When Parks and Recreation ended with all of its funny storylines and amazing guest stars, it was bittersweet for all fans. It was a very successful sitcom; it earned several nominations and awards, and the cast was breathtakingly talented. Combine all that with its compelling plot, and the show was bound to make a lasting impact on the viewers, and even though it ended in 2015, it's still relevant today.
Some of the stars that made the show possible were just starting up, but a lot of them had had a long career before the show premiered. That means they had already been building their net worths for a long time.
Let's find out who the richest member of the cast is.
Updated September 2023: Some of the 'Parks and Recreation' cast has remained status quo with their net worths over the past several years. However, there are some who have continued to increase their fortune by getting involved in projects that have made them an even bigger household name than they were while on the show.
Aubrey Plaza has increased her net worth recently by starring in White Lotus. In addition, she also has eight projects in various stages of production that have likely paid her a pretty penny as well.
Aziz Ansari has increased his net worth by $3 million. This likely is due to the projects that are in production and waiting to be worked on after the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strike ends.
Perhaps the biggest jump on the list is Chris Pratt who has jumped tens of millions to now have a net worth of $100 million. His work on Guardians of the Galaxy as well as many projects waiting to be completed have undoubtedly helped to increase Pratt's fortune.
10 Jim O'Heir - $3 Million
Starting this list is the great Jim O'Heir, the man responsible for bringing Jerry Gergich to life in Parks and Recreation and would be a character to fire in a heartbeat. This actor and comedian is currently worth $3 million.
O'Heir started building his net worth working in comedy troupes and in different theater productions. He also has several movie credits under his belt, namely Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Landline, Bless This Mess, and many others. O'Heir was also in the series The Bold and the Beautiful, guest-starred in Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and had a recurring role in Bless This Mess the show.
9 Retta - $3 Million
Retta is probably best known for playing Donna Meagle, but she had been building her $3 million net worth for a long time before Parks and Recreation.
Retta started her career doing stand-up comedy in the 1990s, and her talent soon helped her rise as both a comedian and an actress. Apart from playing Donna, she has also played other popular roles such as Ruby Hill on NBC's Good Girls. Some of her other credits include the movies Slackers, Complex, and Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, and the series Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce and Home Movie: The Princess Bride.
8 Aubrey Plaza - $8 Million
Aubrey Plaza is now worth an impressive $8 million, and she has earned every penny. Her portrayal of April Ludgate was simply fantastic, and she has proved her talent in every other role she's ever played.
She worked on Funny People alongside Adam Sandler, the movie Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, starred in the thriller Child's Play, and appeared in several Criminal Minds episodes.
7 Adam Scott - $8 Million
Adam Scott has amassed an $8 million fortune throughout his career. He has had several important roles as an actor, and has also worked as a producer on many projects such as Party Down, Ghosted, and the ABC game show Don't.
Scott starred alongside Morgan Freeman in High Crimes and worked in the Academy Award-winning movie The Aviator. In 2017, Scott got a role in Big Little Lies and Ghosted, and just before Parks and Recreation, he starred in Party Down.
6 Aziz Ansari - $25 Million
Tom Haverford is probably the character that everyone reading this will recognize Aziz Ansari for, but to build a $25 million net worth he had to do a lot more during his career. He starred in the Netflix series Master of None, which he also created and that earned him several acting and writing awards, including two Emmys and a Golden Globe.
In addition to this impressive resume, Ansari is also an author, and his book, Modern Romance: An Investigation, was very successful.
5 Nick Offerman - $25 Million
Nick Offerman and his wife, actress Megan Mullally, have a combined net worth of $25 million. Offerman has contributed to it with his work in projects like Fargo, the reality competition Making It, and his jobs as a producer.
Offerman produced and acted in the movie The House of Tomorrow, and worked as a voiceover actor in several animated movies like The Lego Movie, Hotel Transylvania 2, and Ice Age: Collision Course.
4 Rashida Jones - $25 Million
Rashida Jones is a woman of many talents. She worked in The Office, starred on Fox's Boston Public, the TBS comedy series Angie Tribeca, and participated in The Social Network and The Muppets.
Acting is not the only thing she has done to amass her $25 million net worth, though. She is also an accomplished author. She's a comic creator who wrote Frenemy of the State, and she has written many screenplays.
3 Amy Poehler - $25 Million
Amy Poehler first rose to prominence as part of the Saturday Night Live cast. She and Tina Fey started their careers as sketch comics, then gradually became the amazing actresses they are today. The two of them worked on many projects together through the years, and are not only great colleagues but also very good friends.
Some of Poehlers's most popular credits are Mean Girls and Baby Mama, two of the movies that really boosted her career and contributed to her $25 million net worth. She has dabbled in directing, with great success, and has also written a book called Yes, Please! which came out in 2014.
2 Chris Pratt - $100 Million
It was actress and director Rae Dawn Chong that opened the doors for Chris Pratt to become the great actor he is today. She cast him in her directorial debut, the horror movie Cursed Part 3, and from there, his career started going up.
One of his most lucrative roles after Parks and Recreation was as a voiceover actor for Emmet Brickowski in The Lego Movie. He then went on to play Peter Quill in Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy and starred in Jurassic World in 2015. The actor is now worth $100 million.
1 Rob Lowe - $100 Million
Also coming in at the top of this list is none other than Rob Lowe, with a $100 million net worth to his name. It's not surprising, considering that one of his earliest roles garnered him a nomination for a Golden Globe. The movie was Thursday's Child, from 1983.
Lowe's breakthrough came shortly after when he worked alongside Emilio Estevez in Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders. He also starred in The West Wing from 1999 to 2003, a project that earned him nominations for an Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.