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How much does Jovi from 90 Day Fiance make? His salary explored Mon 7 June 2021 10:10 Disha Kandpal

90 Day Fiance: Happily Ever After season 6 is in full swing.

As the plot thickens for Jovi Dufren and Yara Zaya on the show, the recent episodes showed them struggling to deal with parenthood.

While Yara has taken to motherhood quite smoothly, Jovi still seems to struggle with being a family man.

The TLC star was used to living a wild and free life, full of partying before daughter Mylah Angelina was born. Hence is eminently struggling with domestic life.

We also saw that earlier Jovi from 90 Day Fiance travelled a lot for his job.

However, the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns have forced him to stay at home learn to be a family man.

Jovi and Yara from 90 Day Fiance welcome daughter Mylah Angelina in September 2020.

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How much money does Jovi from 90 Day Fiance make?

Jovi works in the energy sector, in underwater robotics. For over 10 years the TLC star has been working with Schilling UHD. He is an ROV Supervisor now.

Given his high post in the organisation, we can guess that the 90 Day Fiance star Jovi’s salary would be impressive. His reality TV appearance would also be adding to wealth immensely.

A report in Glassdoor reveals that the average annual salary for an ROV supervisor in the US is $95,000.

Joviis a busy man who loves his job.

His work has allowed him to travel to over 25 countries. He stays on the boat for 28 days in a row when working but then gets four weeks off to do with what he pleases. The TLC star has travelled to many far off destinations like Hungary, Egypt, Russia and more.

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In total he was now travelled to 57 out of 195 countries!

He met Yara in one of his trips.

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What does 90 Day Fiance star Jovi’s job entail?

On his, Linkedin Jovi has revealed more about his job and the tasks. He has listed, managing system assets and personnel to attain project-related goals while minimizing safety and performance risks as his task at work.

He is responsible for training and assessing technicians as well among a plethora of other things.

How much does Jovi make on 90 Day Fiance?

While the exact figures are not clear, a report in Distractify claims that the show’s main cast from the original series earns around $1000 to $1500 per episode.

However, the couples who appear on its various spin-offs earn $500 to $1,000 per episode.

Given that Happily Ever After is the companion series and the OG one, Jovi and Yara would be making between $500 to $1,000 as mentioned above.

How did Jovi and Yara from 90 Day Fiance meet?

Jovi revealed during an early episode of the show that a lot of times, he would travel alone, hence he downloaded an app to meet people. This is how he chanced upon Yara.

Before making it on TLC’s 90 Day Fiance, Yara was a makeup artist in Kyiv, Ukraine. The couple spent some time together in Budapest for the first time during Jovi’s four weeks off. And the rest is history.