According to the UK’s Daily Mail, Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson makes an estimated £2,000,000 per year (about $2.9M U.S.D.). According to the financial realities of a disintegrating global economy. 
If reports are correct, Clarkson stands to lose up to £500,000 (about $720,000 USD) because of cost cutting by the BBC. While The Beeb is honoring all current contracts, the UK’s public broadcaster – and the world’s largest – is looking to save £20 million ($29M) by putting salaries on a diet. Anyone making more than £100,000 per year ($144k) will get a 25% pay cut when their contract is renewed. However, if tales of Jeremy’s profit sharing are true, he won’t be missing that chunk of change for too long…

Comments from Car Advice Australia

The BBC has ordered Top Gear to ‘tone down’ the program’s world renowned signature car stunts in a bid to curtail the budget.

Inflation, the current economic situation and ever increasing utility bills are said to be driving cost cutting exercises throughout the BBC with Top Gear being no exception.

Despite a 30 percent cut in the program’s budget, a BBC spokesperson has said that “the next series would be as compelling and exciting as always.”