Rachel Recchia Breaks Down ‘Bachelorette,’ ‘BiP’ and ‘Perfect Match’ Salaries

Rachel Recchia is pulling back the curtain on how much she earned from her reality TV tenure.

Rachel, now 29, got her start as a contestant on The Bachelor season 26 where she competed for Clayton Echard’s affections. She went on to interview for The Bachelorette season 19 — which she ultimately starred on alongside Gabby Windey in 2022.

“I was like, ‘If Gabby is up for this, it’s going to Gabby. I do not think there is a chance I’m getting this,’” Rachel recalled of the Bachelorette process on the Monday, September 8, episode of the “Trading Secrets” podcast. “When they sent me the contract, they told me, they were like, ‘Well, this is the rate. We’ve only negotiated with one person, which was Emily Maynard, and she got the highest and we haven’t negotiated since. This is the contract.’”

Rachel claimed that she was told there was “no budging” with her contract, which she ultimately signed because she didn’t think she had “power.”

“I just didn’t think they wanted me that bad,” Rachel explained. “So I just signed it to sign it just because, why would I not take the opportunity? I just didn’t think it was mine to argue with.”

When asked how much she was paid to be the Bachelorette, Rachel couldn’t recall the exact number but claimed it was between $110,000 and $120,000.

Rachel ended her and Gabby’s season engaged to Tino Franco, but the pair went their separate ways ahead of After the Final Rose after he allegedly was unfaithful. She went on to the beaches of Mexico, attempting to find love on Bachelor in Paradise season 9 — but left the show single.

“I think I got base rate,” Rachel explained of her earnings on the spinoff show. “I think I got $[20,000]. I think that’s what everyone who doesn’t go by the day … I don’t know what they do now, but a lot of my friends would either get base rate or day. I’m pretty sure me and Aven [Jones] got the same amount.”

After her stints on both Bachelor shows, Rachel tried her hand at Netflix’s Perfect Match — where she claimed she “fully got to be myself.” When asked how much she earned from her stint on season 3 of the dating show, Rachel remained tight-lipped but shed some insight.

“Can you say, more or less than Paradise? Or, let’s do this to make sure certainly not get in trouble. Hot, warm, cold? Hot being it was better than Paradise, warm it was around the same, cold …” host Jason Tartick asked, to which Rachel said, “Hot. Everyone does get the same, from what I know. Could be wrong, but I heard everyone got the same thing.”

Between her time on screen, Rachel has been candid about her decision to undergo a breast reduction — something she now calls a “big splurge.”

“A reduction is a big surgery. The first time, I think, it was $15,000 and then I got another one and it was $10,000. I got it done in Beverly Hills. I wanted to pick my doctor and not go through insurance,” Rachel said. “That was my big thing. I haven’t done a big thing since then.”