasers matching his parents’ documented names. The 2011 buyer gives the 2007 property as his mailing address; the 2022 seller gives the 2011 property. The chain is internally consistent — and we report it as a chain, not as proof.
A $13 Million Purchase That Is Not in the Records
One aggregator credits him with a $13 million penthouse bought in March 2025. We ran an exhaustive search of New York’s land records against every party name matching his surname — 152 of them — and against his wife’s, 258 more.
- For him: exactly four documents, the last being the 2022 sale above
- For her: exactly one, dating from 2010
So either the purchase ran through a company or trust, or it happened elsewhere, or it did not happen. What is certain is that nothing attributable to him supports it — and a figure built on it is building on nothing.
His Salary Is Not Public — and Here Is the Proof
The $25,000 per episode quoted everywhere is not a figure about him. It is the generic top tier of the show’s pay bands — and that band structure itself traces back to a colleague’s public statement about his own starting salary of $3,000. Neither number establishes where Jost sits.
We checked whether any regulatory filing discloses it. The result is more interesting than a plain negative: a full-text search of US securities filings returns two hits for his name — and they are not about salary at all.
Both are annual reports of the clothing group PVH, which names him directly. The 2019 filing describes “our largest media campaign to-date for IZOD that features … comedian Colin Jost”, as does the previous year’s.
So an endorsement is confirmed in a company’s audited annual report across two financial years — with no value attached. He appears as a campaign asset, not as a compensated executive, which is exactly why his pay is not disclosable anywhere.
The same holds for a 2025 partnership with the brewer Molson Coors, its first celebrity tie-up for that brand, on which he co-writes through his own production firm. Confirmed by the company itself; no figure disclosed.
The Book: Number Seven, for One Week
His 2020 memoir entered the New York Times non-fiction list at number seven on 2 August 2020 — and left it immediately. We checked the surrounding weeks: it appears on none of the lists for 19 or 26 July, or 9, 16, 23 or 30 August, or 6 September.
Exactly one week. No advance was ever published.
Where the Estimates Break
Three sites, three answers: $10 million, roughly $15 million, roughly $30 million. A spread of three times for one person is itself evidence that no method is in use.
But the highest one is worse than merely unsourced. Its stated components include his wife’s property alongside his — the very error we would otherwise have to demonstrate, admitted on the page. The same derivation also names the wrong person as his ferry co-buyer and misdates his years as head writer.
What Could Not Be Established
- His share of anything. Not of the ferry company, not of the ferry’s price, not of the 2007 flat. New York does not disclose company members
- His production company. Reported by the brewer and trade press, but the state register shows three similarly named entities and none can be verified as his. We do not treat it as documented
- Fees for hosting a major press dinner in 2024, for Olympic correspondent work in 2026, or for screenwriting. None published
- Trademarks. The register offers no open search interface, so we could not run a name search and say so rather than guess
- Litigation. No federal case names him as a party. The ferry company’s dispute sits in a state court, which federal records do not cover
The Bottom Line
What is documented: a hammer price of $280,100, a property gain of $548,250 over eleven years, a bestseller week at number seven, two endorsements confirmed in corporate filings without values, and a berthing bill running at $10,000 a month or more.
What is not documented: his salary, his book advance, every endorsement value, and his share of the one venture he is known for.
Against that, the published figures range across a factor of three, and the largest openly includes assets belonging to his wife. The problem is not that the estimates disagree. It is that the biggest one is measuring two people.
Sources
- The city auction record — $280,100.00, 36 bids
- Berthing costs and the $13,500 claim
- New York City land records — the property documents cited above
- New York State corporate register — the ferry company’s registration
- PVH annual report 2019 — naming him in the IZOD campaign
- PVH annual report 2018 — the same
- Molson Coors — the 2025 partnership, without terms
- The bestseller list of 2 August 2020
- Adweek on the IZOD campaign
- The unpaid-fees claim against the ferry company
Money Timeline
| Date | Type | Event | Amount | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-06-29 | Deal | First Manhattan property - bought with family, share unquantified | $810K | Recorded under document 2007042701656002 on a deed dated April 2004, with two co-purchasers whose names match his parents' documented names. Because there were three buyers, his share is not quantified. New York publishes its land records, which is the only reason any of his property history is checkable at all. source |
| 2011-08-04 | Deal | Buys in Manhattan for $1,776,750 - sole purchaser | $1.8M | Document 2011080301502001. The buyer gives the 2007 property as his mailing address, and the seller in the 2022 transaction gives this one - an internally consistent chain. We report it as a chain rather than as proof, because land records carry names, not identities. source |
| 2018-09-05 | Deal | An endorsement confirmed in an annual report - with no value | The IZOD campaign, in which he also worked on the writing. Unusually, it is documented in a primary source: the clothing group PVH names him directly in its audited annual reports for two financial years, describing its largest media campaign to date for the brand. He appears there as a campaign asset rather than as a compensated executive - which is precisely why no value is attached, and why his pay is not disclosable anywhere. source | |
| 2020-08-02 | Payday | Number seven on the bestseller list - for exactly one week | His memoir entered the New York Times non-fiction list at seven and left immediately: it appears on none of the lists for 19 or 26 July, or 9, 16, 23 or 30 August, or 6 September. No advance has ever been published, so the chart week is the only measurable outcome of the book. source | |
| 2022-01-19 | Deal | $280,100.00 for a decommissioned ferry - the exact hammer price | $280K | Bought at a New York City agency auction after 36 bids against an opening price of $125,000, together with Pete Davidson and a third partner. Because the seller was a public body, the price is documented to the cent - a rarity on this site. Five days later Titanic 2 LLC was registered in New York, but the state does not disclose company members, so his share remains unquantified. source |
| 2022-06-15 | Deal | Sells for $2,325,000 - a gain of $548,250 over eleven years | $2.3M | Document 2022060100314001, against the $1,776,750 paid in 2011. That gross gain of $548,250 works out at roughly 2.5 per cent a year before costs and tax - and it is the only quantified gain anywhere in his financial record. Note also what the records do not contain: an exhaustive search against 152 party names matching his surname returns exactly four documents in total, the last being this sale. source |
| 2025-06-24 | Deal | Becomes a brewer's first celebrity partner - terms undisclosed | Confirmed by Molson Coors itself, including his role as co-writer and the involvement of his own production firm. No value was disclosed. We could not verify that firm in the state register either - three similarly named entities exist and none can be established as his, so we do not treat it as documented. source | |
| 2025-06-30 | Lawsuit | Sued over $13,500 - while berthing runs at $10,000 a month | $14K | A law firm sued the ferry company over unpaid fees. The larger figure sits alongside it: the president of the dry dock holding the vessel put berthing at at least $10,000 a month, calling that on the low side, with cumulative costs estimated above $600,000. This is a documented, running outflow that appears in no published estimate of his wealth - aggregators record the purchase and never the upkeep. source |
Key financial events, aggregated from the sources cited above. See our methodology.
Frequently Asked Questions
Short answers to the most common questions about this profile. For our sourcing and update method, see our Methodology page.
What is Colin Jost's net worth in 2026?
No verified figure exists, and the published estimates range from $10 million to about $30 million - a spread of three times for one person. The highest of them is not merely unsourced: its own stated components include the property portfolio he shares with his wife, so it is openly measuring two people. Her income and assets are not his, and we found no document anywhere establishing joint ownership of anything. The only quantified gain in his entire financial record is $548,250 on a flat, realised over roughly eleven years.
How much did Colin Jost pay for the Staten Island ferry?
The hammer price was $280,100.00, in a New York City agency auction that closed on 19 January 2022 after 36 bids against an opening price of $125,000. He bought it with Pete Davidson and a third partner, and his personal share is nowhere quantified. Five days after the sale a company, Titanic 2 LLC, was registered in New York - but the state does not disclose company members, so that route does not reveal his stake either.
Is the ferry still costing him money?
Yes, and this is the part no wealth estimate reflects. The president of the dry dock holding the vessel put berthing costs at at least $10,000 a month, describing that figure as on the low side, with cumulative costs estimated above $600,000. In June 2025 a law firm sued the company over $13,500 in unpaid fees. Aggregators record the acquisition and never subtract what it costs to keep - which is why a documented, running outflow of this size appears in none of their figures.
How much does Colin Jost earn on Saturday Night Live?
Unknown. The $25,000 per episode quoted everywhere is not a figure about him - it is the generic top tier of the show's pay bands, and that band structure itself traces back to a colleague's public statement about his own starting salary of $3,000. Neither number establishes where Jost sits. Nor is there a regulatory route to it: a full-text search of US securities filings returns just two hits for his name, both annual reports of the clothing group PVH, and in those he appears as a campaign asset rather than as a compensated executive.
Was Colin Jost's book a bestseller?
Yes, for exactly one week. His 2020 memoir entered the New York Times non-fiction list at number seven on 2 August 2020 and did not appear again - we checked the lists for 19 and 26 July and for 9, 16, 23 and 30 August and 6 September, and it is on none of them. No advance figure has ever been published.
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