--- description: Hillary Clinton disclosed she earned more than $5 million in book royalties and nearly $1.5 million for paid speeches last year title: Here's How Much Hillary Clinton Made from Books and Speeches image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0afcef9c0822c395/698893b1f887dc4d55e95e7b/hillary-clintons-earnings.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton Earned $6.5 Million from Books and Speeches in 2015 by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2016 11:57 AM CUT  Hillary Clinton speaks at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Louisville, Kentucky, May 15, 2016. Hillary Clinton speaks at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Louisville, Kentucky, May 15, 2016.Aaron Bernstein—Reuters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2016 11:57 AM CUT Hillary Clinton [earned more than $5 million](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hillary-clinton-takes-swing-donald-trump-release-financials-n575916 "undefined") in book royalties and nearly $1.5 million for paid speeches last year, according to a financial disclosure form released by her campaign. The release came hours after Donald Trump [boasted of filing the same form](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/trump-financial-disclosure-largest-history-fec-n575711 "undefined") with the Federal Election Commission — which was not immediately made public but which the Republican candidate said showed “tremendous cash flow.” Clinton’s team took a swing at Trump in releasing her 11-page form, saying that despite the Republican’s “boasting” the filing was “no breakthrough for transparency” but rather a “legal requirement” for presidential candidates. [Read more from our partners at _NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/hillary-clinton-takes-swing-donald-trump-release-financials-n575916 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4339776/hillary-clinton-disclosure-books-speeches/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4339776/hillary-clinton-disclosure-books-speeches/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton Earned $6.5 Million from Books and Speeches in 2015","datePublished":"2016-05-18T11:57:52.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:37:43.071Z","description":"Hillary Clinton disclosed she earned more than $5 million in book royalties and nearly $1.5 million for paid speeches last year","url":"https://time.com/4339776/hillary-clinton-disclosure-books-speeches/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0afcef9c0822c395/698893b1f887dc4d55e95e7b/hillary-clintons-earnings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0afcef9c0822c395/698893b1f887dc4d55e95e7b/hillary-clintons-earnings.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Clinton speaks at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Louisville","caption":"Hillary Clinton speaks at the Union of Carpenters and Millwrights Training Center in Louisville, Kentucky, May 15, 2016.","creditText":"Aaron Bernstein—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4339776/hillary-clinton-disclosure-books-speeches/","name":"Hillary Clinton Earned $6.5 Million from Books and Speeches in 2015"}}]}] ```