At the peak of her Harry Potter career, Watson earned $15–$20 million per year in acting salary alone. Her performances in the films, acting alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, earned Watson plenty of recognition and awards.
By the summer of 2007, Watson’s work in the famous series was estimated to have earned her more than $13 million, at which point she acknowledged that she was set financially and would not have to work to make a living again.
She was ranked sixth on Forbes’s list of “Most Valuable Young Stars” in 2009, and the following year, she was recognized as Hollywood’s highest paid female star, having racked in a total of $24.8 million in 2009. In 2017, Forbes had Watson ranked among the world’s highest-paid actresses with annual earnings of $14 million.