Adam Driver's job as a Hollywood actor has helped him build up a net worth that is significantly higher than what he would have been making in his former career. Driver was once a military man, volunteering to serve in the U.S. Marine Corps as an infantryman following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He was 17.
During a 2016 Ted Talk, the Hollywood star said he "loved being a Marine. It's one of the things I'm most proud of having done in my life." But a mountain biking accident cut his career short after just three years. After his injury, he said watching his comrades deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan without him was "devastating" and the transition back to civilian life was tough.
While we don't know exactly how much Driver socked away before concluding his service as a lance corporal, Business Insider analyzed U.S. military salaries in 2019, and let's just say — it's not red carpet kinda pay. According to its report, the lowest enlisted rank makes about $20,172 per year and the highest rank — four-star generals — are capped at $15,800 per month. In other words, Driver would have made far, far less as a real-life warrior than he does battling it out in a galaxy far, far away, though something tells us he wouldn't have cared.
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