'This is Us' stars renegotiate contracts for more and equal paySep 27 (AZINS) The five central stars of hit NBC series This is Us are reportedly getting a big pay raise with each of them set to earn $4.5 million per season.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, lead actors Chrissy Metz, Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K Brown and Justin Hartley have renegotiated their contracts with 20th Century Fox Television and scored significant pay raises for season three.

Sources told the publication that after the renegotiations, the actors will see their per-episode salary jump to $250,000, once their respective signing bonuses are factored in.

Earlier, Ventimiglia (Jack) was raking in $115,000 per episode, while Hartley (Kevin) earned $75,000.

Metz, who was nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series at last year Emmys, had once said that she had 81 cents in her bank account when she landed the show. She was earlier earning $40,000 per episode.

It is unclear if co-stars Susan Kelechi Watson, who plays Beth, and Chris Sullivan, who essays Toby, also renegotiated their pacts.

The show's third season, with 18 episodes, premiered recently.