To answer the question, Chandler works in “statistical analysis and data reconfiguration.” It's a long one to pronounce, but what is it? What is Chandler's job? Throughout the majority of the show, Chandler essentially worked in Data Science.
The answer was kept deliberately vague for much of the show's 10-year run, but it was eventually revealed that he worked in the field of “statistical analysis and data reconfiguration”. He later quits that job to start a new, less well-paid career as an advertising copywriter.
In this episode, we find out Chandler works as an IT procurements manager with the specialization Statistical analysis/factoring and data reconfiguration. He is not a Transponster.
In short, Chandler holds a job as a data processing supervisor for most of the series, earning him a salary of about 47K. Keep in mind, this number likely rose with bonuses, yearly increases, and possible commissions. Chandler eventually takes a job as the VP of his unnamed company and earns upwards of 100K.
Chandler's inability to cry was the focus of the Friends season 6 episode appropriately titled "The One Where Chandler Can't Cry." He claimed that nothing can make him cry so Monica, Phoebe, and Joey do everything in their power to make him do so.
“My weight varied between 9st 2lb (58kg) and 16st 1lb (102kg) during the Friends years.” He said his thin frame - most notable at the beginning of season seven - was due to the opioids, a drug that can suppress a user's appetite and cause vomiting.
Perry, 53, shares that by the end of the third season of the hit NBC sitcom, on which he played Chandler Bing, he was trying to obtain 55 Vicodin a day — otherwise he'd get “so sick”. The Three to Tango star attributes his extremely thin frame to his opioid addiction, as the drugs suppress appetite and cause vomiting.
Jennifer Aniston played the role of Rachel Green and was considered the highest-paid actor with a net worth of $320 million (£258.5m). However, all the actors in the main cast were paid equally on Friends, with $1 million per episode for the final two seasons.
Chandler was the steadiest earner throughout the show, thanks to his comfortable role as a IT procurement manager, and saw his paycheck rise gradually from $50,000 per year to $100,000, before it dropped sharply in the final season when he became an advertising copywriter.
Chandler's exact income was never revealed on the show, but he was the highest-earning member in the group. Also, when he left his job in Tulsa, he was a regional president.
In the episode "The One Where Emma Cries", Chandler falls asleep during a meeting and on waking, realizes that he had agreed to head the new division in Tulsa. Chandler quits his job on Christmas, so that he can fly home to New York to be with Monica.
Rachel's first job is as a waitress at the coffeehouse Central Perk, but she later becomes an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's in season three, and a buyer at Ralph Lauren in season five. Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma in "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby, Part Two" at the end of season eight.
Phoebe Buffay: Masseuse/Musician
While Phoebe makes most of her money as a masseuse, her true passion is singing and songwriting.
Before Perry emerged as the frontrunner, Two and a Half Men's Jon Cryer auditioned for the role, as did Craig Bierko. Perry actually coached Bierko for the role while he was still attached to another series. Neither Cryer nor Bierko got the role, but another actor impressed enough to receive an offer to play Chandler.
He was a drug addict. And he was overweight. So after the end of 6th season he went to rehab. And so he looked drastically changed.
Although on the show Chandler gets promoted to VP, eventually he quits because of the commute between New York and Tulsa, instead joining an agency as a junior copywriter.
The jobless actor made an entire life out of spongeing from his transponster pal in their nicely appointed Manhattan apartment, but the true level of his extortion will blow your mind. Redditor A Smile That Kills decided to do the maths and discovered that Joey owed Chandler north of $100,000.
In season one episode three, The One With The Thumb, Phoebe made a deal with Chandler: 'If you never smoke again I'll give you $7,000. ' Well, it's 24 years later and it looks like Chandler might still owe Phoebe that cash, and possibly with a whole heap of interest after breaking that deal.
Ross was a paleontologist and had a job at the New York Museum of Prehistoric History. While working at the museum, Ross was making $75,000 a year.
6 Matt LeBlanc
Not bad for the lowest earner on the list. LeBlanc was saddled with playing the simpleminded friend, a role that didn't bring him much success in his spin-off series “Joey”.
So Elliot Gould and Christina Pickles, Ross and Monica's parents Jack and Judy, could be adding $20,000 and $19,000 to their bank accounts every year. Maggie Wheeler, who played Janice, could be getting a cheque for $19,000. Jane Sibbett, aka Ross's ex-wife Carol, may be receiving $15,000.
Jennifer Aniston: US$300 million
But as the most famous and successful cast member, Aniston has gone on to star in more than 40 movies, including big hits like Bruce Almighty, Marley & Me and The Break-Up, commanding an A-lister's salary along the way.
In the second episode of Friends season 9, "The One Where Emma Cries," Chandler fell asleep during an important meeting at his workplace and accidentally accepted an offer to move to Oklahoma to run a division of the company in Tulsa.
Chandler must constantly kiss the girls to cover up a kiss he gave to Monica to hide their affair.
Chandler's disease otherwise known as Idiopathic Avascular osteonecrosis of the femoral head (ANFH or ONFH) is a rare condition in which the bone cells in the head of the femur (FH) die due to lack of blood. This disease is caused when blood flow is reduced to the part of a bone near a joint.