Jenna Johnson Reveals How Dancing with the Stars Competitors Get Paid — and What It Takes to Get a Bonus

Ever wonder how Dancing with the Stars competitors get paid? Jenna Johnson has the answer.

The 31-year-old professional dancer dished about the money side of the ABC ballroom competition series on the June 2 episode of The Morning After podcast.

Asked by Kelly Stafford, who co-hosts the podcast with Hank Winchester, if you get paid more for winning, Johnson replied with a quick — and surprising — "no."

"What do you mean you don't get paid more?" Stafford replied.

"Not if you win," Johnson answered. "So, whoever makes it to the finale, you all get paid up until then, and you do get a nice bonus."

Stafford then asked how someone who gets eliminated in the first round is paid, asking if they would only receive payment for that first week.

That's when Johnson revealed that competitors are "guaranteed until a certain amount of weeks," but admitted, "I think there's different contracts, so I can't speak for everybody."

Johnson then elaborated on how the pay works for those who do make it to the finals.

"So if you make it all the way to the end, you're getting paid the whole season, which is amazing," she said. "And you get a bonus on top of that for making it to the finale."

"If you win, it's not like you win a million dollars and split it with your partner," she added. "You're just getting a cute trophy together."

Johnson knows all about what it takes to make it to the end of Dancing with the Stars — and even win.

The So You Think You Can Dance alum has won Dancing with the Stars twice, first in season 26 with Olympian figure skater Adam Rippon and most recently in season 33 with Bachelor alum Joey Graziadei.

Johnson has also made it to the finals two additional times, being the runner-up for season 29 and season 30 with Catfish host Nev Schulman and Dance Moms alum JoJo Siwa, respectively.

Winning is big in Johnson's household, too, because her husband Val Chmerkovskiy has also won the show three times and made it to the finals six additional times.