What The Bachelorette's Joe Amabile Does For A Living
As he threw himself into the produce business in Chicago, Joe Amabile became a part-owner of the South Side grocery store Eric's Food Center, the Chicago Tribune detailed. In fact, his introductory video for "The Bachelorette" was filmed at Eric's Food Center. By the time Joe had gone from "The Bachelorette" to "Bachelor in Paradise" and "Dancing with the Stars," "Grocery Store Joe" no longer had a grocery store, he revealed on "DWTS." Eric's Food Center had been sold, but Joe said he was still a produce buyer.
Joe relocated to Los Angeles to do "Dancing with the Stars," and he stuck around due to his "Bachelor in Paradise" relationship with Kendall Long. Due to how well he did on "DWTS," however, he likely earned enough to get by and not worry about a traditional job for a while. Variety previously detailed "DWTS" contestants earned $125,000 for the rehearsal period and first two weeks of the competition. Then, they additional money as the season progressed.
In 2010, Gawker detailed contestants earned $10,000 for both Episodes 3 and 4, then $20,000 each of the following two weeks. It went up to $30,000 for another two weeks and $50,000 for appearing in the final two episodes. Joe and his partner Jenna Johnson lasted until the semi-finals, so Joe surely walked away with a nice paycheck even if amounts changed somewhat over the years.
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