Net Worth: $50 Million
Travis Barker’s net worth of $50 million is largely the result of his work with the famed pop-punk band Blink-182. The drummer has also worked as a reality TV personality on the MTV reality series “Meet the Barkers,” has written a memoir, started his own record label, and even launched a fashion brand.
Barker was listed by “Rolling Stone” in a 2016 edition as one of the “100 Greatest Drummers Of All Time.” It was Blink-182’s third studio album, “Enema of the State,” which sold over 15 million copies, that led to Barker’s current level of fame.
Let’s take a look at Travis Barker’s net worth by examining all of the various ways he’s made money since Blink-182’s “Enema of the State” shot him and his bandmates to fame in 1999.
Blink-182 Have Sold A Lot Of Albums
yakub88 / Depositphotos.comBlink-182 has released more than a dozen collections of music, including studio albums, live albums, and compilation albums.
The group has sold more than 34.5 million studio albums, according to BestSellingAlbums.org with the rest of the group’s album sales coming from secondary materials.
Here’s a list of the band’s studio albums, along with the year they were released and the number of copies that were sold.
| Album Title | Year | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Enema of the State | 1999 | 16,000,000 |
| Take Off Your Pants and Jacket | 2001 | 8,000,000 |
| Blink-182 | 2003 | 6,000,000 |
| Greatest Hits | 2005 | 1,535,000 |
| Dude Ranch | 1997 | 1,370,000 |
| The Mark, Tom, and Travis Show | 2000 | 777,500 |
| California | 2016 | 675,000 |
| Neighborhoods | 2011 | 95,000 |
| Cheshire Cat | 1995 | 60,000 |
| Total | 34,512,500 |
Given that the band started at a time when CDs were still selling like hotcakes, often at a cost of around $13 per record, we’re going to assume that their albums brought in close to $500 million to $600 million in sales.
If we conservatively estimate that the group earned around 10% of each album’s profit or $1 to $2 per sale, they likely collected $50 to $100 million from each CD sale. A good chunk of those earnings have likely gone to the Blink drummer.
Split three ways, it’s likely that Mark Hoppus (bass, vocals), Travis Barker (drums), and Tom DeLonge (guitar, vocals), each took home around $10 million to $20 million from their album sales. That total wouldn’t have included management fees, record production costs, and other overhead fees.
How Much Money Has Blink-182 Earned From Their 2023 And 2024 Reunion Tour
/ Depositphotos.comTom Delonge, Travis Barker, and Mark Hoppus embarked on a massive worldwide reunion tour starting in 2023, and according to Billboard, the North American leg of the tour in 2023 sold half a million tickets. The publication estimates that Blink-182 grossed $85.3 million for the first leg, or around $2.4 million per night.
That number was estimated in July of 2023 with more tours ahead of the guy and an overseas leg that will see them performing multiple shows overseas well into 2024.
PlayGuitarLive.com does a great job of breaking down how much the guys likely earn for each show. They estimate that there is a cost margin of 40% per show with 15% allocated to management and 20% going to booking agencies.
Based on those numbers, a $1 million show would each each of the guys in Blink-182 $80,000. Increasing that nightly take to $2.4 million means each member of the band is taking home around $192,000 per night.
The Blink-182 Reunion Tour is already the band’s grossing tour in their career.
Blink 182’s Royalties From Streaming Are Impressive
KworbBlink-182 may have taken a hiatus for years, but that didn’t stop the group from putting up some very impressive Spotify streaming numbers. 7.299 billion streams are impressive, and the money that has come with those streams is a nice exclamation on the band’s long career.
Conservative industry estimates claim that one billion streams are worth between $3 million and $5 million. Since we like to be conservative with our numbers, we estimate that Blink-182 has earned between $21 and $40 million from their streams on Spotify.
Throw in Apple Music, Pandora, Tidal, YouTube video streams, and other online services, and Travis Barker’s net worth has likely increased by millions thanks to his band’s online music streaming success.
With the band still receiving nearly four million times per day on Spotify, it’s likely that their royalties from the streaming service reach between $3 million to $5 million per year at the time of our publication.
What Is Travis Barker’s Salary?
Jean_Nelson / Depositphotos.comIn 2023, it’s likely that Barker is going to earn at least $5 million to $10 million from his band’s tour. In recent years, however, his salary has fallen from his early career heights.
We know from his 2016 divorce filing that Barker was earning around $600,000, down from previous years when he was taking home around $2 million per year.
During his 2016 divorce filing, Barker listed his net worth at $40 million.
Like any musician who earns a bulk of their net worth from touring, Travis Barker’s salary is tied heavily to how much he tours and any new projects he released in any given year.
Travis Barker’s Brand Endorsements
s_bukley / Depositphotos.comHere’s something I never thought I would catch myself writing. Travis Barker and Liquid Death formed a partnership in 2023 to sell the first-ever celebrity-endorsed Luxury Enema Kit. That’s very pop-punk of him, and it probably paid well, although the salary Travis Barker received was not released to the public.
Among his most impressive and longest-lasting product supporters were his collaborations with DC Shoes and Zildjian cymbals. Both of those companies have co-designed products in Travis Barker’s name.
We’re not sure how much Travis Barker has earned from brand and product endorsements, but given his co-design credentials and the longevity of some of his partnerships, it’s likely he’s made at least a few million dollars by lending his personal name to top-selling brands.
Travis Barker’s Net Worth Compared To Kourtney Kardashian
s_bukley / Depositphotos.comIn 2023 Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian tied the knot, and now their combined net worth is even more impressive.
Hello Magazine notes that Travis Barker’s new wife is worth $65 million. That means the couple combine for an impressive net worth of $115 million.
If the second half of Blink 182’s tour sells like the first half, the couple might be on even footing by the end of 2024. In any case, they have amassed more than $100 million in earnings after taxes and other management fees, and that’s no small feat.
Travis Barker’s sources of income are largely music and endorsement based and even without a ton of outside investments, he’s managed to earn a lot of money and we don’t see him slowing down anytime soon.
