'Stranger Things' Cast Gets Huge Pay Boost Ahead of Season 3 Season 3 of the series According to sources, the pay the actors receive is split into three tiers – A, B and C. In the "A" tier, Winona Ryder and David Harbour The "B" tier, or the child stars But they initially made around $20,000 for the first two seasons. That's a 1,150 percent increase! The teen stars in the "C" tier, Rumors has it that Millie Bobby Brown