“Jersey Shore” Cast Offered Only $10k Per Episode While “The Hills” Cast Makes Over $100k Per Episode…

The season finale of “Jersey Shore” was off the charts with 4.8 million viewers. It has become MTV’s biggest show and the cast makes about $5,000 per episode while cast members of MTV’s The Hills make over $100,000 per episode. Sources connected with the negotiation say MTV offered Snooki, Pauly D, “The Situation” and the others each a $10,000 signing bonus and $5,000 an episode. We’re told the cast rejected the offer and made it clear they were negotiating “Friends” style … everyone would get the same amount and it had to be a lot higher than MTV’s offer.

Sources say MTV came back and doubled the offer to $10,000 an episode. The cast hasn’t responded to the offer. And, with some members of “The Hills” scoring north of $100,000 an episode, the “Jersey Shore” kids, frankly, should be holding out for a hell of a lot more than $10k.

We’ve also learned MTV has a contractual hold on the cast for another year, so technically Snooki and company have no right to renegotiate — but it’s done all the time with hit shows.

An MTV spokesperson would not comment on the negotiations and said the network has not made a decision on bringing the show back for Season 2. We’re also told MTV has received thousands of tapes from would-be Guidos and Guidettes.